Quick Quiz
Game 84
A Ballpark With a Roof
Guess Who I Am
A video by Texas Archive of the Moving Image
The game's question
Read the riddle one sentence at a time, and let the name come with a smile.
Guess who I am. I opened in Houston in 1965, and I was the first baseball stadium with a roof over the field: rain or shine, the game went on. People called me “the Eighth Wonder of the World.” Under my roof, a whole new kind of field was needed, and it borrowed part of my name. What am I called?
A riddle to solve—say the name out loud
Need a hint?
The grass under my roof died, so artificial turf replaced it—and it was called AstroTurf. Did anyone in the family ever go to a ballgame?
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Answer: The Astrodome—in Houston, 1965, the first baseball stadium with a roof.
Why this game : A building that looked like the future is fun to picture again—and it leads to stories about ballgames and who took you.
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