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- 3. An old-school vehicle that is typically slow, loud and banging throughout the streets of Houston outfitted with candy paint, swangas or elbows
- 4. Month and year that Houston was founded
- 7. From 1960-1996, this organization served as Houston's first football team before relocating to Tennessee
- 10. Since 1986, this restaurants has been serving crabfingers, crawfish etouffee, and Pasta Mardi Gras to Houston seafood lovers
- 11. Born and raised in 3rd Ward, this child of destiny ascended and cemented her 20 plus career as one of world's greatest female entertainers
- 13. Demolished in 2005, this theme park hosted rides such as Texas Cyclone, Bamboo Shoot, Viper and Batman the Escape
- 14. Became one of Houston's nicknames after the arrival of NASA
- 16. The oldest park in Houston and Texas that located in 3rd Ward
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- 1. President John F. Kennedy determined that Houston would be home to the manned spacecraft center
- 2. The city was named after this war general back in 1836.
- 5. This is the second year of the back-to-back championships of the Houston Rockets
- 6. Served as the 58th mayor of Houston between 1992 and 1998, founder of Houston Community College and
- 8. Founded in 1936, this is the home of the original doughnut recipe with a glaze that didn't melt off in the Texas heat
- 9. Since its inception in 1931, this livestock exposition has increased awareness about the cattle industry with entertainment and creation of educational opportunities for Texas youths
- 12. Astros legend and Hall of Fame inductee, drafted in 1988, only baseball player to be an All-Star and awarded the Silver Slugger award both at catcher and second base
- 15. The longest-running newscaster in Houston history