Railroads Connecting WA & Music
Railroad Companies & Science
Economic Development & 80s Movies
Funding the railroads & Food
Misc WA History & Sports
100
What does Transcontinental mean?
Extending across a continent.
100
Where did railroad companies start building the Northen Pacific Railroad in Washington?
Kalama
100
What famous 80s movie is this?
The Goonies
100
What is this popular sandwich called?
McRib
100
The Tacoma Rainiers are the triple-A minor-league baseball affiliate of what nearby Major League Baseball team?
Seattle Mariners
200
Whos is this famous "Rocket Man" singer?
Elton John
200
What temperature does water boil at?
212 F, 100 C
200
Name two ways lumber was used in building railroads.
Railroad ties, bridges, tunnels, fences.
200
Most railroads needed these from the government to aid in cost of building railroads.
Grants / Loans
200
Washington native Benjamin Hammond Haggerty is better known by what stage name, under which he has released songs like "Can't Hold Us", "Thrift Shop" and "Same Love?"
Macklemore
300
What Nickelodeon show was Ariana Grande on before her music career?
Victorious
300
Name 4 metal elements on the Periodic Table
Silver, Platinum, Titanium, Gold Etc
300
What famous movie is this?
The Breakfast Club
300
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Animal Style
300
Who is this NBA player?
Damian Lillard
400
What mountain range was Governor Stevens tasked with finding a path through?
The Cascades
400
What is the definition of the word Terminus which the rail road had in Tacoma.
The Last stop or end of the line
400
This metal industry boomed because the railroad used much of it to build rails and locomotives.
Steel
400
Building railroads often infringed on the rights of these people.
Native Americans
400
Columbia Valley, Yakima Valley, and Walla Walla are typically considered the three major regions for what fruit-based product produced in the state of Washington?
Wine
500
What were the names of the two major railroad companies in Washington?
Northern Pacific and the Great Northern Railroad Companies
500
Henry Villard was able to keep the Great Northern Railroad "solvent" and thus was able to purchase this bankrupt railroad company.
Northern Pacific Company
500
What were two major benefits of the railroads in Washington State?
Ability for trade to take place more conveniently, and information to flow more freely.
500
Henry Villard met with a group of investors from this country to help him fund his railroad company.
Germany
500
Julio Rodriguez