What Came First?
Which came first: the radio or the television?
Hint: Families could listen to shows before they could watch them.
Radio
Fun fact: Radio shows included comedies, mysteries, and live music.
Which doesn’t belong: violin, trumpet, or cello?
Hint: How do you make each instrument play?
Trumpet — the other two are string instruments.
Fun fact: A violin has four strings, and a cello does too!
It has keys, pedals, and a lid. What is it?
Hint: You can play a song on it.
Piano
Fun fact: Most modern pianos have 88 keys.
What Seattle landmark looks like a flying saucer on top of a tall tower?
Hint: It was built for the 1962 World’s Fair.
The Space Needle
Fun fact: Visitors can ride an elevator to its observation deck.
Which came first: the first Mickey Mouse cartoon or the first Superman comic book?
Hint: Both appeared before World War II, just about ten years apart.
Mickey Mouse
Fun fact: Mickey Mouse debuted in Steamboat Willie in 1928. Superman first appeared in Action Comics in 1938.
Which doesn’t belong: shark, dolphin, or salmon?
Hint: One of these animals must come to the surface to breathe air.
Dolphin — it’s a mammal.
Fun fact: Dolphins sleep with one half of their brain at a time so they can keep surfacing to breathe.
It has a crown, a core, and seeds. What is it?
Hint: It’s something you can eat.
Apple
Fun fact: Apple trees grown from seeds may produce fruit quite different from the apple the seeds came from.
What is the capital city of Washington state?
Hint: It’s south of Tacoma.
Olympia
Fun fact: Seattle is Washington’s largest city, but Olympia is its capital.
Which came first: the first moon landing or the first Star Wars movie?
Hint: One happened in 1969; the other came out in 1977
The first moon landing
Fun fact: Star Wars reached movie theaters less than eight years after people first walked on the Moon.
Which doesn’t belong: Mars, Venus, or the Moon?
Hint: Which one orbits Earth?
The Moon
Fun fact: Mars and Venus orbit the Sun, while the Moon orbits Earth.
It has a trunk, tusks, and enormous ears. What is it?
Hint: It’s one of the largest land animals
Elephant
Fun fact: An elephant’s trunk can pick up something as tiny as a piece of food.
Which Washington volcano famously erupted in 1980?
Hint: Hint: It’s southwest of Mount Rainier, and its name begins with “St.”
Mount St. Helens
Fun fact: Ash from the eruption fell across much of eastern Washington, turning daytime skies dark in some towns.
Which came first: the Titanic’s voyage or the opening of the Panama Canal?
Hint: The Titanic sailed in 1912.
The Titanic’s voyage
Fun fact: The Panama Canal opened in 1914 and gave ships a shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Which doesn’t belong: octopus, squid, or lobster?
Hint: Two have soft bodies and arms or tentacles.
Lobster — the other two are cephalopods.
Fun fact: An octopus has eight arms, while a squid has eight arms plus two longer tentacles.
It has a handle, a spout, and sometimes a whistle. What is it?
Hint: You put water in it.
Tea kettle
A whistling kettle makes its sound when steam rushes through a small opening.
What nickname was given to the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge because it swayed in the wind?
Hint: It sounds like the name of a horse.
Galloping Gertie
Fun fact: The bridge collapsed in 1940, just months after it opened.
Which came first: the Wright brothers’ flight or the first Model T Ford?
Hint: Their flight happened just after the turn of the 20th century.
The Wright brothers’ flight
Fun fact: The Wright brothers flew in 1903; the Model T arrived in 1908.
Which doesn’t belong: oak, pine, or maple?
Hint: Picture what their leaves look like.
Pine — it has needles and cones; the others are broadleaf trees.
Fun fact: Many pine trees stay green all winter, while oaks and maples commonly lose their leaves.
It has a bridge, a sound hole, and usually six strings. What is it?
Hint: You might strum it.
Acoustic guitar
Fun fact: The hollow body helps make an acoustic guitar loud enough to hear without an amplifier.
The Grand Coulee Dam was built on which major Washington river?
Hint: This river forms much of Washington’s southern border with Oregon.
The Columbia River
Fun fact: The dam produces electricity and helps supply water for farms in central Washington.