Seattlest Trivia Returns Tonight

Brand new year, same familiar venue: Seattlest Trivia returns to the Old Pequliar tonight, with Seattlest James hosting.

If you're reading this, you probably know the drill: 5 players per team at most, $5 per team to play, the OP doubles the pot and first place wins a bunch of cash. Signup starts at 7:45, but the real mystery is when tables run out -- claim your spot early!

We think this month's quiz is kind of hard, but we've thought that for each quiz over the past few months and you guys always prove us wrong. We've realized something: The people who play at the OP are the smartest quiz teams in Seattle.

And as a reward, here's a pre-game contest. Here are 7 Seattle-centric trivia questions. The first team to send James 7 correct answers wins $50 in bar credit at the Old Pequilar. If no one gets all 7 correct, the first high score wins. Email your responses to james at seattlest dot com.

Ready?

1) If you want a copy of the recent release of the Little Book of Marketing Secrets, what do you have to buy to get it?
2) Tanghi Argentini won a first-place prize at what local festival?
3) After the unexpected success of the Motel #1 art event at the Bridge Motel, what Aurora motel pulled out of hosting Motel #2?
4) What local start-up did MSNBC.com buy earlier this year?
5) What local restaurant made Forbes' most recent list of the country's most expensive restaurants?
6) What recipe won the 2007 Bacon Salt recipe contest?
7) According to the director, what inspired Zoo's original title, In the Forest There Is Every Kind of Bird?

UPDATE: As of 1:23 pm, we have a 7/7 winner. Josh Bis, show up tonight at the quiz to claim your prize. And I'll post the answers to these 7 questions tomorrow.

Bonus trivia info: Want to guest host, but don't want to wait until April for a slot at the Old Pequilar? Patrick at the Hopvine is looking for a temporary sub. The Hopvine's got a good quiz -- check it out if you're interested.