You're Going To Houston
You may land at the former Houston Intercontinental Airport, renamed in 1997 to honor this president & onetime resident
Who is George H.W. Bush?
In 1995 the Expos drafted this high school catcher in round 18 but he ended up getting chosen as a QB by the Patriots in 2000
Who is Brady?
It comes between "ready" & "go" in a preparatory phrase
What is get set?
As a holiday it celebrates the halfway point of a harvest season
What is Midsummer?
Some things reported on during this day: flying penguins, Google Translate for animals & trees that grow spaghetti
What is April Fools' Day?
The Toyota Center has played host to WWE wrestling & the Latin Grammy Awards & is the home court of this pro sports team
Who are the Rockets?
In 2023, he was FIFA's Men's Player of the Year, like he was in 2022 & six other times
Who is Messi?
In collegiate parlance, they're the first 2 words of the acronym BMOC
What is big man?
The short-tailed variety of this insectivore uses toxic saliva to immobilize prey
What is a shrew?
In 2024 this restaurant chain partnered with feeding America to feed America on National Pancake Day
What is IHOP?
The Natl. Museum of Funeral History has the exhibit "History of" this practice, from Ancient Egypt to Civil War battlefields
What is embalming?
On June 12, 1970 Dock Ellis threw one of these, always a notable feat; even more notable? Dock was on LSD, hitting 1 batter & walking 8
What is a no-hitter?
This Fred Astaire/ Ginger Rogers movie title is also something that completes a spiffy men's outfit
What is Top Hat?
Sir, please come back to the restaurant--instead of the customer copy, you kept the slip marked this "copy"
What is a merchant?
In 2022 the New Yorker honored a newish federal holiday with a cover painting of a Black family called "157 Years of" this
What is Juneteenth?
Since the 1930s Houston has held a huge annual livestock show & this well-attended event; the next one's in March 2025
What is a rodeo?
Alex Sedrick's last-second sprint down the field for a try, then hitting a kick, won 2024 Olympic bronze for U.S. women in this sport
What is rugby?
It's a hyphenated adjective meaning "understated"; in recent slang it's an adverb too, as in "He ____ wants to go out with you"
What is low-key?
Pitching for the Yankees, Tommy John once committed 3 of these on one play
What are errors?
A 2005 shop.org press release is said to be the first public use of this term for a shopping day a few days after Thanksgiving
What is Cyber Monday?
If visiting this university in Houston, be sure & say hello to Sammy the Owl, its official mascot
What is Rice University?
No joke but all joker, he completed a career "Golden Slam" by winning Olympic tennis gold in men's singles in 2024
Who is Djokovic?
Nothing to do with a sober marathon, it's a term for a rehearsal or practice
What is a dry run?
Woman: "I'm Beatrice Reiner. I stop at the hotel"; Groucho: "I'm Ronald Kornblow. I stop at" this
What is nothing?
In 2021 Joe Biden became the first U.S. president to formally proclaim this holiday that coincides with another in the fall
What is Indigenous Peoples' Day?