Random Knowledge
This is the only continent without any active volcanoes.
What is Australia?
This author of "Their Eyes Were Watching God" was a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance and studied anthropology.
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
This is the largest nerve in the human body and runs from the lower back down through each leg.
What is the sciatic nerve?
Seattle's iconic Space Needle was built for this 1962 event.
What is the World's Fair (or Century 21 Exposition)?
This Seattle-based company started as an online bookstore in 1994
What is Amazon?
In a standard deck of playing cards, this is the only king without a mustache.
Who is the King of Hearts?
This Nobel Prize-winning author wrote "Beloved," exploring the lasting trauma of slavery.
Who is Toni Morrison?
The Hippocratic Oath begins with this two-word Latin phrase.
What is "primum non nocere"? / First, do no harm
This Seattle neighborhood is home to the famous Fremont Troll sculpture under the Aurora Bridge.
What is Fremont?
This programming language, known for its coffee cup logo, was developed by Sun Microsystems.
What is Java?
This element gets its name from the Latin word "aurum".
What is gold?
This Harlem Renaissance poet wrote "A Dream Deferred" and asked "What happens to a dream deferred?"
Who is Langston Hughes?
This type of cell lacks a nucleus and lives for only about 120 days.
What is a red blood cell (or erythrocyte)?
Pike Place Market opened in this year, making it one of the oldest continuously operating public markets in the U.S.
What is 1907?
Seattle-based Expedia was originally a division of this tech giant before spinning off
What is Microsoft?
The unicorn is the national animal of this European country.
What is Scotland?
This 2020 novel by Brit Bennett follows twin sisters who choose to live on opposite sides of the color line.
What is "The Vanishing Half"?
The Romberg test assesses this sensory system that provides information about body position
What is proprioception?
Seattle is named after Chief Sealth, a leader of these two local tribes.
What are the Duwamish and Suquamish?
This term describes software that is freely available with source code that can be modified
What is open source?
This is the fear of long words, ironically one of the longest words in the dictionary.
What is hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia?
This Mississippi-born author wrote the acclaimed memoir "Heavy," exploring boyhood, family, and body image.
(Fun Fact : He also follows Kayla on Instagram!)
Who is Kiese Laymon?
Named after a French neurologist, this syndrome involves ipsilateral motor weakness and contralateral loss of pain and temperature sensation.
What is Brown-Séquard syndrome?
This Seattle music venue, which opened in 1907, has hosted everyone from Nirvana to Pearl Jam.
What is the Showbox?
Founded in Seattle in 2009, this cloud communications platform went public in 2019 with the ticker symbol WORK.
What is Slack?