Entries from Seattlest tagged with 'seattletrivia'
September 2, 2008
And for answering one trivia question ahead of time, your team could win a free pitcher of beer: What Seattle-based company can be added to this list, and more importantly, why? Enron, Worldcom, 7-Eleven, McDonald’s, and Olive Garden Email james at seattlest.com with your answer. One team that gets it right will win the bar credit, but every team that gets it right will be emailed one of the super-secret round topics to help with......
Continue Reading "Seattlest Trivia Tonight at the Old Pequliar"June 3, 2008
Wanna win a free pitcher of beer tonight at the Old Pequliar? You could make sure your team is in fourth place at halftime. Or you could answer this question: What's the second-most-populous city in Eastern Washington, after Spokane? Email your response to james at seattlest.com. If more than one team answers correctly, I'll pick the winner at random. Of course, you also have to show up at the Old Pequliar tonight to play pub......
Continue Reading "Seattlest Trivia Tonight at the Old Pequliar"May 6, 2008
It's the first Tuesday of the month, which means it's time to slip your brain into first gear and head to the Old Pequliar for Seattlest Trivia. You'll win cash if your team takes first, second, or third place, or you'll get swag if you win the battle for the bottom. You know what else? You can win a free pitcher of beer plus a copy of local trivia king L.M. Boyd's Boyd's Curiosity......
Continue Reading "Seattlest Trivia Tonight at the Old Pequliar"April 25, 2008
FACT: Founded in 1927, the Henry is the oldest public art museum in Washington State. Take that, SAM! FACT: Horace C. Henry was fond of French and American landscape paintings. He founded the Henry with his 172-piece collection, a hefty endowment, and his OK for the museum to move beyond the works he'd collected and showcase contemporary art. Fellow museum founders the Fryes, on the other hand, required their museum to display the works they'd......
Continue Reading "7 Astounding Yet True Facts About the Henry"April 18, 2008
1) In the beginning, Dick's just sold hamburgers, cheeseburgers, fries, shakes, and ice cream. The Deluxe and the Special are johnny-come-latelies, debuting in 1971. The only other major menu changes? Swapping out orange soda and swapping in Diet Coke. 2) Dick Spady, the gent who put the Dick in Dick's, got the idea when he was a regular at Portland's Carnival restaurant. Now that Carnival's gone, PDX has a dearth of old fashioned burger......
Continue Reading "7 Astounding Yet True Facts about Dick's Drive-In"