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Quiz: Seattle Landmarks

28-October-08 / James Callan

Round 1 on Oct. 20, 2008

I hosted a quiz to benefit the Yes on Seattle Prop 1 campaign (Support Our Market — fund infrastructure investment). By request, all the rounds were related to Seattle, so you out-of-town readers are in for a difficult slog. (I suspect I would’ve been lynched even on my home turf, actually.)

Since the crowd wasn’t the usual from the Old Pequliar, some questions have been refurbished.

The Tiebreaker is there because prizes were awarded after each round, rather than for the whole night, so a built-in tiebreaker saved a lot of time.

1) Roethke Mews is the official name of the alley bordering what tavern?
2) In 1983, what business took over the Manning’s Cafeteria location at 5501 15th Ave NW?
3) For one point, name two of the three Seattle streets given the first names of members of the Denny Party. For two points, name all three.
4) Smith Tower was built as the tallest building west of the Mississippi, replacing the National Real Estate Building. That building, now known as Key Bank Center, is located in what Washington city?
5) The Space Needle didn’t make the American Institute of Architects’ list of America’s Favorite Architecture. For one point each, name the two Seattle buildings that did.
6) The first Cinerama screen in Seattle was installed in what venue originally built for vaudeville and movies?
7) The Bubbleator was moved out of the Center House at Seattle Center in 1984 to make way for what still-operating cultural institution?
8) The implosion of the Kingdome was the first live event to be broadcast on what cable network, which specializes in sports reruns, movies, and documentaries?
9) In August 2006, Chris Brugo decorated the outside of his house in the Roosevelt district with a mural depicting what sex symbol?
10) PK Dwyer’s band Felix & the Freelicks claims the distinction of being the first band to do what, back in 1971?

Tiebreaker: How many dances are commemorated in the “Broadway Dance Steps” installed in Capitol Hill sidewalks? And which ones can you name?

Geography

5-March-08 / James Callan

1) Which US state has the longest freshwater coastline?
2) What’s the only country that presently includes Afrikaans as one of its official languages?
3) Washington State’s borders include two rivers — the Columbia, to the south, and what other river to the east?
4) What heavily Baptist Gulf Coast state has the lowest rate of cremation in the US?
5) Isla De La Juventud is the second-largest island in what Caribbean nation?
6) What country is divided into thirteen peripheries, including Thessaly, Attica, and Epirus?
7) On February 17, the Republic of Kosovo declared independence from Serbia. The new nation borders three other countries. Name one of them.
8) What lake, the largest in Africa, is the source of the White Nile rivier?
9) The Moscow Canal connects the Moskva River to what other river?
10) Which Puget Sound city took its name from an earlier name of Mount Rainier?

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Quiz: Geography

24-January-07 / James Callan

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?