Q 01/05

Which religious leader drew enormous crowds to San Antonio in 1987, when Henry Cisneros was mayor?

A) The Dalai Lama

B) Pope John Paul II

C) Archbishop Desmond Tutu

D) Mother Teresa

Answer · why

B) Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II celebrated an outdoor Mass there for hundreds of thousands of people, a crowd often described as the largest in Texas history.

Q 02/05

Where did HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros spend a night in December 1994 to understand a top-priority problem?

A) A fire station

B) A city jail cell

C) A hospital waiting room

D) A homeless shelter

Answer · why

D) A homeless shelter

A homeless shelter in Minnesota's Twin Cities was his bed after an evening walking the streets and talking with people who had nowhere to live. The ne...

Q 03/05

Mayor Henry Cisneros helped attract which famous theme park brand to San Antonio, where it opened in 1988?

A) Legoland

B) Dollywood

C) SeaWorld

D) Disneyland

Answer · why

C) SeaWorld

SeaWorld opened its San Antonio park in May 1988, billed as the largest marine-life theme park in the world, and 75,000 people came to the opening.

Q 04/05

Which stadium did Mayor Henry Cisneros persuade San Antonio voters to pay for, his signature accomplishment?

A) Alamodome

B) Frost Bank Center

C) Toyota Field

D) HemisFair Arena

Answer · why

A) Alamodome

Alamodome doors opened in 1993, four years after he left office, at a cost of $186 million. Cisneros chaired the committee that advised on its constru...

Q 05/05

Henry Cisneros was named after which relative, who made the request from his own deathbed?

A) His godfather

B) His uncle

C) His father

D) His older cousin

Answer · why

B) His uncle

His uncle Henry, a younger brother of his mother Elvira, died of Hodgkin's disease as a teenager after asking that his sister give his name to her son...