Father Figures
He is the only U.S. president to resign from office.
Who is Richard Nixon?
This chemical reaction, the heart of any campfire, releases heat, light, and gases when fuel combines with oxygen.
What is combustion?
This Marvel character, known for his vibranium shield, is widely regarded as the first avenger.
Who is Captain America (Steve Rogers)?
This canal, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, is one of the most important shipping routes in the world.
What is the Panama Canal?
The McPherson strut is a type of this vehicle system, responsible for ride comfort and handling.
What is suspension?
This iconic Seattle structure was built for the 1962 World's Fair and stands 605 feet tall.
What is the Space Needle?
This president famously said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Often used by survivalists and campers alike, this fire-starting tool produces sparks when struck against steel.
What is a ferrocerium rod (or flint and steel)?
This film follows a man who ages in reverse and was loosely based on a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
What is The Curious Case of Benjamin Button?
This country, made up of more than 17,000 islands, is the world's largest island nation by population.
What is Indonesia?
Torque is rotational force, while this is the rate at which torque is applied.
What is horsepower?
Jeff Bezos founded this e-commerce giant in his Bellevue garage in 1994, just outside of Seattle.
What is Amazon?
This president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
In fire science, this is the minimum temperature at which a substance emits enough vapor to ignite in air.
What is flash point?
This director is known for dream-layering in Inception, time-twisting in Tenet, and superhero grit in The Dark Knight trilogy.
Who is Christopher Nolan?
Mount Everest lies on the border between these two countries.
What are Nepal and China (Tibet)?
This German automaker's logo represents four companies that merged to form Auto Union in the 1930s.
This major airplane manufacturer opened its first factory in Seattle in 1916.
What is Boeing?
Before becoming president, he was a peanut farmer and served as governor of Georgia.
Who is Jimmy Carter?
This 20th-century U.S. icon, created during WWII, reminds campers that "only YOU can prevent wildfires.
Who is Smokey Bear?
This 1958 Hitchcock thriller, set in San Francisco, is considered one of the greatest films of all time and explores themes of obsession and identity.
What is Vertigo?
This city, whose name means "Eastern Capital," is the most populous capital in the world.
What is Tokyo?
This component, part of the exhaust system, reduces harmful emissions using a chemical reaction involving platinum, palladium, and rhodium.
What is a catalytic converter?
This Seattle-born online retailer of outdoor gear and clothing is owned by its customers as a co-op.
What is REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.)?
Though never elected president or vice president, he served as both.
Who is Gerald Ford?
Campfires burn hottest and cleanest with this color flame, indicating optimal combustion.
What is blue?
This 2020 South Korean film made history by winning both Best Picture and Best International Feature at the Oscars.
What is Parasite?
This country’s capital is the highest in the world at over 11,900 feet above sea level.
What is Bolivia? (Capital: La Paz)
This type of electric motor operates without magnets, relying instead on a rotating magnetic field to generate torque in a squirrel-cage rotor — a design famously used in early Tesla vehicles.
What is an induction motor?
This body of water separates downtown Seattle from the neighborhoods of Queen Anne and Capitol Hill.
What is Lake Union?