Quick Math
The Central District
'A' Trip Around the World
Roots
Wild Card
100

3 x 3 x 3 = 

27

100

Located in the Central District, Bridges Academy is located across the street from Flo Ware Park, and is about eight blocks away from this park named for an assassinated Civil Rights activity. 

Edwin Pratt Park

100

Take a quick four-hour drive out of Albequeque to visit this state; alphabetically, it's third.

Arizona

100

'Astra' or 'Aster' come from the Latin word for this; you're probably thinking of a shooting one already.

Stars

100
Seattle's first baseball team - now the Milwaukee Brewers - was named for these 'drivers' of planes; usually, they're called 'Captain.'
Pilots
200

3 x 3 x 3 x 3 =

81

200

Founded in 1920, this nearby high school saw the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Quincy Jones, and Ernestine Anderson

Garfield High School

200

Oman, Yemen, Qatar, and a few other nations share control over this strategically-important peninsula. 

Arabian Peninsula

200

'Grat,' Greek for this, has a short 'a' as in 'apple,' not a long 'a' like in 'game.'

Thanks/thank

200

In the 1980s, the world successfully eradicated this terrible disease. Now, only two vials of it remain; one in Russia, and one in the United States.

Smallpox

300

12 x 12 - 100 - 4 =

40

300
Famous foods: for many years, talk show host Oprah Winfrey used to pay to have peach cobbler from this local eatern flown from Seattle to Los Angeles each day. 

Ezell's Famous Chicken

300

Featuring unique geological features such as Uluru, the Twelve Apostles, and the Olgas, this country with with stars on their flag is home to some of the more diverse geography in the world.

Australia

300

The Shepherd's Tree has roots that can reach down as far as 270 feet below the ground; very helpful for finding nutrients in this resource-poor environment.

Desert

300

Blue Scholars incorrectly lists Washington as the second-to-last state alphabetically in the song North by Northwest. Which state is the second-to-last if ordered alphabetically?

West Virginia

400
What is the simplest form to express the following fraction: 60/100

3/5

400

The expansion of the federal highway system in the 1950s and 60s saw the forced eviction and destruction of locally-owned homes to make way for this major freeway.

Interstate 90

400

After 132 years of being dominated by the French colonial administration, this North African country successfully fought to gain their independence on July 5th, 1962. 

Algeria

400

Taiga, samovar, and tundra were all adopted as part of the English language, though they were originally spoken by speakers of several different languages in this large Eurasian country.

Russia

400

Though only one country in South America is officially named after him, this 19th century revolutionary is considered a hero across much of the South American continent. 

Simon Bolivar


500

2 x 2 + 10 x 3 + 76 = 

100

500

Name one neighborhood of Seattle that borders the Central District

Capitol Hill, Rainier Valley, Beacon Hill, Downtown, First Hill, or Chinatown-International District

500

This small town in rural New Mexico became the  birthplace of the atomic age when the first nuclear weapon was tested there in July of 1945. 

Alamogordo

500

The largest root network in the world can be found in this US state; maybe you can check it out after you finish up at Bears Ears National Monument.

Utah

500

This Sega product was the first gaming console to feature online gaming. It was also the last major project undertaken by Sega before they were ultimately acquired by competitor Nintendo.

The Dreamcast

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