Seattle City Trivia

Can you guess these facts about the city of Seattle and its environs?
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First submittedAugust 11, 2010
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Seattle's most famous landmark, built for the 1962 World's Fair
The Space Needle
Oceanic inlet on which Seattle is located
Puget Sound
Tallest mountain visible from the city
Mount Rainier
Mountain range in which the above is located
Cascades
Seattle's NFL team
Seattle Seahawks
Companies founded in the Seattle area with a market valuation over $1 trillion
Amazon
Microsoft
Seattle area residents who have been (at one time) the richest person in the world
Jeff Bezos
Bill Gates
Rapper who recorded the hit song "Thrift Shop"
Macklemore
What gets thrown at Pike Place market
Fish
Aircraft company founded in Seattle
Boeing
Novel series by E. L. James about a Seattle area billionaire and his unusual tastes
Fifty Shades of Grey
Grunge band led by Kurt Cobain
Nirvana
Grunge band led by Eddie Vedder
Pearl Jam
What you can see at the Chihuly museum
Glass
TV show set at the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital
Grey's Anatomy
TV show which was a spin-off of "Cheers"
Frasier
Retail chain whose store brand is named after the suburb of Kirkland
Costco
Beverage chain based in Seattle
Starbucks
Airline based in Seattle
Alaska Airlines
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15 Comments
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Level 58
Aug 19, 2013
Alaska Airlines?! Ugh, talk about false advertising. ;-)
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Level 54
Nov 18, 2015
No kidding, right?
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Level 69
Sep 7, 2021
Yes, a bit confusing. It features in my Seattle True or False quiz!
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Level 75
May 25, 2014
Based any knowledge mainly on Fifty Shades of Grey :P
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Level 88
Jan 23, 2016
I now know about a dozen WRONG ways to spell "Rainier!"
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Level 79
Jul 10, 2016
A great shame Greg 'The Hammer' Valentine does not get a mention in this quiz.
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Level 72
Apr 26, 2019
Interesting only 12% got Costco. Must just be a North American thing!
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Level 69
Nov 5, 2021
I live here and I missed that one. All I could think of was Nordstrom.
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Level 65
Sep 6, 2020
Took me a half hour, but I got em all!
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Level 60
Feb 9, 2026
Very good timing considering the Seahawks superbowl win tonight!
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Level 83
Feb 9, 2026
I will never learn to spell Macklemore
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Level 88
Feb 9, 2026
Spelling seems unusually picky for Macklemore on this quiz.
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Level ∞
Feb 9, 2026
Added more spellings including Mack the Moor and Mackerelmore.
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Level 94
Feb 10, 2026
No love for Mookie Blaylock as Eddie's band? As an OU basketball fan I'm upset.
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Level 96
Feb 17, 2026
No love for Jimi Hendrix, greatest guitarist of all time.