88 Seattle Trivia Questions (Ranked from Easiest to Hardest)

Seattle, the largest city in the state of Washington and the 15th largest in the United States, is known for its beautiful natural setting, vibrant culture, and iconic landmarks such as the Space Needle and Pike Place Market. The city is also a major center for technology, with companies such as Amazon and Microsoft having their headquarters in Seattle.

Seattle was founded in 1851 by a group of settlers led by Arthur A. Denny and was named after Chief Seattle of the Duwamish and Suquamish tribes. The city quickly developed into a major center of trade, with the growth of the logging, fishing, and shipbuilding industries. Seattle is also home to several major universities and research institutions, making it a major center for education and innovation.

Seattle is also known for its diverse population, with a large number of immigrants from Asia, as well as African American and Native American communities. This diversity is reflected in the city's food, music, and art, making it a vibrant and exciting place to visit or live. The city's parks and outdoor recreational activities also attract visitors from around the world, with the famous Mount Rainier and the Olympic National Park just a short drive away.

88 Seattle Trivia Questions Ranked From Easiest to Hardest (Updated for 2024)

1. Seattle-based chef Shota Nakajima made it to the finals of season 18 of Bravo's "Top Chef," which took place in what state that borders Washington?
   
   Answer: Oregon
   
   
2. The Seattle Kraken play their home games in what arena, whose name reflects that it is billed as "the most progressive, responsible, and sustainable arena in the world?"
   
   Answer: Climate Pledge Arena
   
   
3. The classic rom-com "Sleepless in Seattle" ends not in Seattle, but at the top of what 1,250-foot-tall skyscraper located approximately 3,000 miles from Seattle?
   
   Answer: Empire State Building
   
   
4. What Park on W Highland Dr overlooks Queen Anne Hill in Seattle, WA? It shares its name with the last name of the Massachusetts Democrat who was the presidential candidate in 2004.
   
   Answer: Kerry Park
   
   
5. Later renamed, Seattle Grace was the name of the fictional Washington hospital where Dr. Derek "McDreamy" Shepherd worked on what long-running TV drama series?
   
   Answer: Grey's Anatomy
   
   
6. Which city, found in a state along the U.S. West Coast, is the primary setting for the sitcom ‘Frasier’, which ran from 1993-2004?
   
   Answer: Seattle
   
   
7. The B&W Seaplane was the first model of plane designed by what ginormous Seattle aviation company?
   
   Answer: Boeing
   
   
8. After the breakup of Nirvana in 1994, Dave Grohl went on to found what alliteratively named Seattle band?
   
   Answer: Foo Fighters
   
   
9. The Tacoma Rainiers are the triple-A minor-league baseball affiliate of what nearby Major League Baseball team?
   
   Answer: Seattle Mariners
   
   
10. Now retired, what Seattle Seahawks running back famously said "I'm just here so I don't get fined" in a 2015 media conference for Super Bowl XLIX?
    
    Answer: Lynch
    
    
11. In 1972, which active but yet-to-be-identified serial killer was appointed to Seattle’s Crime Prevention Advisory Committee?
    
    Answer: Ted Bundy
12. 
    Answer: Meg Ryan
    
    
13. The Pike Place Market in Seattle originally opened to offer a solution to the high demand and soaring prices of what Washington-favorite layered vegetable?
    
    Answer: Onions
    
    
14. In which Washington city can you stroll along Alki Beach on Elliott Bay and take in the views of the Puget Sound and Olympic Mountains?
    
    Answer: Seattle
    
    
15. You can wriggle your way into a monthly subscription with no sharing hassles, courtesy of a Seattle-based scooter service named from what Japanese word for "eel?"
    
    Answer: Unagi
    
    
16. In 1987, Seattle became the first U.S. city to have its police officers patrol the streets using what mode of transportation?
    
    Answer: Bicycle
    
    
17. What Seattle-born musician, famous for "Machine Gun," "Voodoo Chile," and others, was named by Rolling Stone as the greatest guitarist of all time?
    
    Answer: Jimi Hendrix
    
    
18. Airing on Nickelodeon from 2007 to 2012, what sitcom starred Miranda Cosgrove as a Seattle teenager who creates her own web show with her BFFs Sam and Freddie?
    
    Answer: iCarly
    
    
19. Nike athlete Breanna Stewart already has two WNBA titles under her belt, with what alliterative Northwestern team sporting a lightning bolt on their logo?
    
    Answer: Seattle Storm
    
    
20. Kelsey Grammer is probably best known for playing what uptight psychologist, who moved to Seattle to host a radio call-in show and hang out with brother Niles and Dad Martin in a 1990's spin-off?
    
