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100

This famous alumni is now known as UT's Minister of Culture. 

Who is Matthew McConaughey?

100

This chilly natural pool is the 4th largest in the state of Texas, and is formerly known as the "finest municipal resort in the entire Southwest". 

What is Barton Springs?

100

This position supervises and designs major public construction projects. They also ensure project feasibility by evaluating their budget demands and design practicality.

What is a Civil Engineer? 

100

Headquartered in Austin, this company is famous for helping people get jobs. 

What is Indeed?

100

This mythical creature is the national animal of Scotland. 

What is a Unicorn?

200

This is the name of the cannon used when UT scores a touchdown at all home football games. 

What is Smokey the Cannon?

200

This was the original name of the city of Austin prior to incorporation in 1839. 

What is Waterloo

200

This position helps lawyers prepare for trials, depositions and hearings and assists with preparing closing documents for cases.

What is a Paralegal?

200

This company is the largest provider of mobile telephony service in the United States headquartered in Dallas.

What is AT&T?

200

These 2 US states do not observe Daylight Savings Time. 

What are Hawaii and Arizona?
300

This drum weighs in at over 500 pounds, measures eight feet in diameter, and is almost a century old.

What is Big Bertha?

300

This is the name of the 17, 165-foot-tall outdoor lighting originally created in 1895 still in use today. 

What are Moon Towers?

300

This position manages visual elements for a publication, product or film production. They are responsible for designing and overseeing the vision for layouts, imagery, set designs and video.

What is an Art Director? 
300

Started in a UT dorm room, this technology organization boasts a completely “green” campus in that it runs entirely on wind power.

What is Dell Technologies? 

300

This is what a group of frogs is called.

What is an army?

400

The Albino Squirrel that students seek out for luck on tests, is not actually albino, but this type of squirrel. 

What is a White Fox Squirrel? 

400

You can find this type of bat underneath the South Congress bridge. 

What are Mexican Free-tailed Bats?

400

This position takes images of the internal organs, bones and tissue of the human body for diagnostic purposes.

What is a Radiological Technician? 

400

Started in Kerrville over 100 years ago, this Texas brand is renowned for its philanthropy and community engagement. 

What is HEB? 

400

This show has won 84 Emmy's, the most of any show to date, and has run since 1975. 

What is Saturday Night Live?

500

This is the famous cat that can be found around the FAC and in the West Mall. 

Who is Domino?

500

During the mid-19th century, this tribe lived prominently near present-day Austin?

What is the Tonkawa tribe?

500

These specialists collect and analyze data from living organisms. They work mainly with data gathered via medical research, which they use to formulate conclusions and make predictions.

What is a Biostatistician?

500

This Irving based company inadvertently discovered rubbing alcohol as a by-product of their refining process.

What is ExxonMobil?

500

The eight pointed symbol commonly known as a hashtag or pound symbol, is actually called a _____.

What is an Octothorpe?