1) Which US state comes last alphabetically?
2) Who has had the most square miles of the earth’s surface named after him or her?
3) What’s the popular name for the intersection at Broadway and Seventh Avenue in New York City?
4) The community of White Center in unincorporated King County is being considered for annexation by Seattle as well as what other city?
5) As of 2005, which city had the busiest Amtrak station west of the Mississippi? (most passenger traffic to and from)
6) Which of these is longest: the second-longest river in Africa, the second-longest river in Asia, the second-longest river in North America, or the second-longest river in South America?
7) What’s the official state religion of Bhutan?
8) The US was the first country to detonate a nuclear weapon. The Soviet Union was second. Which country was third?
9) What state capital, named for a US president, is the city with the greatest number of Flickr users per capita?
10) If you’re at the spot exactly opposite Seattle on a globe, what ocean are you in?
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I’ll name a tourist attraction, you tell me what town or city it’s in.
1) OK Corral
2) Wall Drug
3) Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
4) National Baseball Hall of Fame
5) Graceland (Elvis’ house)
6) Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
7) the Lowell Observatory
8) Glitter Gulch
9) Pimlico Race Course
10) Grant’s Tomb
Average score, out of 17 teams: 6.24.
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1) (multiple choice) The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre clinched Al Capone’s victory over which rival gangster: Pretty Boy Floyd, Bugs Moran, Abe Sarkis, or Dutch Schultz?
2) On May 10, 1924, J. Edgar Hoover was appointed head of the Bureau of Investigation by which US President?
3) Who was shot not long after seeing the movie Manhattan Melodrama?
4) What wild west lawman was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1979, the year it was created?
5) What 1970s bank robber was pardoned by Bill Clinton on his final day in office?
6) What NBA player is a reserve police officer for the city of Miami Beach, Florida?
7) Which Steven Spielberg film is based on the autobiography of Frank Abagnale?
8) Which US president was a former New York City police commissioner?
9) Local labor leader Dave Beck was convicted in 1957 of stealing $1900 from the coffers when he was president of what union?
10) Who was the Seattle police chief during the WTO protests?
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From the Old Pequliar on Jan. 23, 2007
1) What’s the most populous city on I-5 between Seattle and Portland?
2) As of 2006, according to the Economist Intelligence Group, what Scandinavian city is the most expensive in the world?
3) The total land area of Japan is closest to the total land area of which state: California, Michigan, Montana, or Oregon?
4) What river forms part of the border between Ontario and New York?
5) Which California city is the most populous city in the US that doesn’t contain at least 1,000,000 people?
6) Name one of the two Central American countries that borders Mexico.
7) Land’s End, the westernmost point in England, is located in which county?
8) Measured by total passenger traffic, which airport is the busiest on the European continent?
9) Name one of the two countries in the world that borders 14 other countries.
10) Seattle’s Empire Way was officially renamed in 1982. What’s it known as today?