Skagit County
This is the year when Skagit County was officially created from the southern portion of Whatcom County.
When is 1883 (Nov. 28)?
This 1975 film, often credited with creating the modern summer blockbuster, made audiences fear the water like never before.
What is Jaws?
In this iconic fantasy RPG series, the continent of Tamriel is home to the provinces of Skyrim, Cyrodiil, and Morrowind.
What is The Elder Scrolls?
The NHL’s 32nd franchise took the ice in 2021 with this mythical name.
What are the Seattle Kraken?
This member of leadership graduated high school in 1990.
Who is Russ Walker?
Despite being famous for its colorful springtime tulips, the Skagit Valley is an agricultural giant. Roughly 95% of this vegetable grown in the state of Washington comes from Skagit County farms.
What are red potatoes?
Released in 1968, this visually groundbreaking sci‑fi epic featured a mysterious monolith and an AI known as HAL 9000.
What is 2001: A Space Odyssey?
This action‑adventure series centers on the kingdom of Hyrule, the Triforce, and a courageous hero who reincarnates across eras to battle evil.
What is The Legend of Zelda?
This NBA team won its only championship in 1979 before famously relocating to Oklahoma City in 2008.
Who are the Seattle Super Sonics?
This coworker was once part of a band called "The Future Is."
Who is Jeff Bossey?
Rising to 9,114 feet, this non‑volcanic peak is the highest point in Skagit County.
What is Mount Buckner?
In this 2001 cult film, a troubled teenager encounters a mysterious figure in a grotesque rabbit suit who warns him that the world will end in 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, and 12 seconds.
What is Donnie Darko?
Releasing in 2016, Stardew Valley released, becoming one of the best selling video games ever, with 50 million copies sold. It was made by a solo developer, who goes by this handle.
Who goes by ConcernedApe?
This dominant secondary unit of the Seahawks defense from 2011 to 2017 was famously known by this three-word moniker.
What is the Legion of Boom?
This coworker started with the county in 1991.
Who is Kim Berry?
Its landscape includes more than ten islands, including Guemes, Cypress, Samish, Sinclair, Hart, Pass, Allan, Burrows, and Fidalgo.
What is the Salish Sea islands within Skagit County?
This 2006 dark fantasy film by Guillermo del Toro intertwines the horrors of post‑Civil War Spain with a young girl’s journey into a mythical underworld, where a faun sets her on three perilous trials.
What is Pan’s Labyrinth?
This legendary Storm point guard won four WNBA championships and spent her entire 21-year Hall of Fame career in Seattle.
Who is Sue Bird?
Which two coworkers went to Laventure Middle School at the same time in the 90's?
Who are Greg Camp and Lisa Chu-Greenough?
In the late 1870s, a massive, log obstruction on the Skagit River was finally removed, opening the upper valley to steamboats and triggering a surge in settlement and logging. What was the name of this long‑standing obstruction whose removal transformed the region’s development?
What is the Great Log Jam of the Skagit River?
Inspired by anime and philosophical texts, this 1999 sci‑fi film envisions a simulated reality controlled by machines, leaving humanity unknowingly trapped inside a digital illusion.
What is The Matrix?
When Seattle's expansion franchise was officially announced for Major League Soccer, the ownership intended to name the team "Seattle FC", but changed course due to a massive write-in campaign by fans honoring this year—the birth year of the original NASL franchise.
What is 1974?