Captain, America
Amend This
'Am'-erica
(each correct answer begins with 'am')
(each correct answer begins with 'am')
No, Kings!
Grab Bag
100
Bainbridge Island is named for Captain William Bainbridge, who served in the U.S. Navy during this early conflict - he probably wasn't there when the White House burned, though.
War of 1812
100
The Second Amendment guarantees the right to _____ and no, it's not talking about grizzlies.
Bear arms
100
This gemstone is often a brilliant purple color; it's also February's birthstone.
Amethyst
100
The King variety of this fish can weigh in excess of 100 lbs.
Salmon
100
Herschel, a member of this species, was unfairly blamed for the reduction of fish populations at the Ballard Locks during the 1970s-80s.
Sea Lion
200
Congressman Robert Smalls served a distinguished career as a politician and a soldier. An African-American man born into slavery in South Carolina, he served as a deckhand on the Confederate ship CSS Planter before famously doing this to the vessel.
Commandeering it and sailing it into Union waters.
As a politician, Smalls penned the legislation that saw South Carolina become the first state in the union to offer free public education to all young people.
200
The 3rd Amendment protects Americans from being forced to allow which group to stay in their homes:
(a) vampires
(b) Emergency workers
(c) Police officers
(d) Military personnel
(d) Military personnel
200
This part of the brain is crucial to processing emotions.
Amygdala
200
B.B. King, pictured below, was one of America's most accomplished and celebrated Blues musicians and was a pioneer playing this instrument.
Guitar
200
What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
African, or European?
300
Kawika Kapahulehua captained his vessel, Hōkūleʻa, from this U.S. state to Tahiti on a journey that spanned more than 12,000 miles of sailing.
Hawai'i
300
The 22nd Amendment, which limits Presidents to a maximum of two terms, was passed in response to the four-term tenure of which American President?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
300
These ceramic, two-handled jars played a critical role in trade, art, and everyday life in the ancient Mediterranean world.
Amphorae
300
This leader - known as the 'Sun King' - probably never said 'l'etat c'est moi [eng.: 'I am the state'], but he is still generally considered to be a textbook example of an absolute monarch.
Louis XIV
300
This Trillium Staffulty member received a personal performance from Pete Seeger at a party when she was a kid.
Leslie!
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400
John Paul Jones, considered by many to be the father of the United States Navy, served as an officer during this foundational conflict.
The Revolutionary War
400
The Volstead Act was a piece of federal legislation that defined and enforced the 18th Amendment, which outlawed this:
The commercial sale and purchase of alcohol
400
The term for a base unit of electrical current.
Ampere
(amp is acceptable)
400
This eastern European kingdom had a law specifically forbidding a Queen from holding power; King Jadwiga got around this rule by declaring herself king. Later, she went on to help found Jagellion University in Krakow.
Poland
400
The phrase "Sold, to the Man in the Big Yellow Hat!" is a reference to which classic child's books?
Curious George
500
Colonel David Farragut is most-famous for coining this nautical phrase that's still in use today - even if we no longer use steamships, and rarely use ship-to-ship projectiles.
"Dam the torpedoes, full speed ahead!"
500
Cruel and unusual punishments are specifically forbidden by which Constitutional amendment?
XIII - Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted
500
This symbol (&) is known as one of these:
Ampersand
500
Pierce and King Counties were originally named for a President and Vice President; King County for VP William King, and Pierce County for this man, the 14th President of the United States.
Franklin Pierce
500
In 1940, Indigenous nations from around the Northwest took part in the Ceremony of Tears to commemorate the flooding of sacred places and villages as a result of this mega-structure's completion.
Grand Coulee Dam
