Question 1

Which is NOT Seattle's nickname?

Accepted Answer

Green City

Question 2

Seattle was originally named

Accepted Answer

Duwamps

Question 3

Seattle is ranked the most ______ city in the country.

Accepted Answer

literate

Question 4

In the world's largest fleets of ferry boats, where does the Puget Sound rank?

Accepted Answer

third

Question 5

Harbor Island has had this title twice:

Accepted Answer

largest man-made island in the world

Question 6

The Puget Sound region has about ____ named islands.

Accepted Answer

174

Question 7

Seattle's hilly landscape is due to:

Accepted Answer

glaciers

Question 8

Mt. Rainier is also known as:

Accepted Answer

Tahoma

Question 9

Mt. Rainier has more ______ than any mountain in the 48 contiguous states.

Accepted Answer

named glaciers

Question 10

Destroyed by fire in 1889, the city was rebuilt _________.

Accepted Answer

22 feet higher

Question 11

Purple glass blocks embedded in the sidewalks are actually:

Accepted Answer

skylights into the underground city

Question 12

Pike Place Market is the oldest continually operating farmers Market in the country. It opened in:

Accepted Answer

1907

Question 13

Pike Place Market was founded in reaction to:

Accepted Answer

overpriced onions

Question 14

The giant bronze pig at the Pike Place Market is named:

Accepted Answer

Rachel

Question 15

Near Pike Place, there's an entire wall covered in:

Accepted Answer

gum

Question 16

What year did Starbuck's open?

Accepted Answer

1971

Question 17

What is the name of the world's longest floating bridge?

Accepted Answer

Evergreen Point Floating Bridge/Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge

Question 18

The Space Needle is located in which Seattle neighborhood?

Accepted Answer

Queen Anne

Question 19

Seattle was the first Amercian city to elect a __________.

Accepted Answer

female mayor

Question 20

This arts organization has the highest per-capita attendance for its art form:

Accepted Answer

Pacific Northwest Ballet

Question 21

The second chapter of which civil rights organization formed in Seattle?

Accepted Answer

The Black Panthers

Question 22

Seattle was the site of the first general strike in the US. It was in what year?

Accepted Answer

1919

Question 23

In 1950, the nation's first ___________ opened in Seattle.

Accepted Answer

shopping mall

Question 24

Seattle is one of the cities claiming to have the very first _______.

Accepted Answer

gas station

Question 25

Seattle was the first city to have police ____________.

Accepted Answer

on bicycles

Question 26

Which musicians named Kenny are from Seattle?

Accepted Answer

Kenny G, Kenny Loggins

Question 27

Seattlites buy more __________per capita than any other US city.

Accepted Answer

sunglasses

Question 28

Under the Aurora bridge in Fremont, there's a sculpture of a giant _________.

Accepted Answer

troll

Question 29

Seattle has more dogs than _________.

Accepted Answer

children

Question 30

Seattlites report more _________per capita than any other city in the US.

Accepted Answer

UFO sightings

Question 31

The term ___________ was coined in Seattle, in 1947.

Accepted Answer

flying saucer

Question 32

Seattle was home to martial arts star:

Accepted Answer

Bruce Lee

Question 33

In the Capitol Hill neighborhood, there's a statue of:

Accepted Answer

Jimi Hendrix

Question 34

In the Fremont neighborhood, there's a large statue of:

Accepted Answer

Lenin

Seattle Trivia (35 questions & answers quiz)

2) Seattle was originally named

3) Seattle is ranked the most ______ city in the country.

4) In the world's largest fleets of ferry boats, where does the Puget Sound rank?

5) Harbor Island has had this title twice:

6) The Puget Sound region has about ____ named islands.

7) Seattle's hilly landscape is due to:

8) Mt. Rainier is also known as:

9) Mt. Rainier has more ______ than any mountain in the 48 contiguous states.

10) Destroyed by fire in 1889, the city was rebuilt _________.

11) Purple glass blocks embedded in the sidewalks are actually:

12) Pike Place Market is the oldest continually operating farmers Market in the country. It opened in:

13) Pike Place Market was founded in reaction to:

14) The giant bronze pig at the Pike Place Market is named:

15) Near Pike Place, there's an entire wall covered in:

16) What year did Starbuck's open?

17) What is the name of the world's longest floating bridge?

18) The Space Needle is located in which Seattle neighborhood?

19) Seattle was the first Amercian city to elect a __________.

20) This arts organization has the highest per-capita attendance for its art form:

21) The second chapter of which civil rights organization formed in Seattle?

22) Seattle was the site of the first general strike in the US. It was in what year?

23) In 1950, the nation's first ___________ opened in Seattle.

24) Seattle is one of the cities claiming to have the very first _______.

25) Seattle was the first city to have police ____________.

26) Which musicians named Kenny are from Seattle?

27) Seattlites buy more __________per capita than any other US city.

28) Under the Aurora bridge in Fremont, there's a sculpture of a giant _________.

29) Seattle has more dogs than _________.

30) Seattlites report more _________per capita than any other city in the US.

31) The term ___________ was coined in Seattle, in 1947.

32) Seattle was home to martial arts star:

33) In the Capitol Hill neighborhood, there's a statue of:

34) In the Fremont neighborhood, there's a large statue of: