LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
RENAMED MOUNT RAINIER BY BRITISH EXPLORERS, THIS VOLCANO IS BETTER KNOWN TO THE COAST SALISH PEOPLE AS THIS
TAHOMA
HAVING PLAYED NINE SEASONS IN JAPAN PRIOR TO JOINING THE MARINERS, ICHIRO SUZUKI WAS THIS MANY YEARS OLD WHEN HE WON THE AL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR, THE SIXTH OLDEST PLAYER TO DO SO
27 YEARS OLD
DUBBED THE “ANTHEM OF A GENERATION”, THIS 1991 HIT SINGLE WAS CERTIFIED X10 PLATINUM STATUS IN 2024, 30 YEARS AFTER THE DEATH OF ITS LEAD SINGER
SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT
IN "LIFE AND DEATH", THE GENDERBENT VERSION OF THE NOVEL TWILIGHT, STEPHANIE MEYER CHANGES BELLA’S NAME TO THIS; THE FRENCH MIGHT SAY SHE DID A BEAUTIFUL JOB
BEAU
NOW IN ITS 22ND SEASON, THIS MEDICAL DRAMA IS SHONDA RHIMES’ MOST SUCCESSFUL TELEVISION PROJECT
GREY'S ANATOMY
ALTHOUGH THE STORY IS SET IN EASTERN WASHINGTON, TWIN PEAKS WAS PRIMARILY FILMED IN THE CASCADES, NOTABLY FEATURING THIS WATERFALL IN THE OPENING CREDIT SEQUENCE
SNOQUALMIE FALLS
THIS PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAM WAS THE FIRST IN SEATTLE HISTORY TO WIN TWO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
SEATTLE STORM
IN 1959, JIMI HENDRIX DROPPED OUT OF THIS SEATTLE HIGH SCHOOL; IRONICALLY, HIS ONLY FAILING GRADE WAS IN MUSIC
GARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
PIERCE BROWN WROTE THIS DEBUT NOVEL OVER TWO MONTHS IN A ROOM ABOVE HIS PARENTS’ GARAGE IN SEATTLE; SIX MILLION SALES LATER, HE CAN PROBABLY AFFORD HIS OWN PLACE NOW
RED RISING
THIS 1999 ROM-COM FILMED ON LOCATION AT STADIUM HIGH SCHOOL IN TACOMA, WA; ALTHOUGH IN THE MOVIE IT WAS RENAMED “PADUA HIGH SCHOOL”
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NAMED FOR THE CHINOOK JARGON WORD MEANING “EVENTUALLY”, THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL LANDING SITE OF THE DENNY PARTY IN 1851; ALTHOUGH THEY DID NOT END UP SETTLING THERE
ALKI POINT
IN 2023, THIS QUARTERBACK LED THE UW HUSKIES TO THEIR FIRST NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCE SINCE 1991
MICHAEL PENNIX JR
BEN GIBBARD AND JIMMY TAMBORELLO COULD NOT SCHEDULE RECORDING SESSIONS TOGETHER FOR THIS BAND'S ONLY ALBUM; INSTEAD, THEY EXCHANGED TAPES IN THE MAIL
THE POSTAL SERVICE
THIS 2013 NONFICTION BOOK DEPICTS THE LIVES OF THE UW ROWING TEAM PREPARING TO COMPETE IN THE 1936 OLYMPICS
THE BOYS IN THE BOAT
ALTHOUGH THE SHOW NEVER FILMED ON LOCATION THERE, THIS MIRANDA COSGROVE SITCOM TOOK PLACE IN SEATTLE; PERHAPS THEY USED A VPN
ICARLY
NAMED AFTER A LOCAL TRIBE STILL SEEKING FEDERAL RECOGNITION, THE LOWER GREEN RIVER BECOMES THIS FOR THE LAST 12 MILES BEFORE IT EMPTIES INTO THE SALISH SEA
DUWAMISH RIVER
A MEMBER OF THE ORIGINAL 2013 SQUAD, THIS PLAYER’S #15 JERSEY WAS RETIRED BY THE SEATTLE REIGN IN 2024, THE FIRST JERSEY NUMBER PERMANTENTLY RETIRED BY THE CLUB
MEGAN RAPINOE
THIS SEATTLE SAXOPHONIST IS THE BEST-SELLING INSTRUMENTALIST OF ALL TIME
KENNY G
IN THE 2012 BESTSELLER “WHERE’D YOU GO BERNADETTE?”, BERNADETTE’S SEATTLE NEIGHBORS IMPLORE HER TO TRIM THIS INVASIVE BERRY BUSH OVERGROWING INTO THEIR YARD
BLACKBERRIES
BRUCE LEE PASSED AWAY ON JULY 20TH, 1973, SIX DAYS BEFORE THE RELEASE OF THIS MOVIE, HIS FINAL FEATURE FILM
ENTER THE DRAGON
THIS LEADER OF THE DUWAMISH AND SUQUAMISH PEOPLE WAS FAMOUS FOR BEFRIENDING WHITE SETTLERS; SOME ARGUE HE HAD NO RIGHT TO SIGN THE TREATY OF POINT ELLIOT WHICH CEDED 5 MILLION ACRES OF LAND TO THE UNITED STATES
CHIEF SEALTH
HAVING ONCE STATED "I DON'T WANT TO BECOME THE GOALKEEPER WHO SHOULD'VE RETIRED LAST YEAR," THIS SEATTLE SOUNDER WON MLS GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR IN 2011, HIS LAST SEASON BEFORE RETIRING
KASEY KELLER
GIVEN A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT IN 2025, SHE IS THE SEATTLE SYMPHONY'S FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR TO SERVE AS ITS MUSIC DIRECTOR
XIAN ZHANG
RECOGNIZED AS THE FIRST PIECE OF JAPANESE AMERICAN LITERATURE, JOHN OKADA TELLS THE STORY OF A YOUNG MAN RETURNING TO SEATTLE FROM A WORLD WAR II INTERNMENT CAMP IN THIS NOVEL; PERHAPS YOU MIGHT KNOW IT
NO-NO BOY
DEVELOPERS FOR THE LAST OF US PART II VISITED THE PARAMOUNT THEATER IN SEATTLE TO USE IT AS A MODEL FOR ONE OF THE GAME’S KEY LOCATIONS; IN THE GAME AND SUBSEQUENT TV SHOW, THE THEATER WAS RENAMED THIS
PINNACLE THEATER