Wolves in WA
Fictional Canids
Paw and Order
Cub Clubs
Grab Bag
100
There are around ____ wolves in Washington State
Around 200
100
This courteous canid is friends with Peppa Pig and even taught her how to blow bubbles.
Wendy Wolf
100
Ranchers opposed to wolf reintroduction often site the geographical differences; they live on one side of the state, while lawmakers in Olympia reside on this side of the Cascades.
West
100
The Seattle Sea Wolves play this contact sport; unlike in football, a touchdown is only worth five points.
Rugby
100
This local landmark was initially derided as ugly or an eyesore; sixty years later, it's possibly the most recognizable building in Seattle.
The Space Needle
200
The printer's not running out ink, that's just the way they look - this native wolf species is slowly making a comeback in Washington State
Gray Wolf
200
This wolf clearly wasn't a structural engineer; if he was, he would have known that it takes hurricane-force winds to knock down a brick wall.
The Big Bad Wolf
200
State conservation authorities will sometimes use these vehicles to hunt wolves from the air when pack numbers grow unsustainable.
Helicopters
200
No, that's not someone announcing a falling tree - it's this professional basketball team from Minnesota.
Timberwolves
200
This Seattle guitarist with a statue on Capitol Hill sang 'The Wind Cries Mary' and 'Purple Haze' - maybe he was referring to the smoke from nearby wildfires.
Jimi Hendrix
300
The Endangered Species Act of 1973 made it _____ to hunt, kill, or harm wolves.
Illegal
300
This leading character from the 2022 movie Bad Guys transforms from an antagonist to a protagonist throughout the story.
Mr. Wolf
300
WDFW - the Washington Department of _____ and _____ - is the agency primarily responsible for managing our state's wolf populations.
Fish and Wildlife
300
This Phoenix-based hockey team's mascot may not be a wolf, but it is the animal most likely to be mistakenly identified as one.
Arizona Coyotes
300
The Seattle Supersonics were named after a jet that was set to be made by this locally-based company, but wound up never being created.
Boeing
400
Most of our state's wolf population lives on this side of the Cascade Mountains.
East
400
Based on a true story, this fictional wolf-dog hybrid helped deliver life-saving medicine across 55 miles of ice and snow in a 1995 Disney animated movie.
Balto
400
Gray wolves were removed from the Endangered Species List in 2020 during this President's administration, but were re-added in 2022.
Donald Trump
400
Named for the red wolves that once roamed the Carolinas, North Carolina State University's mascot is this collective term for a group of wolves.
Wolfpack
400
Seattle was known by several other names in its early history, including this odd moniker shared with the biggest city in the country.
New York
500
Despite being portrayed as a home for fictional wolves (and werewolves), no wolves actually live in this rainy national park.
Olympic National Park
500
What a marvel - in Norse mythology, this giant wolf was the child of the trickster-god Loki.
Fenrir
500
The illegal harming or killing of a wolf is serious business, and can lead to a $5,000 fine and up to this amount of time in jail.
One year
500
They might not have wolves in the name, but the Vancouver Canucks hockey team has sea wolves - a term for this aquatic creature - on its uniforms.
Orcas/Killer Whales
500
When the University of Washington opened in 1861, the tuition for a Math class cost this much - about as much as a gallon of gas would cost today.
$5