Oregon Corner: Nature
Overlooking Portland, this popular skiing area is a potentially active stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc.
What is Mount Hood?
A competitive event where a person stands up front quickly yelling out numbers and people in the audience raise their hands.
What is an auction?
1994: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field star in this movie about an Alabaman man whose only desire is to be reunited with his sweetheart.
What is Forrest Gump?
When milk is added, the walls of this cereal tend to collapse, creating the "snap, crackle and pop" sounds that the slogan is based on.
What are Rice Krispies?
This Spanish capital is famous for bull-fighting and the El Prado Museum.
What is Madrid?
At almost 2,000 ft deep, this lake is situated in the crater of a dormant volcano and is the deepest lake in America.
What is Crater Lake?
This type of employee strategy focuses on how an organization can keep its staff (e.g. through compensation, policies, benefits, office perks, etc.).
What is retention?
1984: Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, and Arnold Schwarzenegger as the assassin named in the title.
What is The Terminator?
Tony the Tiger, the advertising cartoon mascot for this cereal, is known for saying, “They’re Gr-r-reat!”
What are Frosted Flakes?
Standing 98 feet tall, the Christ the Redeemer Statue stands on Mount Corcovado overlooking this Brazilian capital.
What is Rio de Janeiro?
Located at Cannon Beach in Clatsop County, these rocks are accessible by foot at low tide and are a highly popular tourist destination throughout the year.
What are the Haystack Rocks?
A gut feeling regarding one's child is commonly referred to as maternal instinct or "mother's" this.
What is intuition?
2018: Hey, Emily Blunt & John Krasinski! Keep it down!
What is A Quiet Place?
The tastiest tagline “Crazy Good” was developed as an ode to this frosted breakfast pastry.
What are Pop-Tarts?
The largest city in Jordan, this capital is famous for its Citadel--one of the oldest continually inhabited sites in the world.
What is Amman?
These colorful hills are located at the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in Wheeler County.
What are the Painted Hills?
Some people just refer to it as a green onion.
What is a scallion?
1991: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Lawrence A. Bonney, and Kasi Lemmons star in this chilling crime thriller about an FBI agent and a cannibal.
What is Silence of the Lambs?
Advertising this famous breakfast beverage brand, its slogan sings, “The Best Part of Wakin' Up Is ______ in Your Cup."
What is Folgers?
The Northern Lights shine above this capital in Iceland.
What is Reykjavik?
In the book "Wild," Cheryl Strayed hikes this 2650-mile trail that runs along the west coast through Oregon.
What is the Pacific Crest Trail?
Zymology is the scientific study of this process, as in winemaking.
What is fermentation?
1993: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell & a cameo by Scooter as the creature mentioned in the title. (Hint: many people referred to this movie when discussing life during the height of quarantine.)
What is Groundhog Day?
This General Mills cereal is known for its slogan “Crave Those Crazy Squares” and its signature taste that features sugar and one of the oldest spices in the world.
What is Cinnamon Toast Crunch?
Many tourists who visit this capital in Bangladesh take a trip to see the historical site Ahsan Manzil (known as the Pink Palace).
What is Dhaka?