Family Trivia
Family Trivia
Portland Trivia
Portland Trivia
Oregon Trivia
100
Charlie's favorite color.
Blue.
100
Charlie's favorite animal?
Golden Retrievers.
100
What is a common nickname for Portland, derived from the airport code?
PDX
100
What are some of Portland's nicknames besides PDX? (Additional Points for most correct answers)
Bridgetown, Bridge City, Stumptown, Rip City, Soccer City, P-Town, Portlandia, Little Beirut, City of Roses, Rose City, etc...
100
How many national parks and/or state parks does Oregon have?
6 national parks | 361 state parks
200
What is Mom's favorite flower?
Daisy.
200
What is Dad's favorite ice cream?
Chocolate.
200
Name all the bridges inside Portland. (Additional points for naming the 2 brides crossing the Columbia river connecting Portland to Vancouver)
St. Johns Bridge, Fremont Bridge, Broadway Bridge, Steel Bridge, Burnside Bridge, Morrison Bridge, Hawthorne Bridge, Sellwood Bridge, Tilikum Crossing, Marquam Bridge, Ross Island Bridge, Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge. (Interstate Bridge and The Glenn L. Jackson Memorial Bridge)
200
Portland's two founders tossed a coin to decide whose home city to name the fledgling site after. Francis Pettygrove of Portland, Maine won the toss, but which eastern state capital would have been used as the name if Asa Lovejoy had won?
Boston
200
In the Pacific Northwest, what "B" named dam spans the Columbia River forty miles east of Portland, Oregon?
Bonneville Dam
300
What is James' favorite brain-rot word?
Sigma.
300
Mom's favorite season.
Spring.
300
What was the original name of Portland, OR?
"The Clearing"
300
Name the Largest urban park is the U.S.
Forest Park
300
What over 1,000-mile-long slithering river makes up most of the border between Oregon and Idaho?
The Snake River.
400
What is Cassie's zodiac sign?
Gemini.
400
What is James' favorite bird.
Bell Bird.
400
What is the slogan often associated with Portland?
"Keep Portland Weird"
400
Portland's Tilikum Crossing Bridge, which opened in 2015, gets its name from the word "people" in what indigenous language? This language's namesake people also give their name to a species of salmon.
Chinook
400
How old is Oregon? (Additional points for date and/or place in order of federal recognition)
166 years old, having officially become a state on February 14, 1859. It was the 33rd state admitted to the Union.
500
What is Dad's favorite car?
Porsche 904.
500
What is Birdie's zodiac sign?
Capricorn.
500
What is the name of the world's smallest park?
Mill Ends Park.
500
What fictional animated series is based on Portland and uses the names of real people and places?
The Simpsons.
500
True or False: The largest fungal colony in the world, considered the largest living organism on Earth, is located in Oregon's Malheur National Forest.
True