Washington State Trivia Quiz

Answer: Seattle

Settled in the early 1850's, Seattle lies ashore of Elliott Bay to the west and Lake Washington to the east, It hosts a diverse economy that includes international trade (especially with East Asia), heavy industry, technology, and many other forms of commerce. Metropolitan Seattle area is now home to well over three million people.

Answer: Mt. Rainier

Mt. Rainier, at 14,410 feet is the highest point in Washington, rising one and a half miles higher than the surrounding mountains (and nearly three miles higher than the western lowlands). It is an active volcano, but it has not erupted since the 19th century.

Answer: Cascade

The Cascades stretch from southern British Columbia to Northern California. It includes many famous peaks, including Mount St. Helens, Mt. Rainier, Mt. Baker, Glacier Peak, and Mt. Hood.

Answer: Olympia

Incorporated on January 28, 1859, Olympia earned its name due to the spectacular view of the Olympic Mountains to the northwest. It is located at the southern point of Puget Sound, abut 60 miles south of Seattle and 110 miles north of Portland, Oregon.

Answer: Hillsdale College

Hillsdale College, located in Hillsdale Michigan, is a private, four-year liberal arts college, known nationally for its conservativism and independence: it accepts no funding of any kind from federal sources.

Gonzaga University is in Spokane, Washington. It is a private, four-year school named after Aloysius Gonzaga, the patron saint of youth, who died in Rome during the 16th century while trying to save young people from the plague.

Clark College, named after the explorer Captain William Clark, is a two year college located in Vancouver, Washington.

Whitman College, in Walla Walla, Washington, is named after the Christian missionaries who met an unfortunate fate at the hands of Eastern Washington natives.

Answer: Spokane

Spokane--pronounced "Spo-can," not "Spo-cane," (and meaning "Children of the Sun") is the largest city in eastern Washington. It is located 20 miles from the Washington-Idaho border. It hosted the first environmentally themed world's fair (Expo '74) in 1974. At the time, it was the smallest city to do so before being eclipsed by Knoxville, TN in 1982.

Answer: Puget Sound

Cities located on Puget Sound include Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, Everett, and Bremerton. Puget Sound is an inland branch of the Pacific Ocean, and a major waterway for international trade coming into and out of the United States.

Answer: Hasbro

Hasbro's headquarters is in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Many other major corporations are heavily invested in Washington state, including Weyerhauser, Nordstrom, and Amazon.com. While Boeing is still heavily invested in the area, it is no longer headquartered there.

Answer: Columbia

The Columbia carves its way from British Columbia and through the Cascade Mountains before it empties into the Pacific Ocean. Measured by volume, it is the largest river on the Western Hemisphere to empty into the Pacific.

Answer: Space Needle

Both the Eiffel Tower and Space Needle were constructed for World's Fairs (Paris in 1889; Seattle in 1962). The Eiffel Tower stands 1,063 feet above the Champ de Mars, and the Space Needle rises 602 feet above the Seattle Center.