Quiz: Seattle Institutions

Round 4 at Post on October 20, 2008

Fourth round of local trivia for the Yes on Seattle Prop. 1 ballot measure.

1) In 2003, Fantagraphics Publishing saved itself from going out of business by starting to publish a complete collection of what newspaper comic strip?
2) What local website describes itself as “Seattle’s sparkly indie-pop press”?
3) Hankblog is the official blog for what local institution?
4) What fraternal organization, once based in the building that’s now home to A Contemporary Theatre, was founded by six theater owners in 1898?
5) In 1993, Ben and Jerry’s launched what rhyming, caramel-cashew-Brazil nut-chocolate-hazelnut-fudge-almond ice cream flavor at Archie McPhee?
6) When it opened in 1986, what semi-kinky Seattle business was called Marzi Tarts?
7) When the Storm won the 2004 WNBA championship, what team did they defeat in the finals?
8) In a recent ad campaign, an animal named Leonard demands that the Seattle Aquarium let him in. What kind of animal is Leonard?
9) According to legend, a customer in Alaska successfully returned to Nordstrom a set of what product that the store has never actually sold?
10) The Green Lake branch of the Seattle Public Library has been closed since October 2 because they found what in a crawlspace?
11) As of December 2007, what was the circulation of the Seattle Weekly?

Answers:

1) Show ▼

2) Show ▼

3) Show ▼

4) Show ▼

5) Show ▼

6) Show ▼

7) Show ▼

8) Show ▼

9) Show ▼

10) Show ▼

Tiebreaker: Show ▼