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A Disney ride, given its current name in 1994, features futuristic vehicles “flying” around a central platform and is called “______ Orbiter.” Fill in the blank, also the singular of a baseball team in Houston, Texas.
Answer: Astro Orbiter
What prestigious private research university in Houston is named, not for a staple grain grown in paddies, but for the businessman whose fortune was used to found the university?
Answer: Rice
AstroTurf borrows its name from a sporting arena nicknamed "The Eighth Wonder of the World," located in what home city of Travis Scott and Beyoncé?
Answer: Houston
The largest county in Texas by population, Harris, contains what major Texas city?
Answer: Houston
Their name sounds outta this world, but which Texas MLB team plays here on Earth at Minute Maid Park?
Answer: Houston Astros
A unit of electrical power equal to one joule per second was named after a Scottish inventor known for his work on the steam engine, not for a Houston Texans defensive end. What is this unit?
Answer: Watt
A flood, brought on by 24 inches of rain in the Houston area over a two day period in April 2016, was named for what little-loved "holiday?"
Answer: Tax Day
Dwalin, Smaug's Delight, and Thorin Oakenshield are sandwiches at a Houston cafe named for what 1937 novel?
Answer: The Hobbit (There and Back Again)
After leading the University of Wisconsin in tackles for loss and winning the Ronnie Lott award in 2010, what defensive player was drafted by the Houston Texans and became popular across the NFL? His name has electrical power.
Answer: J.J. Watt
Which of Houston's three airports has the International Air Transport Association Code "HOU"?
Answer: William P. Hobby Airport
Daily Double: Halliburton is one of the largest oil field service companies in the world. Although the company is technically American, it has dual headquarters in Houston and what city outside of the US?
Answer: Dubai
Stephen F. Austin, the namesake of Texas's capital city, lost the 1836 Texas presidential election to what other famed Texan? Austin was later appointed secretary of state for the new republic.
Daily Double: Answer: Sam Houston
What mental health organization has been around for over 26 years. That was created by an African American woman to meet the urgent mental health needs of Houston Area residence?
Answer: Deblin Health Concepts
What Bay, in the western Gulf Of Mexico along the upper coast of Texas, is part of Houston’s borderline? It shares its name with an island Texas city that is home to Moody Gardens and its Pleasure Pier.
Answer: Galveston Bay
Daily Double: Dora the Explorer, former Houston Rockets center Dikembe Mutombo, and Salt-N-Pepa have all been part of ad campaigns for what insurance company?
Answer: GEICO
in 2002, a “C” oil company based in Utah, and a “P” Petroleum Company based in Oklahoma merged to form what Houston oil conglomerate? The name is one word, the two former companies pressed together.
Answer: ConocoPhillips
What was the first tropical storm to have its name retired before reaching hurricane status? The storm hit Southeast Texas in June 2001, and was particularly damaging in the Houston area.
Answer: Allison
Sporting the same name as the lady after Sandra in Lou Bega's "Mambo No. 5," what hurricane forced a Houston evacuation less than a month after Katrina?
Answer: Rita
Daily Double: A museum in Houston is dedicated to the 10th Calvary Regiment, a group of Black American soldiers who were also stationed at Fort Davis in West Texas. What's the better known nickname of these soldiers?
Answer: Buffalo Soldiers
Sammy the Owl is the official mascot for the athletic teams of what private research university in Houston, Texas?
Answer: Rice University
Which actress, known for playing Rory Gilmore as well as her roles in “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” and “The Handmaid’s Tale,” was born in Houston in 1981?
Answer: Alexis Bledel
What “S” solar energy company based out of Houston, TX is one of the top companies in the US for residential solar installations? Its name is a made up compound word, where the first half is the center of the solar system, and the second half is a star that shows a sudden increase in brightness.
Answer: Sunnova
Daily Double: In what month was the hottest day in Houston, Texas history? The event occurred in 2000, when Enron Field registered a temperature of 109 degrees.
Answer: September
Texas was one of a few southern states to set weather records during the Great ______ Coast Snowstorm of 1895. Parts of the state got more snowfall and colder temperatures than it had ever had before (supposedly 20 inches of snow fell in Houston!)
Answer: Gulf
Despite catastrophic flooding to Houston from Hurricane Harvey, the Astros won the 2017 World Series. Inspired by their city's resilience in the aftermath of the devastation, the team wore a special patch during their games that had their team logo with what single six-letter word underneath?
Answer: Strong