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Who Am I?
100

This Houston-based company plays a critical role in transporting and processing natural gas liquids and is deeply embedded in U.S. energy infrastructure.

What is Targa Resources?

100

This provider sits between traditional colocation and public cloud, offering managed infrastructure for customers not ready to fully self-operate in hyperscale environments.

What is Flexential?

100

This state pride duo features a DOMINANT college football program in Norman and a country artist known for cowboy anthems. Daily Double

What is Oklahoma and Toby Keith?

100

This Texas ranch is larger than the entire state of Rhode Island.

What is King Ranch?

100

I have been coordinating bike giveaways and home refurbishments for children in foster care for over twenty years — longer than most people on this team have worked in tech sales

Who is Melanie?

200

This Downstream company’s core revenue comes from refining crude oil into fuels rather than exploring or drilling for it.

What is HF Sinclair?

200

This provider is frequently considered when customers are less concerned with who else is in the building and more focused on how much they can grow.

What is CyrusOne?

200

This Chanhassen, Minnesota compound — located 20 miles southwest of Minneapolis — served as recording studio, concert venue, film production facility, and private residence for one artist for nearly four decades before becoming a museum after his death

What is Paisley Park?

200

This Kansas city played a major role in the cattle drives of the Old West and was known for its wild frontier reputation.

What is Dodge City?

200

I spent nearly four years at a San Antonio-based managed hosting company that bet big on the cloud before AWS made that bet irrelevant — then used that experience to sell the infrastructure that sits underneath every cloud

Who is Damon?

300

This company is the largest healthcare staffing firm in the U.S., specializing in placing nurses and physicians on temporary assignments.

What is AMN Healthcare?

300

This company differentiates itself by prioritizing repeatable design and execution across large-scale environments rather than customizing each deal.

What is QTS?

300


Before becoming one of the heaviest bands in metal history this Arlington, Texas group spent nearly a decade playing glam metal in the Dallas club circuit — releasing four independent albums the band later tried to erase from their official discography. Their original bass player is best friends with the man running this competition today — and also happens to be an Equinix customer. Daily Double

What is Pantera (Tommy Bradford)?

300

This Texas city is home to the world’s largest honky-tonk. Daily Double

What is Fort Worth (Billy Bob’s Texas)?

300

My career began in eCommerce in 1997, ran through blade servers, SAP HANA, IoT analytics, and multi-cloud architecture — yet every job I have ever held has been based in the same Texas city

Who is Bob?

400

This company operates globally but is best known for its leadership in bedding component manufacturing.

What is Leggett & Platt?

400

This company differentiates itself by combining scale and global reach with a platform-oriented approach to deployment.

What is DRT?

400

This character actor from Malvern — who wrote, directed, and starred in a 1996 film about a man with intellectual disabilities released from a psychiatric hospital in rural America — is the most acclaimed filmmaker born in this Mid-South state

What is Arkansas (Billy Bob Thornton — Sling Blade)?

400

This Louisiana town is home to a factory that produces one of the world’s most famous hot sauces. Daily Double

What is Avery Island (Tabasco)?

400

Before selling anything I wrote C++ code for handheld devices running a Microsoft operating system that no longer exists — deployed across retail stores and distribution centers for one of America's largest retailers

Who is? Krish

500

Baker Hughes's AI platform for oil and gas operations — a key digital transformation anchor across the energy vertical — goes by this name

What is Leucipa?

500

This provider’s growth reflects increasing demand for regional digital infrastructure rather than global standardization.

What is DataBank?

500

This 2014 thriller novel and movie, set in Missouri, revolves around a missing wife and a twisted marriage.

What is Gone Girl?

500

I launched my jewelry company in 2002 with $500, sold door-to-door to Austin boutiques, and was rejected by every major retailer for three years — while raising a newborn alone. I later married a man who is close personal friends with the individual hosting this event tonight, systematically drained his bank account, and rode off into the sunset with the tennis instructor. Today I am worth $1 billion. He is not.

Who is Kendra Scott?

500

This individual was once asked to leave a customer briefing center because the facilities team mistook him for a model hired for the "Real Texas Men" marketing shoot happening down the hall.

Who is? Brock