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100

This is the official mascot of WSU

What is Butch T. Cougar

100

Washington is the leading U.S. producer of this fruit

What are apples

100

This now-giant coffee chain was first opened in Seattle, Washington

What is Starbucks

100

This major river forms much of the southern border between Washington and Oregon

What is the Columbia River

100

This is the tallest mountain on the Olympic Peninsula that can be seen from Hurricane Ridge

What is Mount Olympus

200

This is the year that WSU was founded

What is 1890

200

This Washington city was the site of the first Starbucks store in 1971

What is Seattle

200

This game, invented in Washington, is played by a person drawing a card with a word and then drawing it for the others players to guess in a time limit

What is pictionary

200

This mountain, the tallest in Washington and in the Cascade Range, is actually a dormant stratovolcano

What is Mount Rainier

200

This town in Eastern Washington has been called the "town so nice they named it twice"

What is Walla Walla

300

This is the number of members that sit on the Board of Regents

What is 11

300

Washington became the ___ state in the U.S. in 1889

What is 42nd 

300

This crisp, juicy apple variety, developed by Washington State University and released in 2019, took over 20 years to perfect

What is the cosmic crisp
300

Olympic National Park on the Olympic Peninsula is home to four temperate rainforests. Of those, the ___ is the largest temperate rainforest in the country

What is the Hoh rainforest

300

The most recognizable building in Seattle is the 600-foot-tall Space Needle with its revolving observation deck and restaurant. For what reason was the Space Needle built?

What is the 1962 World's Fair

400

This is the year ASWSU was established

What is 1915

400

In March 2022, Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill making this sour-sounding racket game the official sport of Washington state

What is pickleball

400

The Hanford Site in Eastern Washington was instrumental in the development of this world-altering weapon as part of the Manhattan Project

What is the atomic bomb

400

____ in Olympic National Park is the westernmost point in the continental United States and offers great hiking

What is Cape Alava

400

In this county, you can find cities such as Cashmere, Leavenworth, and Wenatchee.

What is Chelan?

500

1st President of WSU

Who is George Lilley

500

Washington's state tree and designation year

What is the Western Hemlock, 1947

500

The first ___ in the U.S. was opened in 1951 in Seattle, known for its iconic pink elephant, and using a conveyor and no manual labor.

What is an automatic car wash

500

Just south of the business district is a park that is often referred to by Island residents, particularly those with small children, as "The Train Park". What is the Train Park's formal name?

What is the Mercerdale Park

500

Named after a wildflower, this city on the banks of the Columbia was once known primarily for its paper mill and belching sulfurous fumes into the sky. Now it is gaining a better reputation as the hub of the high-tech industry in Clark County.

What is Camas