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This Washington State vegetable, grown in the Walla Walla Valley, is known for its sweet flavor.
What is the Walla Walla Onion?
Italian artist who conceived the David sculpture
Who is Michelangelo?
The most sequenced pathogen in the 2020s.
What is SARS-CoV-2?
This popular YA book series turned movie franchise is set in Forks, WA.
What is Twilight?
This snow sport made its debut at the 1998 winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan with half pipe and slalom events.
What is snowboarding?
This virus causes seasonal respiratory illness and has types A and B.
What is influenza?
This Oregon-based dairy cooperative, founded in 1909, is famous for its cheese and ice cream.
What is Tillamook?
Painted the Night Watch and is famous for contrasting light and shadow in his oil paintings
Who is Rembrandt?
The largest Ocean on Earth
The Pacific Ocean
This Aberdeen-born band's 1991 album "Nevermind" knocked Michael Jackson off the Billboard charts and defined a generation's aesthetic of flannel and thrift stores.
What is Nirvana?
This singer is known as the Queen of Christmas thanks to her 1994 hit "All I Want for Christmas is You.
Who is Mariah Carey?
This highly contagious childhood virus causes a red rash and is preventable with the MMR vaccine.
What is measles?
This type of apple was developed at Washington State University and is a cross between a Honeycrisp and Enterprise varieties.
What is Cosmic Crisp?
Monet, Mane, and Renoir are part of this French art movement
What is Impressionism?
The oceanic plate that's subducting beneath the North American Plate, which creates the Cascade volcanic arc (Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens, Mount Hood, etc)
What is the Juan de Fuca Plate?
This sketch comedy series starring Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein satirized hipster culture in Oregon's largest city from 2011-2018.
What is Portlandia?
The song "White Winter Hymnal" is sung by which indie-folk band formed in Seattle?
Who is Fleet Foxes?
This foodborne bacterium is associated with undercooked poultry and eggs.
What is Salmonella?
Washington State produces more of these sweet, dark red stone fruits than any other state, with the Rainier variety being particularly prized.
What are cherries?
The painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Seurat is a good example of this technique
What is Pointillism?
The PNW is home to some of the largest trees in the world. Which two iconic evergreen trees are famously abundant in the region's forests?
What is Douglas firs and western red cedars?
Which farming simulation video game was developed by Seattleite Eric Barone?
What is Stardew Valley?
This stop-motion Christmas special from 1964 was the first of the classic Rankin/Bass holiday animations to air on television.
What is Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?
This pathogen can cause febrile symptoms that may be confused with Dengue virus and is named for a forest in Uganda.
What is Zika virus?
This anadromous fish is central to PNW indigenous cultures, returns to freshwater rivers to spawn after years in the ocean, and Washington is a top producer.
What is salmon?
Yayoi Kusama if most famous for depicting this type of vegetable covered in dots
What are pumpkins?
This Seattle-based cancer research center pioneered bone marrow transplantation and earned its founder a Nobel Prize in 1990.
What is Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Fred Hutch)?
This Kpop group just finished their world tour this year, and their first stop on the North American leg of the tour was the T-Mobile Park Stadium in Seattle, WA (May 2025).
Who is Stray Kids?
This Greek bishop lived in the 4th century and was famous for his generosity and gift giving. He is widely considered synonymous with the modern Santa Claus.
Who is St. Nicholas (or Sinterklaas)?
Which pathogen is named after an African river because of its long, winding filamentous look under the microscope?
What is Ebola virus?