Portland History
Portland Sports
Portland Tourism
Famous People From Portland
100
Portland was named after a city in this state
What is Maine?
100
What is the name of Portland's Major League Soccer team, whose mascot is a grizzled lumberjack named Jim?
What is the Portland Timbers?
100
This Portland doughnut shop is famous for giving doughnuts out in pink boxes
What is Voodoo Doughnuts?
100
This artist from Portland released the song "Caroline" in 2016 which peaked at 11 on the Billboard hot 100 chart
Who is Aminé?
200
The city of Portland was named based upon the result of what activity of chance often used to resolve disputes?
What is a coin toss?
200
The Portland Trail Blazers were almost the "Pioneers," but that got nixed since it was already a team name of what aptly named nearby liberal arts school?
What is Lewis and Clark College?
200
This 620 foot waterfall in the Columbia River Gorge is the tallest waterfall in Oregon
What is Multnomah Falls?
200
The founder of Nike and Cleveland High School alum
Who is Phil Knight?
300
A major tributary of the Columbia River, what “W” River lies 187 miles across northwestern Oregon? This major landmark of the Portland area got its name from a village of the Clackamas Native Americans.
What is the Willamette River?
300
The Portland Thorns have won this many championships in their club history
What is 2?
300
This is the largest park in Portland
What is Forest Park?
300
Matt Groening, a writer from Portland, incorporated local places as character names for this famous show
What is the Simpsons?
400
Of all the bridges currently spanning over the Willamette River, this bridge is the oldest
What is the Hawthorne Bridge?
400
The mascot for this collegiate-level sports team is named Dillon
What are the Portland Pickles?
400
This bookstore in Portland is the largest new and used independent bookstore in the world
What is Powell's Books?
400
Originally from Seattle, Carrie Brownstein lived in Portland for over a decade before starring on this show with Fred Armisen
What is Portlandia?
500
This is the oldest university in Portland
What is the University of Portland?
500
The Portland Trail Blazers won the NBA Finals in this year
What is 1977?
500
This is the smallest park in Portland
What is Mill Ends Park?
500
This Author from Portland became famous for her children/young adult books, she also has a school in Portland named after her
Who is Beverly Cleary?