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About three hours before the quiz started at the Old Pequliar last night, we realized we'd written a really difficult slate of questions. Congrats to the winners, who earned their cash. We'll let you know next time we're hosting -- Charley, the regular quiz guy, should be fully operational again by next week.
If you didn't make it, here are the ten questions from round 5, Seattle trivia. The average team got 5 correct. Answers are after the jump.
1) What local department store did Macy's replace downtown?
2) According to 2004 census bureau estimates, which of these cities is smaller than Seattle by population : Oklahoma City; Charlotte, NC; El Paso, TX; or Memphis, TN?
3) According to 2004 census bureau estimates, which of these cities is larger than Seattle by population: Boston; Washington, DC; Milwaukee, WI; or Albuquerque, NM?
4) What monthly music tabloid, spun out of the Seattle Sun, was published from 1979 to 2000?
5) What’s the more common name for the George Washington Memorial Bridge?
6) What’s the opening night film at this year’s Seattle International Film Festival?
7) Lyman Smith, the man behind Smith Tower, made his fortune in what industry?
8) What restaurant, a famous local example of “vernacular architecture,” was known as Powers Pancake House between 1959 and 1967?
9) The airport code for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is SEA. What’s the code for King County International Airport (Boeing Field)?
10) Seattle’s last porn movie theater was torn down in 1998. There’s now a tattoo parlor on the site. What was the theater’s name?
1) The Bon-Marche
2) Oklahoma City (528,042 vs. 571,480)
3) Milwaukee, WI (583,624 vs. 571,480)
4) The Rocket
5) Aurora Bridge
6) The Illusionist
7) typewriters
8) The Twin Teepees
9) BFI
10) The Apple Theater
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I think I would have gotten three of those (1,4,7), assuming my wild guesses on the multiple choice questions failed to come in. I would have felt stupid for not knowing four (5,6,8,9) and I would have felt like a stupid pervert for not knowing one (10).
I would've gotten four of these. I got #10 only because my schoolbus used to go by the Apple Theater, and it was a source of endless out-the-window-gazing-in-absolute-wonderment by me and my 4th grade busmates.
Lyman Smith made his fortune in the firearms industry as well as typewriters. He is the "Smith" in "Smith & Wesson"
Son of a biscuit. I completely overlooked that when researching the question at HistoryLink. On the plus side, no one got the question right and used "firearms" as a wrong answer, so it's moot.
Oddly, I was thinking that it would be interesting if it was the firearms guy instead of the typewriter guy. Same guy!
Meanwhile the other gun guy went on to do vegetable oil.