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100

This iconic Seattle building made its debut at the 1962 World’s Fair.

What is the Space Needle?

100

This top consulting firm, widely recognized as the best, was founded in 1926 by a University of Chicago accounting professor.  

 

What is McKinsey?

100

This Seahawks QB won the Associated Press NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award.  

Who is Geno Smith?

100

This comedian was infamously slapped at the 2022 Academy Awards for not keeping Will Smith’s wife’s name out of his mouth. 

Who is Chris Rock?  

100

This Costco brand is well known for its high quality and great value.  


What is Kirkland Signature?  

200

This Seattle-based Airline is known for its distinctive Eskimo logo.  


What is Alaska Airlines?

200

This core principle aims to ensure all options are considered without redundancy or overlap.  


What is MECE?

200

This former professional basketball player was the NBA’s all-time scorer, until Lebron James surpassed him on February 3rd. 


Who is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?

200

Johnny Depp won a highly publicized defamation case against this actress. 


Who is Amber Heard?

200

This current Ukrainian President became famous through his role as the Ukrainian President in the TV show “Servant of the People.” 


Who is Volodymyr Zelensky?

300

This current Seattle mayor rejected scholarships from Harvard & Stanford to attend UW.  


 

Who is Bruce Harrell?  

300

This former Republican Presidential Nominee founded Bain Capital and was CEO of Bain.  


Who is Mitt Romney?

300

In December, Cristiano Ronaldo signed a 2.5-year contract worth up to $200M per season with this Saudi Arabian soccer team.  


What is Al-Nassr?

300

With 154.8M followers, this creator has the most followed account on TikTok.  


Who is Khaby Lame?

300

David Bonderman, the richest UW graduate with a net worth of $6.7B, made his money from TPG, a firm specializing in this type of investment. 


What is private equity?

400

This former Seahawks and Mariners stadium set the world record for the largest controlled implosion when it was demolished in 2000.  


What is the Kingdome?

400

Having IPO’d in 2001, this firm is the largest publicly traded consulting firm. 


What is Accenture? 

400

This UW basketball coach was the highest-paid WA State Employee in 2021, making over $2.8M.  


Who is Mike Hopkins?

400

This artist saw a resurgence after her song “Running Up That Hill” was featured in the 4th Season of Stranger Things.  


Who is Kate Bush?  

400

U.S. News & World Report ranked UW this place in terms of best global universities, ahead of Yale, Princeton, and Columbia.  


What is 6th?

500

This park, built on a former US army post, is Seattle’s largest.  


What is Discovery Park?

500

This consulting firm was founded by the first McKinsey partner. 


What is Kearney?

500

This type of dancing will make its debut at the 2024 Summer Olympics. 


What is breaking/ breakdancing?

500

With 1.5B plays, this song by Harry Styles was Spotify’s most streamed track in 2022.  


What is “As It Was”?  

500

This Indian billionaire saw his business empire lose $135B in market value after a short seller report alleging widespread fraud.  


Who is Gautam Adani?