Texas Cheer Fundamental Test UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Texas Cheer Fundamental Test UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Who wrote the Eyes of Texas? When? - Correct Answer- John Sinclair 1903
What was the original performance of "The Eyes" and for who? - Correct Answer- A joke on
the University President William Prathers whose tag line was...
Texas Cheer Fundamental Test UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Who wrote the Eyes of Texas? When? - Correct Answer- John Sinclair 1903
What was the original performance of "The Eyes" and for who? - Correct Answer- A joke on
the University President William Prathers whose tag line was "The Eyes of Texas are upon
you"
What tune is "Texas Fight" written to? - Correct Answer- "Taps"
Why was the specific tune of "Texas Fight" chosen? - Correct Answer- To combat Aggie's
song at the time "Farmers Fight" set to the same tune
What is the official fight song of the University of Texas? - Correct Answer- "Taps"
Who is the Texas fight song written by? - Correct Answer- Colonel Walter S. Hunnicutt in
collaboration with James E. King, then the director of the Marlin HS Band
When was "Wabash Cannonball" originally introduced? - Correct Answer- 1907
Who originally introduced "Wabash Cannonball"? - Correct Answer- Vincent R. DiNino
Whose favorite tune was "Wabash Cannonball"? - Correct Answer- Legendary Longhorn
football coach Darrell K. Royal
When is "Wabash Cannonball" played? - Correct Answer- Between the third and fourth
quarter of every football game
During what year and at what age did Royal take over as head coach at Texas? - Correct
Answer- 1956 and 32 years old
, How many years as a head coach did Royal have without a loosing season? - Correct Answer-
23 years
When was Royal introduced into the College Football Hall of Fame? - Correct Answer- 1983
During what years did Royal serve as Texas Athletic Director? - Correct Answer- 1962-79
When was Mack Brown hired as the football coach? - Correct Answer- 1997
When was the hook'em hand sign introduced, by who, and where? - Correct Answer- Harley
Clark, in a Gregory Gym rally before a 1995 Texas/TCU
What line was stated when promptly declaring the hand sign hook'em? - Correct Answer-
"This is the official hand sign of the University of Texas, to be used whenever and wherever
Longhorns gather."
What is the legend of BEVO? - Correct Answer- Legend has it that the Aggies branded our
Longhorn with "13-0" and thats how he got the name Bevo, but this is false.
Although, the Aggie prank did, in fact, happen in 1917.
How BEVO actually came about? - Correct Answer- The Texas Exes magazine announced
the longhorn in 1916, "His name is Bevo. Long may he reign!"
Fun Fact About BEVO - Correct Answer- The first Bevo was served as the main course for
the 1920 Football Banquet.
Who created Smokey the Cannon? - Correct Answer- University of Texas at Austin's
mechanical engineering lab in 1953.
Why was Smokey the Cannon created? - Correct Answer- In response to shotgun blasts often
heard at the Red River Rivalry.
How long was Smokey II used? - Correct Answer- For over 30 years by the Texas Cowboys
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