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How well do you know the Houston Region? 1. The Houston Museum District consists of 19 museums within a 1.5-mile radius of the Mecom Fountain. The Houston Museum District Association is dedicated to collaborative educational resources. Name the 19 museums. Answer: Asia Society Texas Center, Buffalo Soldiers National Museum, Children's Museum of Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Czech Center Museum Houston, DiverseWorks, Holocaust Museum Houston, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston Center for Photography, Houston Museum of African American Culture, Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston Zoo, Lawndale Art Center, Rice University Art Gallery, Rothko Chapel, Health Museum, Jung Center, The Menil Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston is one of the few U.S. cities that offers world-class, year-round resident companies in all of the major performing arts — symphony (Houston Symphony), opera (Houston Grand Opera), drama (The Alley Theatre) and ballet (Houston Ballet). 1. The famed Alley Theatre is one of the few American theater companies that supports a company of actors, designers, artisans and craftspeople throughout the year. It usually presents ________ major productions per season on the ________ Stage and the ________ Stage. 2. Founded in 1955, Houston Ballet is the nation's ________ largest ballet company with an annual budget of more than ________. Houston Ballet has toured to critical praise in Europe, the United Kingdom, Canada, the Orient (including the People's Republic of China) and cities throughout the United States. 3. The internationally renowned Houston Grand Opera has won a ________ Award, two ________ Awards and two ________ Awards. 4. Founded in 1913, the internationally acclaimed Houston Symphony has performed free summer concerts at ________ since 1940. 5. Theatre Under The Stars offers ________ theater productions. It also operates the ________ School of Musical Theatre. 6. The ________ Theatre is the only professional theater in the Southwest devoted to the African-American experience. Answers: 1. 11, Hubbard, Neuhaus 2. fourth, $22 million 3. Tony, Grammy, Emmy 4. Miller Outdoor Theatre 5. musical, Humphreys 6. Ensemble 1. The terms "Greater Houston" and "Houston Region" refer to what areas? 2. Houston's median age of 33.6 is among the ________ of the nation's major metro areas. Nine and a half percent of Houston's population is age 65 and over (the lowest percentage of the nation's major metro areas). 3. The Houston Region is one of the most important industrial bases in the world and was recently ranked No. ________ among the top U.S. manufacturing cities. (Manufacturers' News Inc., January 2013). 4. Houston is also home to the largest medical complex in the world — the Texas Medical Center (TMC) — and provides clinical healthcare, research and education at its ________ institutions at TMC. 5. The Texas Medical Center is projected to reach an ultimate capacity of 59 ________ square feet in the near future. 6. foot, 30-story tower representing a capital investment of $157.5 million. 7. For more than a century, Houston has remained on the front line of all things energy. Nearly ________ of the 8. The Houston Region is known as the "________ Capital of the World." 9. The Princeton Review ranked ________ ________ 1st for "Best Quality of Life" and "Happiest Students" in its 2012 edition and as one of the top 50 best value private colleges in its 2011 edition. 10. Since 1994, U.S. News & World Report has named the University of ________ to the top tier of Western mid- size comprehensive universities. 11. Houstonians enjoy the outdoors through all four seasons. Downtown's largest park, ________ ________, features year-round events ranging from movie nights and Zumba classes to a seasonal skating rink. 12. Plensa, an internationally renowned contemporary Spanish artist and sculptor, wrote, "Despite all of the many differences that make us unique, such as religion or language, we are all trying to achieve similar things, such as love, health, prosperity and the success of our children." 13. human experience. In fact, the primary difference between each of the seven identical sculptures is the unique boulder that each one rests upon. 14. When the historic Teas Nursery closed in December 2009, The Jerry and Maury Rubenstein Foundation used for a park. It is named ________ Park. It is to be a beautiful, safe and quiet respite for Bellaire and its surrounding communities. The park is named for the Rubensteins' mother, someone who valued nature, community and family above all else. This park is about honoring the past, when people walked or biked to the park and kicked a ball or had a picnic. 15. Jeff Bezos attended River Oaks Elementary School from fourth to sixth grade. As an adult, he founded an online merchant of books, ________, which later became the largest Internet-based retailer in the U.S. 16. ________ ________, a Lamar High School graduate, has won nine Tony Awards and the National Medal of Arts. 17. Raindrops keep falling on this former Houstonian's head. ________ ________ 18. Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning actor ________ ________ is best known for playing Sheldon Cooper in the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory success. He is quoted as saying, "I consider myself so lucky to have grown up in Houston..." 19. Howard Hughes is buried at ________ Cemetery. Answers: 1. and Budget is colloquially referred to as "Greater Houston" or the "Houston Region." 2. lowest (Source: U.S. Census Bureau: 2013 American Community Survey) 3. One 4. 54 5. million 6. Memorial Hermann Medical Plaza 7. one-third 8. Energy 9. Rice University 10. St. Thomas 11. Discovery Green 12. Tolerance 13. seven 14. Evelyn's 15. amazon.com 16. Tommy Tune 17. B. J. Thomas 18. Jim Parsons 19. Glenwood Co ck r e ll B u tt e r fl y C ent e r l H o u s t o n M us e u m o f Na t ur a l S ci e n c e HOUSTON MUSEUM DISTRICT THE PERFORMING ARTS The James Turrell Skyspace A Tolerance Sculpture