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What is Walla Walla?
Adam West, the actor who played Batman in the 1960's TV series, was born in this town, which is also famous for onions.
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What are Delaware and Rhode Island?
These two states are each smaller in area than the Yakama Indian Reservation.
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What is Klondike?
The _____ gold rush in Alaska gave a tremendous economic boost to Seattle.
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What is Comet Hale-Bopp?
This comet, with a hyphenated name, was discovered in 1995 and became highly visible to the naked eye during 1997.
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What is Sasquatch?
A Bigfoot is also known as a _______.
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Who is James Mattis?
This retired 4-star marine general recently appeared on ads urging people to wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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What is 50?
To the nearest 10 percent, about _____ percent of land in Washington is publicly owned.
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What is Northgate?
The first covered shopping mall in the U.S. is _________ mall in Seattle.
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What is Yahoo!?
This web services provider was incorporated in 1995 and has an exclamation point in its name.
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What is 80?
Mt. St. Helens's biggest 20th century eruption occurred on May 18, 19__.
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Who is Bing Crosby?
This famous crooner was a native of Tacoma.
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What is 6? (Adams, Garfield, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Pierce)
This many counties in Washington are named after U.S. presidents.
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What is 1853?
Washington became a separate U.S. territory in this year, during the administration of President Millard Filmore.
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What is Apollo 13?
This 1995 film starred Tom Hanks as an astronaut in a spacecraft that had a major malfunction.
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What is petrified wood?
Washington's state rock, which wasn't always stony, is (two words) __________.
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Who is Mackelmore? (a.k.a. Benjamin Hammond Haggerty)
This Evergreen State College alum's hit single "Thrift Shop" reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 2013
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What is Othello
The city of _____ in Eastern Washington shares its name with a famous Shakespeare play.
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Who is Chief Joseph?
This Native American chief said "All men were made by the Great Spirit Chief, they are all brothers. The earth mother is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it."
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Who is Brian Wilson?
This Beach Boys singer married former model Melinda Ledbetter in 1995.
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What is Spokane?
The first hydroelectric plant west of the Mississippi river was built at _____ falls in 1885.
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Who is Carol Channing?
This Washingtonian singer and dancer is best known for her role in the 1964 Broadway musical Hello Dolly.
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What is "Children of a common mother"?
The inscription on the U.S. side of the Blaine Peace arch at the border between Washington and Canada says ________.
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What is Puyallup?
Camp Harmony, an internment camp for Japanese Americans during World War II, was located on the state fair grounds in this city.
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Who is John Kerry?
This U.S. politician was U.S. Secretary of State when he married philanthropist Teresa Heinz in 1995
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What is Cape Disappointment? (the other 4 places are Grand Banks, Newfoundland; Point Reyes, California; San Francisco, California; and Mistake Island, Maine)
The Farmer's Almanac lists _________ (two words) in Washington as one of the five foggiest places in North America.
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