Seattle Geography
This state borders Washington to the east.
What is Idaho
This coffee shop premiered in Seattle, now ranked the world’s largest coffee chain
What is starbucks?
This Seattle structure was the tallest building west of the Mississippi in 1962
What is the Space Needle
This man, with a net worth of $110.3 billion, resides in Medina, WA
Who is Bill Gates
What is Quinn's job title?
a. Operations specialist
b. Appraiser trainee
c. Product manager
d. Assistant Montessori teacher
c. Product manager
This is the state capital of Washington
What is Olympia?
Known for being large and hairy, Seattle claims the most sightings of this creature anywhere in the world
Who is BigFoot (or Sasquatch)
This Seattle farmer’s market is the longest continuously operating market in the U.S.
What is Pike Place Market
The state of Washington produces more of this fruit than any other state in the country
What are apples
What is Craig's official title in Seattle?
a. Senator of Sand Point
b. Mayor of Radford Court
c. President of Radford Court
d. Senator of Seattle
d. Senator of Seattle
What shares Seattle's latitude on the east coast in the US?
a. Rochester, New York
b. N/A
c. Augusta, Maine
d. Keene, New Hampshire
b. N/A
It would be in Canada
What is the official demonym for a person from Seattle?
Seattleite
More people use this form of transportation to work in Seattle than any other similar-sized U.S. city.
What is biking
The state of Washington is the only state to be named after this
What is a United States President
What are the names of Quinn and Joe's friends who live in the apartment complex with them?
Potential options:
Kass and Addison
Jake
Andrew and Sophie
Lucas and Simona
What was the original name of the city of Seattle?
a. Emerald City
b. Rainier Mountain
c. New Devon
d. New York-Alki
d. New York-Alki
Airing on Nickelodeon from 2007 to 2012, what sitcom starred Miranda Cosgrove as a Seattle teenager who creates her own web show with her BFFs Sam and Freddie?
iCarly
Seattle gets an average of 39.34 inches of precipitation a year. Which city gets more?
a. Rochester, New York
b. Minneapolis, Minnesota
c. Charlottesville, Virginia
d. San Antonio, Texas
c. Charlottesville, Virginia
(41.2 inches)
Technically speaking, in what city is Seattle-Tacoma International Airport?
SeaTac
What is Joe's dissertation about?
a. something with disclosing the pay range of job descriptions and how it affects if women will apply
b. something about CEO's environmental disclosures and how it affects willingness to invest from retail investors
c. something about how Al tools, like ChatGPT, affect users' perceptions of their own financial information disclosure knowledge
d. something about how the CEO's background in zoom earnings calls has an effect on how news (good and bad) is perceived by the participants.
c. something about how Al tools, like ChatGPT, affect users' perceptions of their own financial information disclosure knowledge
Seattle is one of two major U.S. cities located on an isthmus, a narrow piece of land between two bodies of water. What state capital, which boasts a free weekly newspaper called the Isthmus, is the other?
Madison, Wisconsin
The classic rom-com "Sleepless in Seattle" ends not in Seattle, but at the top of what 1,250-foot-tall skyscraper located approximately 3,000 miles from Seattle?
The Empire State Building
Which is true about Seattle?
a. There are more dogs than children
b. Seattle translates to "water hill" from the Snohomish tribe
c. Seattle gets more hail than any other major US city (pop over 500K)
d. The "donut" was invented here
a. There are more dogs than children
People in Seattle buy more of this fashion accessory per capita than any other U.S. city
What are sunglasses
What are the names of the three national parks Quinn and Joe like to hike, all within 3 hours of the city?
Mount Rainier
North Cascades
Olympic