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100

Some Bendites will refer to this location as their place of birth.

What is Hospital Hill?

100

This former Bend Mayor, Mountain Bike Hall-of-Famer reported from five different Olympics.

Who is Bob Woodward?

100

In 1999 this facility opened in a new location. A Fred Meyer store was build on its previous location.

What is the Deschutes County Fairgrounds and Expo Center?

100

Katherine Hepburn and John Wayne famously stayed at which now demolished landmark while filming "Rooster Cogburn?"

What is The Pilot Butte Inn?

100

1975 was the first year Jean Wells held the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show outside of what Sisters quilt shop?

What is The Stitchin' Post?

200

Judge H.C. Ellis suggested this road’s name because its route through the high lakes was approximately 100 miles.

What is Century Drive?

200

This former mayor of Bend and Olympic Hall of Famer competed on the 1972 US Biathlon team at the Sapporo Olympics.

Who is Jay Bowerman?

200

in 1992, Allan Watts published the first climbing guide to this world-renowned geological feature. 

What is Smith Rocks?

200

This "Animal House" style 1980s movie featured Reid School in its opening shot.

What is "Up The Creek?"

200

Fifty years ago, a pedestrian bridge was built across this body of water allowing easier access to Monkey Face and Misery Ridge. 

What is Crooked River?

300

This palindrome street name in Redmond is named after the Drive In Movie Theater once located there.

What is Odem Medo?

300

This 2012 Olympic gold medal decathlete was born in Portland, but raised in La Pine and Bend.

Who is Ashton Eaton?

300

This infamous cyclist won the 1998 Cascade Cycling Classic in preparation for the Tour de France. 

Who is Lance Armstrong?

300

This locally filmed 1987 Kirk Douglas western featured Sally Field in her first credited feature film role.

What is "The Way West"?

300

In October of 1975, Sister Katheryn Hellman was honored at this facility's dedication.

What is St. Charles Hospital?

400

This settlement town was named for the multiple sets of siblings who homesteaded the area together.

What is Brothers?

400

Beloved Hollywood actor Kurt Russell played briefly in 1971 on what local minor league baseball team?

Who are the Bend Rainbows?

400

In 1998 voters in two special elections established this new district.

What is the Deschutes Public Library District?

400

Art Carney played Harry Truman in the Bend-filmed movie based on the eruption of this Cascade peak.

What is Mount St. Helens?

400

The formation of DCHS in 1975 was part of a national movement to actively preserve history as a run-up to this bigger National celebration.

What is the 1976 USA Bicentennial Celebration?

500

This Deschutes County town name is derived from the Klamath Indian word for wild plum.

What is Tumalo?

500

Raised skiing on Bachelor Butte, this alpine skier competed in the 1968 Grenoble Olympics and is the first American to win a World Cup title.

Who is Kiki Cutter?

500

This fire burned 18,000 acres and 19 homes in 1996, inspiring the "Fire Free" program throughout Deschutes County.

What is the Skeleton Fire?

500

During the filming of Kevin Costner’s film "The Postman", these animals were temporarily housed on tennis courts at the Riverhouse Hotel.

What are lions?

500

50 years ago, this store was the first supermarket west of the Mississippi to scan UPC barcodes.

What is Wagner Supermarket?