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Multiple Choice City Quiz – Portland

Can you answer these multiple choice questions about the city of Portland, Oregon?
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Last updated: May 5, 2025
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First submittedMarch 16, 2025
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1. Portland lies at the confluence of what two rivers?
Chehalis and Skagit
Columbia and Willamette
Rogue and Nisqually
Snake and Oregon
2. Portland, Oregon was named after the Portland in which state?
Georgia
Maine
Pennsylvania
Ohio
3. What company is based in the suburb of Beaverton?
Amazon
Nike
Pepsi
Starbucks
4. What giant volcano is visible from Portland?
Mount Baker
Mount Hood
Mount Rainier
Mount Shasta
5. What is Portland known as?
The Carnation City
The Jewel City
The Rose City
The Sun City
6. What is the name of Portland's NBA team?
Portland Brewers
Portland Pinecones
Portland Trail Blazers
Portland Wild
7. What was Portland's major industry before WWII?
Canned seafood
Fur trading
Shipbuilding
Timber
8. What 1963 song by the Kingsmen is famous for its incomprehensible lyrics?
A Whiter Shade of Pale
Lola
Louie Louie
My Girl
9. Among all U.S. cities, Portland ...
Gets the most rain
Had the most consecutive nights of George Floyd protests
Has the biggest elevation change
Is the furthest West
10. What was created by Portland native Matt Groening?
MTV
The segway
The Simpsons
The world wide web
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6 Comments
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Level 73
May 6, 2025
Probably one of the best cities of the country that doesn't have many major league sports teams other than NBA, but they will likely get expansion NHL to change that. The definitely have the profile of market size/population and corporate sponsorship availability.
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Level 86
Jun 1, 2025
MLS isn't major enough for you I guess
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Level 94
Jul 25, 2025
Much better nickname than the one it used to have due to over-logging: Stumptown.
+3
Level 48
Oct 12, 2025
Quiz should be updated - get rid of George Floyd protest question as it is out of collective memory and the fact is obscure
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Level 43
Mar 25, 2026
Absolutely not those protests and those horrible people need to be remembered
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Level 76
Oct 25, 2025
wow I managed to score 2.. and those were the song and tv questions haha, things I usually am the worst in