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If you have done a See Seattle Walking Tours & Events activity you are likely to know many of the answers. However, it is unlikely that that even steadfast Seattleites will know all the answers. To find the answers, simply hover your mouse pointer over the number of the question. Give yourself one point for each correct answer (all parts of multi-part questions must be correct to get a point). You are on the honor system. Cheaters will suffer foot cramps and ingrown toenails. Ouch!

POINT LADDER

0 > No, you won't have to go back where you came from. This will be our little secret.
1 - 3 > Get out in the city more. Brush up on your history.
4 - 6 > You know more about Seattle than the average Seattleite.
7 - 9 > You are a Seattleite or an honorary one for life.
10 > You must be an insufferable native.

"Ban Roll-on" and " R2-D2" = (8) Second & Seneca Building - due to its domed top and cylindrical facade. / "Beaver Building" = (3) Rainier Tower - due to its tapered base. The eight buildings that "sparkle" in the Emerald City cityscape from east to west (left to right) on the HOME PAGE of this Web site are: (1) Two Union Square, (2) City Center aka US Bank Center, (3) Rainier Tower, (4) Space Needle, (5) Columbia Tower aka Bank of America Center, (6) Washington Mutual Tower (7) Smith Tower and (8) Second & Seneca Building. Which one of these buildings has the nicknames "Ban Roll-on" and "R2-D2" and which has the nickname "Beaver Building?"
(3) Denny Hill - Belltown aka the Denny Regrade and (5) Jackson Street Hill aka the Jackson Street Regrade - International District.
Seattle was built on seven hills. From north to south they are: (1) Queen Anne, (2) Capitol, (3) Denny, (4) First, (5) Profanity, (6) Jackson and (7) Dearborn. In the early part of the 20th Century two of these seven hills were removed so that the city could expand more easily. Name these two hills and the Seattle neighborhoods that occupy these excavated locations today.
UPS or United Parcel Service
In 1907 two teenagers borrowed $200, rented the basement of a Pioneer Square saloon, outfitted it with some telephones and opened a business called American Messenger Company. By what name do we know that company today?
Bill Boeing - Yale / Bill Gates - Harvard
Seattleites Bill Boeing and Bill Gates both attended Ivy League universities but neither graduated. Which universities did they attend?
The Beatles
In 1964 a British pop group performed in the Coliseum (now Key Arena) at Seattle Center while on a worldwide tour and stayed at the Edgewater Hotel on Elliott Bay. They went fishing from their hotel room windows and caught several big salmon. What is the name of this group?
Starbuck is the name of Captain Ahab's coffee drinking fanatic first mate in Herman Melville's novel "Moby Dick."
The seeds of Latte Land were planted by three Seattleite partners in 1971 when they opened the original Starbucks Coffee shop in Pike Place market. So where did they get the name Starbucks?
Melbourne, Australia
The Metro Transit System includes five 1928 vintage Waterfront Streetcars. They run past the waterfront, through Pioneer Square, to the International District and back. Seattle acquired them from another city. Which city?
Movie and stage play - "7 Brides for 7 Brothers" / TV Series - "Here Come the Brides"
The University of Washington was established in 1861 (then the Washington Territorial University) on the site of today's Fairmont Olympic Hotel. The university's first president was 22 year old Asa Mercer. During the summers of the early 1860s Asa made two fabled trips to New England. His purpose was to "recruit" venturesome women to come to Seattle and help balance the then male dominated population (10 to 1 ratio). Asa's exploits were the inspiration behind a movie and stage play and a TV series. What are their titles?
(1) South Downtown Magic. (2) Umbrella. (3) King - Chinook / Silver - Coho / Red - Sockeye.
(1) Exactly what do the words SODO MOJO, often heard at Safeco Field and Seahawks Stadium, mean?
(2) What is a bumbershoot?
(3) Chic restaurants in Seattle serve King, Silver and Red salmon. But what are the species names for these Pacific Salmon?
(1) A siren has two tails; a mermaid has one tail; a siren is in the Starbucks Coffee logo. (2) In 1926 she was elected mayor of Seattle and was the first female mayor of a major American city. (3) "Flying Bird" - because it makes a such a sound moving through the water. (4) Elvis. (5) "Hammering Man" - in front of the Seattle Art Museum. (6) Now you have "Ten Compelling Reasons To Walk!"
(1) How can you distinguish between a siren and a mermaid and what does that have to do with Seattle? Hint: Check out the
SEATTLE RULES CROSSWORD PUZZLE page.
(2) Who was Bertha Landes? Hint: Check out the
SEATTLE FIRSTS page.
(3) What does the Chinook Indian word Kalakala mean? Hint: Check out the
SEATTLE ODYSSEY page.
(4) Who starred in the movie It Happened at the World's Fair? Hint: Check out the
SEATTLE TATTLE page.
(5) One of the articles in the ARTICLES page has a picture of Seattle's most recognizable work of public art. What is the name of this public artwork and where is it located?
(6) What redeeming value is there in walking? Read
WHY WALK to find out.

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