    Answer: Frasier Crane
    
    
21. Opened in 1998, what is the name of the hall located in Downtown Seattle that is the home Seattle Symphony?
    
    Answer: Benaroya Hall
    
    
22. Born and raised in Seattle, which Japanese American, eight-time Olympic medalist short track speed skater has a first name that might remind you of the Moon Landing (even though it’s not spelled the same way)?
    
    Answer: Apolo Ohno
    
    
23. Paul Allen, an American billionaire who passed away in 2018, was the owner of the Portland Trailblazers (NBA), Seattle Seahawks (NFL), and a part owner of the Seattle Sounders (MLS). Before entering the world of sports ownership, Allen was best known for co-founding what company?
    
    Answer: Microsoft
    
    
24. Kodiak-born Roger Leroy Wensel gained fame in Seattle as "Artis," a musician immortalized by Soundgarden for playing what kitchen item?
    
    Answer: Spoons
    
    
25. Technically speaking, in what city is Seattle-Tacoma International Airport?
    
    Answer: SeaTac
    
    
26. Longtime Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz was the owner of what now-relocated NBA franchise from 2001-2006?
    
    Answer: Seattle SuperSonics
    
    
27. What Pacific Northwest inlet of the Pacific Ocean is technically part of the Salish Sea and is considered an estuary?
    
    Answer: Puget Sound
    
    
28. What non-profit foundation, founded in 2000 by a tech giant and his now ex-wife, has funded a variety of public health initiatives around the world? Looking for two names, they are headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
    
    Answer: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
    
    
29. Before aiding Seattle in opening its first and the United States’ first gas station in 1907, Standard Oil was founded 37 years prior be Henry Flagler and what American mogul magnate and philanthropist?
    
    Answer: John D. Rockefeller
    
    
30. Featuring the Space Needle in its team logo, what is the "noisy" name of Seattle's Major League Soccer team?
    
    Answer: Seattle Sounders FC
    
    
31. In August 2012, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation hosted a two-day "fair" at the company's headquarters in Seattle focused on showcasing "next generation" prototypes of what object found in nearly every home in the U.S.?
    
    Answer: Toilet
    
    
32. What very elevated revolving restaurant in Seattle, Washington was built for the 1962 World’s Fair? It is very skinny looking, with some futuristic touches.
    
    Answer: Space Needle
    
    
33. What two-word alliterative farmer’s market was established in 1907 in Seattle, Washington on its namesake street? It shares a name with a man named Zebulon who explored Colorado in the 19th century.
    
    Answer: Pike Place Market
    
    
34. Played by real-life brothers Jeff and Beau Bridges, Jack and Frank are the titular piano-playing brothers in what 1989 rom-com primarily set in Seattle?
    
    Answer: The Fabulous Baker Boys
    
    
35. What Seattle expansion NHL team, beginning play in 2021, gets its name from a legendary tentacled sea monster from Scandinavian folklore? In the 2010 movie “Clash Of The Titans,” Liam Neeson famously demands one be released.
    
    Answer: Seattle Kraken
    
    
36. An otherwise nondescript wall at the Pike Place Market in Seattle, WA is covered with what sticky substance? It is a hard substance that traditionally comes from trees and is water soluble, often in people's mouths.
    
    Answer: Gum Wall
    
    
37. Showcasing iconic moments in TV, rock music, sci-fi, and more, the popular Seattle tourist attraction MoPOP is short for what full name?
    
    Answer: Museum of Pop Culture
    
    
38. A public sculpture, located under a bridge in Seattle, is a recreation of what kind of monster? It is a monster that dwells in the dark and is known to eat humans, or an internet commenter who says mean things to get attention.
    
    Answer: Fremont Troll
    
    
39. Although Seattle is a city with many nicknames, the official municipal flag refers to Seattle as the City of what?
    
    Answer: Goodwill
    
    
40. The TV series, "iZombie," set in Seattle, was developed by what "Veronica Mars" show-runner? (Hint: He shares a name with the lead singer of Matchbox 20.)
    
    Answer: Rob Thomas
    
    
41. Over the last 40 years, more than 10,000 marriages have been performed in a building on Myer’s Way. What’s the name of the unique wedding locale?
    
    Answer: Enchanted Chapel
    
    
42. I-90 is the longest interstate highway in the U.S., covering ground from Boston to Seattle. Towards its eastern edge in Washington, it passes through Moses Lake, Sprague, Spokane, and what alliterative city located just miles from the Idaho border?
    
