Washington State
What music genre is most associated with Seattle?
Grunge
What’s the name of the process by which cells divide to create identical cells?
Mitosis
What decade was James Baldwin born?
1920s (1924)
What 1939 movie is the musical Wicked based on?
The Wizard of Oz
Which civil rights activist is famously associated with the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycotts?
Rosa Parks
What is Washington state's nickname?
Bonus 100 - What is Seattle's nickname?
The Evergreen State
The Emerald City
What’s the name of the theory that explains how the continents move across the Earth's surface?
Plate Tectonics
Where on the NSC campus can you find a quote from James Baldwin displayed in a mural?
Library
True or False: Cambridge is the capitol city of England
False! London is the capitol city of England.
What city did the original rainbow Pride flag debut?
Bonus 200+ Points - What decade?
1978 - San Francisco
What popular zombie apocalypse video game is set in Seattle?
The Last of Us Part II
Anatomy Time - What is the Mandible?
(Lower) Jaw Bone
What European city/country did James Baldwin move to from the United States in the 1940s?
Paris, France
What movie studio created the following characters: Ponyo, Totoro, Nausicaa, and No-Face?
Studio Ghibli
To protest racial segregation in Seattle Public Schools, civil rights groups organized a two day boycott in late March of 1966. Students who boycotted attended "Freedom Schools" run by activists. Approximately how many Seattle students participated in the boycotts?
Over 3,000 students.
Washington is nicknamed the "________ Capitol of the World" - What is the state famous for?
Bonus 200+ Points for the name of the Washington city this often refers to.
Apple
City - Wenatchee
What is the name of the type of chemical bond formed by the sharing of electrons between atoms?
Covalent Bond
True or False - Go Tell It On the Mountain by James Baldwin (1953) is a collection of essays.
False! Notes of a Native Son (1955) is a collection of essays centered on topics of Black identity and American politics.
Who is the "Queen of Tejano Music"?
Selena
Marsha P. Johnson was a revolutionary activist in the LGBTQ+ Rights Movement. What event in 1969 is she best known for her involvement in?
Bonus +300 Points: What does the P initial of her name stand for? Hint - Its a 4 word phrase.
Stonewall Riots
Marsha "Pay It No Mind" Johnson
What is Real Rent Duwamish?
"Real Rent calls on people who live and work in Seattle to make rent payments to the Duwamish Tribe. Though the city named for the Duwamish leader Chief Seattle thrives: The Tribe has yet to be justly compensated for their land, resources, and livelihood"
Which planet in our solar system has the highest surface temperature?
Venus
True or False: Project Baldwin is named after James Baldwin.
True
What is a "Canadian Tuxedo"?
Denim on Denim (Jacket and Jeans)
In the beginnings of the Red Power Movement (1969), an activist group named Indians of All Tribes occupied this former American prison to demonstrate against the federal government's oppression of indigenous communities. What is the name of said prison?
Alcatraz