Turns Out We Really Don't Know that Much About Seattle After All

Dylan at Seattle Metblogs is almost as triviacentric as we are -- he's started a new series, "The Knowledge," asking 10 Seattle-related trivia (or esoterica) questions each week or so. This week: People.

Below are ten people. Please explain why they are (in)famous or (un)important in Seattle.

1. Bertha Knight Landes
2. Al Bianchi
3. Jason Sprinkle
4. Edward Carlson
5. Frances Farmer
6. Fred Sander
7. Donna Walter
8. Bernie Morris
9. Robin Sherwood
10. David Blaine (no, not that David Blaine)

Got guesses? Want the answers? Don't ask us--we're idiots. (We'll blame it on not being from here originally.) Head over to Metblogs and post your answers there. Dylan will be posting the correct ones this afternoon. (For the record, Seattlest knows about three of those off the top of our head, though we're sure we'd get a perfect score if we google cheated.)

(The previous quiz was Geography. Ouch. And if you'd like even more trivia that'll make you feel even more weak-brained, sign up for newly-local question setter Ken Jennings' Tuesday Trivia quiz. There's a reason we like writing the questions.)

Contact the author of this article or email tips@seattlest.com with further questions, comments or tips.

By James in Arts & Events on August 18, 2006 11:20 AM

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1. Bertha Knight Landes -- First (and only) female mayor of Seattle; served one term in the 1920s.

2. Al Bianchi -- First head coach of the Seattle Supersonics (1967-68).

3. Jason Sprinkle -- A tortured artist who most famously put an art installation with "The Bomb!" painted on the side in the middle of Westlake Plaza in 1999, causing a lot of panic.

4. Edward Carlson -- One-time president of Western International Hotels (you know it as the Westin) and father of the Space Needle; he sketched the idea for the Needle on a cocktail napkin.

5. Frances Farmer -- Actress and the subject of the 1982 movie "Frances." I'll let you look her up on Wikipedia yourself.

6. Fred Sander -- One could argue that he is the grandfather of Seattle mass transit, constructing two interurban lines: Seattle to Georgetown and Seattle to Everett.

7. Donna Walter -- One of four sculptors responsible for the Fremont Troll.

8. Bernie Morris -- The leading scorer on the 1917 Stanley Cup winning Seattle Metropolitans.

9. Robin Sherwood -- the first DJ to broadcast on the freeform KOL-FM back in the early 70s.

10. David Blaine (no, not that David Blaine) -- First minister in Seattle, founded what eventually became First Methodist Church.