    Answer: Liberty Lake
    
    
43. Seattle is one of two major U.S. cities located on an isthmus, a narrow piece of land between two bodies of water. What state capital, which boasts a free weekly newspaper called the Isthmus, is the other?
    
    Answer: Madison, Wisconsin
    
    
44. Former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl wrote the 1999 song "Aurora," whose title references Seattle's Aurora Avenue, for what band that he's the frontman of?
    
    Answer: Foo Fighters
    
    
45. In 2020, writers at the Seattle Times won a Pulitzer Prize for their reporting on what Boeing aircraft, whose flaws caused the the crashes of Lion Air and Ethiopian Air flights?
    
    Answer: 737 MAX
    
    
46. Fictional Seattle coffee shop Cafe Nervosa is a recurring location on what sitcom, which ran from 1993 to 2004?
    
    Answer: Frasier
    
    
47. What American, who played for Tottenham and Fulham in England, and was rated by ESPN as the greatest men's soccer player in American history, spent the last four years of his career playing for the Seattle Sounders?
    
    Answer: Clint Dempsey
    
    
48. Starbucks' first store was opened in 1971 in Seattle and took its name from a character in what seafaring novel?
    
    Answer: Moby Dick
    
    
49. Which tech startup founded in Seattle by Kieran Snyder and Jensen Harris in 2014 makes use of AI to help companies come up with great job descriptions?
    
    Answer: Textio
    
    
50. The first Starbucks can be found at what famous and alliterative Seattle, Washington marketplace?
    
    Answer: Pike Place Market
    
    
51. Hoping to give Philadelphia's Gritty a run for his money, the Seattle Kraken introduced a sea-troll mascot going into the 2022-2023 season, with what inanimate-object name?
    
    Answer: Buoy
    
    
52. Which American city is home to the Sea Dragons, an XFL football team who shares their stadium with a similarly named (but much less scary sounding) NFL team?
    
    Answer: Seattle
    
    
53. The NBA's SuperSonics played their last home game in Seattle in 2008, after which they moved to Oklahoma City to become what team?
    
    Answer: Thunder
    
    
54. What Seattle-based soda company releases annual Thanksgiving-themed flavors like Turkey and Gravy, Green Bean Casserole, Sweet Potato, and Antacid?
    
    Answer: Jones Soda
    
    
55. What was the false name used by a still unidentified man who hijacked a 1971 flight from Portland to Seattle, exiting the plane by parachute near the town of Ariel in southwestern Washington with $200,000 in ransom?
    
    Answer: D. B. Cooper
    
    
56. UPS began life in Seattle in 1907 as the American Messenger Company, but changed its name to United Parcel Service when it expanded to what other West Coast City in 1919?
    
    Answer: Oakland
    
    
57. In 1969, this National League team started in MLB as the Seattle Pilots until the organization relocated to their current Midwestern home city a season later. Name this team who are sometimes called "The Beermakers" by their fans.
    
    Answer: Milwaukee Brewers
    
    
58. Who was the first pick of the Seattle SuperSonics in the franchise's final NBA draft before relocating to Oklahoma City?
    
    Answer: Kevin Durant
    
    
59. I-90, the longest interstate highway in the United States, has its termini in Boston and what West Coast city (which is NOT its state's capital)?
    
    Answer: Seattle
    
    
60. What is the "double O" name of the web testing and diagnostics company founded in Seattle in 2006 that has a well-known, eponymous internet speedtest?
    
    Answer: Ookla
    
    
61. Head to Federal Way where you can visit a botanical garden that’s entirely devoted to the over 1,000 species of which woody, flowering plant? (Hint: It’s the state flower of Washington)
    
    Answer: Rhododendron
    
    
62. Kristen Kish out-cooked Brooke Williamson in season 10 of what Bravo reality series, which was set primarily in Seattle?
    
    Answer: Top Chef
    
    
63. Serving as an employee lounge and workspace and opened in January 2018, what is the name for the three Amazon-owned conservatories in Seattle covered in pentagonal hexecontahedron panels?
    
    Answer: Amazon Spheres
    
    
64. What “H” Seattle company uses caller data to help identify incoming calls and block unwanted ones? Its four-letter name sounds like an informal greeting.
    
    Answer: Hiya
    
    
65. The first successful recall election in the United States was the 1911 recall of Hiram Gill from his position as the mayor of what western city?
    
    Answer: Seattle, Washington
    
    
66. No relation to the three-time NBA MVP with the same last name, which Seattle Storm player is one of only two people (or either gender) to win 5 Olympic Gold medals for basketball?
    
    Answer: Sue Bird
    
    
67. Obviously not a Seattle sports fan, Ice Cube mentions "the Lakers beat the SuperSonics" as one reason he's had an excellent 24 hours in what 1992 song?
    
