Oregon Trivia
True or false: Drain, Oregon is a real city.
What is true?
The world-famous Pawnee Harvest Festival mini-horse in Parks & Rec.
Who is Lil' Sebastian?
The phrase you must say if you're debating a bill that is on the House floor but not if you're the bill's carrier.
What is "to the bill?"
The name of the bronze water fountains in the city of Portland.
What are Benson Bubblers?
The Portland-native, former-Olympic figure skater who has been banned for life from competitive skating.
Who is Tonya Harding?
The former state legislator who championed and succeeded, in a 52-4 vote, in establishing Martin Luther King Jr. Day as an Oregon holiday.
Who is Margaret Carter?
The character name of Vice President Selina Meyer's (Julia Louis-Dreyfus') daughter on Veep.
Who is Catherine Meyer?
The specific elevator that used to get stuck on this side of the Capitol.
What is the left elevator on the House side?
The slogan of the Pendleton Round-up.
What is Let'er Buck?
The title of the movie based on a Stephen King novel set in Oregon, following the story of 4 friends as they find the body of a missing boy.
What is Stand by Me?
The method used to decide the name 'Portland' to dub the city in 1845 by Asa Lovejoy and William Overton.
What is a coin toss?
The Republican lawyer who outdebated Sam Seaborn on a political TV show.
Who is Ainsley Hayes?
The two motifs on the carpet of the Senate Chamber floor.
What are sheaves of wheat and (Chinook) salmon?
The classic fried food that was invented in Oregon at the Pronto Pup.
What is the corn dog?
The coastal city in Oregon where a classic movie about a group of kids finding and following a pirate's treasure map was set and partially filmed in 1985.
What is Astoria?
The food crop grown in Oregon which accounts for roughly 99% of its commercial crop for the US.
(Double points if you know the colloquial name for this crop.)
What are hazelnuts?
(Double points: what are filberts?)
The name of the men's rights group that is protesting Ben Wyatt's participation in the Pie Mary.
What is the Male Men?
The height of the Oregon Pioneer at the top of the Capitol building in feet.
*closest guess wins the points*
What is 22 feet tall?
The Oregon city where Terri Irwin, conservationist and widow to Steve Irwin, was born.
What is Eugene?
Oregon was the first state to make this federal holiday an official public holiday.
What is Labor Day?
The eastern Oregon city where Kam Wah Chung State Heritage site and National Historic Landmark (a general store/traditional Chinese medicine clinic during the late 1800s) is located.
What is John Day?
The country that Keri Russell's character on The Diplomat was supposed to be the US ambassador to instead of the UK.
What is Afghanistan?
The percentage of state employees (from a sample size of 1,236 out of roughly 17,000 state employees working in Salem) working on or around the Capitol Mall who have a commute that is over 80 miles round-trip according to a 2019 ODOT analysis.
*closest guess wins the points*
What is 12%?
The Portland-born chef whose foundation gives scholarships to "aspiring food professionals" and has a prestigious award given to chefs, restaurants etc.
*hint: they are no longer alive*
Who is James Beard?
The only year that the Trail Blazers have won the NBA playoffs.
What is 1977?