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Obligatory Seattle Category
100

The world is divided up into this many time zones.

What is 24?

100

Seattle QB Gino Smith attended college at this state university.

What is West Virginia University?

100

On November 7, 1940, this bridge collapsed in a gale of high winds, leading to international recognition as "Galloping Gertie".

What is the Tacoma Narrows Bridge?

100

This is the most common last name in the U.S.

What is Smith?

100

Now a 14-time NBA All-Star, this man was the first pick of the Seattle Supersonics in the franchise's final NBA draft before relocating.

Who is Kevin Durant?

200

This continent is surprisingly home to the world's largest desert.

What is Antartica?

200

Forget Jimmy Carter! This year was the first season in the NFL for the Seattle Seahawks.

What is 1976?

200

This structure in Tacoma was the largest of its kind in the world, until Michigan built a "Superior" one in 1991.

What is the Tacoma Dome?

200

This is the year that the United Nations was established.

What is 1945?

200

I-90 is the longest interstate highway, and connects Seattle to this East Coast city.

What is Boston, Massachusetts?

300

This continent has 54 recognized countries, and an additional two under international dispute.

What is Africa?

300

These local business leaders were the first majority owners of the Seattle Seahawks.

Who are the Nordstrom Family?

300

University Place was incorporated into a city in this year.

What is 1995?

300

This is the name for a baby owl.

What is an Owlet?

300

The first Starbucks opened in Seattle on this date.

What is (March 30) 1971?

400

This mountain range is the traditional separator between Europe and Asia.

What are the Ural Mountains?

400

The Seattle Seahawks defeated this team in their first ever postseason win - perhaps the start of a brewing modern rivalry.

Who are the Denver Broncos?

400

At over 14,000 feet, our local Mount Rainier (Tahoma) is the tallest in Washington State. The next tallest is this mountain, located down in the Yakama Nation and Skamania County.

What is Mt. Adams (also known as Pahto or Klickitat)?

400

This creature is the national animal of Scotland.

What is a Unicorn?

400

Although Seattle is a city with many nicknames, the official municipal flag refers to Seattle as the city of this.

What is Goodwill?

500

This city is the capitol of Australia.

What is Canberra?

500

This is the name of the Seattle Seahawk's live mascot - an augur hawk that has been with the team for over 20 years.

Who is Taima?

500

This small town served as the Pierce County Seat from the county's founding in 1852 to 1880, when it moved to Tacoma.

What is Steilacoom?

500

This animal product is the only food that does not spoil.

What is honey?

500

Seattle is one of two major U.S. cities located on an isthmus, a narrow piece of land between two bodies of water. The other U.S. city is this one, eh?

What is Madison, Wisconsin?