    Answer: It Was a Good Day
    
    
68. What commonly used nickname for Seattle shares its name with the fictitious residence of Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle?
    
    Answer: "The Emerald City"
    
    
69. Apartment 1901 in the Elliott Bay Towers, Seattle, is the fictional address of what titular TV character?
    
    Answer: Frasier Crane
    
    
70. Adapted into a 1994 film starring Demi Moore and Michael Douglas, what Michael Crichton novel's plot centers around a sexual harassment accusation at a fictional Seattle company?
    
    Answer: Disclosure
    
    
71. What is the name of the train that Amtrak runs between Seattle, Washington and Los Angeles, California?
    
    Answer: Coast Starlight
    
    
72. In what part of Seattle could you once find the “mystery soda machine,” a Coca-Cola vending machine that has miraculously never ran out of beverages from the 1990s to 2018, when it disappeared (also under mysterious circumstances…)?
    
    Answer: Capitol Hill
    
    
73. In the spring of 1954 in Seattle, a strange mass delusion broke out as people began reporting damage in unprecedented numbers to what part of their cars? The craze led to theories of cosmic rays, sand fleas, and nuclear weapon testing among other hypotheses.
    
    Answer: Windshield
    
    
74. What 1990s America band from Seattle is considered one of the early emo bands that helped establish the genre with their debut album "Diary"? The band's name features four words, and the last two words are the name of an unrelated "dream pop" band from the 2000s.
    
    Answer: Sunny Day Real Estate
    
    
75. What real estate company based in Seattle with a colorful, fishy name was founded by David Eraker, Michael Dougherty, and David Selinge in 2004 and used to provide online “neighborhood crime data” until 2021 when it was criticized for inaccuracies?
    
    Answer: Redfin
    
    
76. What series, set in a future (at the time of production) Seattle, featured an escaped super-soldier working as a bike messenger, and starred Jessica Alba?
    
    Answer: Dark Angel
    
    
77. The mascot for the newly formed Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League is a "sea troll" that shares a name with what kind of floating object?
    
    Answer: Buoy
    
    
78. Microsoft was founded in 1975 - you probably know that Bill Gates was one of the founders, but what was the name of his friend (and future owner of the Seattle Seahawks) with whom he co-founded the company?
    
    Answer: Paul Allen
    
    
79. The enormous glass edifice of Seattle's Central Library, which opened in 2004, was designed by what renowned Dutch architect whose full first name is "Remment?"
    
    Answer: Rem Koolhaas
    
    
80. What Seattle native, born Benjamin Hammond Haggerty, dropped the word "Professor" from his stage name before his full-length 2005 debut, The Language of My World?
    
    Answer: Macklemore
    
    
81. What American architect was named "the most important architect of our age" by Vanity Fair in 2010 and designed buildings such as the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle and Dancing House in Prague?
    
    Answer: Frank Gehry
    
    
82. Frequently either decorated or vandalized, a bronze statue of a famous revolutionary and politician is located in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle. By what five-letter alias is this man commonly known?
    
    Answer: Lenin
    
    
83. Named for Washington's longest-serving Senator ever, which park in Seattle is home to a 20,000-square-foot playground called the Junior League of Seattle Children's Playground?
    
    Answer: Magnuson Park
    
    
84. Which public park is the largest in Seattle? (Hint: It was built in the 1970s using extra land from Fort Lawton).
    
    Answer: Discovery
    
    
85. What was the name of the ride-sharing service Lime launched in Seattle in 2018?
    
    Answer: LimePod
    
    
86. Mireille Enos and Joel Kinnaman glumly looked for a murderer under the cloudy skies of Seattle on what AMC crime drama?
    
    Answer: The Killing
    
    
87. According to the Seattle government website, Chief Seattle, formerly known as Chief Sealth, inspired the renaming of the city. When it was first established as a small township in 1851, settlers borrowed the name of what two-word state?
    
    Answer: New York
    
    
88. What “S” biotech company, started in Seattle in 2018, is using engineered cells to repair damaged cells and genes to fight disease? Its name is the Arabic word for “year.”
    
    Answer: Sana Biotechnology
    
    

Play Seattle Trivia with Water Cooler Trivia

Water Cooler Trivia is well-equipped to provide you with exciting and engaging trivia quizzes.

So, how does it work?

Each week, our team will deliver original trivia quizzes straight to your inbox.

All you have to do is pick the categories.

You can leave the rest of the heavy lifting to us.

Take Water Cooler Trivia for a test run with our four-week free trial.