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History of Houston Rodeo
History of Rodeo
Education
Economy/Community Improvement
Agriculture
100
This year the first Houston stock show was held.
What is 1933?
100
This explorer brought the first horses to Texas.
Who is Cortes?
100
This many students were sent to school last year on show scholarships.
What is 14,000?
100
This many people attended the rodeo last year.
What is 2,500,000 people?
100
The first horse show at the rodeo took place in this year.
What is 1938?
200
He was the first rodeo performer in 1942.
Who is Gene Autry?
200
One of the first rodeos in Texas was held in 1883 in this town.
What is Pecos?
200
This many scholarships were awarded in 2013.
What is 608?
200
This was the percentage of people who attended the rodeo outside of the Houston metro area.
What is 30%?
200
This many students brought livestock and projects to the rodeo last year.
What is 11,000?
300
In 1966 the rodeo was moved from the Democratic Convention hall to the Astrodome. This caused attendance to grow by this much.
What is the 5 times?
300
This group was responsible for establishing rodeo rules, point systems, judges and fair practice for awarding money.
What is the Rodeo Association of America?
300
This much money was given away in scholarships last year.
What is $10,800,000?
300
The rodeo increases this in Houston by $475,000,000/year.
What is gross sales?
300
Students represent 1,000 of these at the rodeo each year. (2 things)
What are 4H and FFA chapters?
400
Elvis performs in 1970 setting an attendance record of this many people.
What is 43,416 people?
400
The increase of this in Texas led to a need for men to work on ranches and herd.
What is cattle?
400
This is the total amount of money given to youths and education through the rodeo.
What is $330,000,000?
400
The rodeo creates this many full-time equivalent jobs each year.
What is 7,000?
400
Name 2 of the animals that students can show at the rodeo.
What are: - Cattle - Sheep - Horses - Pigs - Turkeys - Chickens
500
This important event occurred in 1954.
What is the rodeo officially becomes “rodeo sanctioned” by the PRCA?
500
Name 2 of the 5 women's rodeo events.
What are: - Barrel racing - Team roping - Tie-down/breakaway calf roping - Bareback bronc riding - Bull/steer riding
500
Name at least 3 ways that students earn money and scholarships at the rodeo?
What is: - Junior Market Auction - Livestock and Horse Show - Calf Scramble - School Art Show - Judging Contest - University Grants - Cultural Community
500
These are the three museums that the rodeo supports.
What are the Holocaust Museum, the Health Museum, and the Children's Museum?
500
The rodeo encourages better agricultural production at colleges and universities across Texas. Name 4 of the 5 universities that the rodeo supports.
What are: - UT - Rice - Texas Tech - Texas A&M - University of Houston (UH)