Hometown Glory
Name FOUR professional sports teams in Houston.
Houston Rockets, Houston Astros, Houston Texans, Houston Dynamo, Houston Comets (women's basketball), Houston Aeros (hockey), Houston Dash (women's soccer)
Who has his own special holiday for a life lived in civic duty and peaceful protest.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
How many gospels are there?
FOUR - Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
(New Testament)
This "morning star" fell from grace and was cast from heaven because he thought he could BE God.
the devil / Lucifer / satan
"There will be no glory in your sacrifice. I will erase even the memory of Sparta from the histories! Every piece of Greek parchment shall be burned. Every Greek historian, and every scribe shall have their eyes pulled out, and their tongues cut from their mouths. Why, uttering the very name of Sparta, or Leonidas, will be punishable by death! The world will never know you existed at all!"
Xerxes, 300
Home to the Texas Cyclone and Grease Lightening, this theme park closed its doors in 2005. Some fans have never recovered from the loss.
Astroworld
He didn't go to space, but he definitely moonwalked.
Michael Jackson
If you gain the whole world, but don't have this - you have nothing.
LOVE
(1 Corinthians 13)
the offspring of fallen angels and women, often seen as giants
Nephilim
(Gen 6:1-6 & Num 13:33)
"I know you're out there. I can feel you now. I know that you're afraid... you're afraid of us. You're afraid of change. I don't know the future. I didn't come here to tell you how this is going to end. I came here to tell you how it's going to begin. I'm going to hang up this phone, and then I'm going to show these people what you don't want them to see..."
The Matrix, Neo
(Keanu Reeves), Matrix Series
Known as the largest medical center in the world and home to world’s largest children’s hospital & world’s largest cancer hospital.
Texas Medical
Center
Nicknamed after a South Vietnamese soldier his father fought alongside, his is tied for 1st in PGA Tour wins and ranks 2nd in men's major championships.
Tiger Woods
A wife, a prophetess, a general, a virtuous woman; the ONLY female judge mentioned.
Deborah
(Judges 4-5)
What are the FOUR horsemen of the Apocalypse?
Death, War, Famine,
and Pestilence
(Revelation 6:1-8)
"Nature made me a freak, man made me a weapon, and God made it last too long."
Wolverine, Logan
(Hugh Jackmon), X-man series
Retired Nigerian-American, professional basketball player, standing at 7 feet, is considered one of the greatest basketball players of all time.
Hakeem Olajuwon
Widely regarded as one of the greatest musicians of his generation, this multi-faceted artist has his own royal shade of purple, once simultaneously held the number one spots for film, single, and album, and was reportedly known for being an excellent basketball player, despite his short stature.
Prince / the artist formerly known as Prince
What is the Lord's Prayer?
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day, our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, the glory, forever. Amen. (Matt 6:9-13)
This massive sea monster is impervious to weapons, emits smoke from his nostrils and breathes fire. It is a foe even God says we should not fight, full of envy and thriving in chaos, and presents most where there exists a FLOW of the Holy Spirit.
Leviathan, also known as Baphomet
(Job 41)
"Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom... Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution... but from annihilation. We are fighting for our right to live. To exist."
President Thomas J. Whitmore
(Bill Pullman), Independence Day
This former Houston football team announced that they would be leaving to another town for the 1998 football season. Although the 1996 & 1997 seasons were supposed to be played in Houston, this team officially left after 1996 due to poor game attendance. (Bonus: new team name)
Houston Oilers - moved to Tennessee and became the Tennessee Titans
Born in Italy, speaks fluent Italian, played a professional sport overseas and in the U.S. He won 2 gold medals in Olympics and academy award for his short film.
Kobe Bryant
The Bible is written in what THREE languages?
Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek
A primal earth monster, a symbol of chaos, that can only be tamed by God. It resembles a hippopotamus.
Behemoth
(Job 40)
"If there's one thing the history of evolution has taught us, it's that life will not be contained. Life breaks free, it expands to new territories, and crashes through barriers painfully, maybe even dangerously, but uh, well, there it is....Life will find a way."
Ian Malcom,
Jurassic Park series