Test Your Seattle Smarts! A Fun Q&A Challenge

Blog Kristi Jenkins August 12, 2025

Think you know the Emerald City? Take this quick quiz and see how deep your Seattle knowledge really runs. No basic tourist trivia here, this one’s for the true locals (or those who want to think like one 😉).

🌲 1. Geography

What Seattle neighborhood was originally its own town, incorporated in 1902, and still has its own quirky identity, complete with troll under a bridge?
A) Ballard
B) Fremont
C) Green Lake
D) Wallingford

👉 (Answer: Fremont)
📝 Follow-up idea: Share the history of the Fremont Troll and how Fremont calls itself “The Center of the Universe.”

🌉 2. Geography

Which Seattle-area lake is manmade, created by a dam in the early 20th century, and today is surrounded by some of the city's priciest real estate?
A) Lake Union
B) Green Lake
C) Lake Washington
D) Lake Sammamish

👉 (Answer: Lake Union is natural; the correct answer is Lake Washington, reshaped dramatically by the Montlake Cut and the Chittenden Locks)
📝 Follow-up idea: A mini-explainer on how engineering reshaped Seattle's waterways and neighborhoods.

🎶 3. Pop Culture

Before he was a Grammy-winning superstar, which artist lived in Seattle and attended Garfield High School, home to a famous jazz band program?
A) Billie Eilish
B) Brandi Carlile
C) Jimi Hendrix
D) Macklemore

👉 (Answer: Jimi Hendrix)
📝 Follow-up idea: Share a story about Hendrix’s Seattle roots or his memorial in Renton.

📺 4. Pop Culture

Which legendary TV show was not actually filmed in Seattle, even though it became one of the city’s most iconic cultural references?
A) Grey’s Anatomy
B) Frasier
C) Twin Peaks
D) iCarly

👉 (Answer: Frasier)
📝 Follow-up idea: Talk about how Frasier’s skyline view couldn’t possibly exist, and why Seattle keeps showing up in Hollywood even when it’s never filmed here.

🍷 5. Food & Drink

Which Seattle-area winery was one of the first to put Washington State on the national wine map and helped launch Woodinville as a wine destination?
A) Chateau Ste. Michelle
B) DeLille Cellars
C) Mark Ryan
D) Januik Winery

👉 (Answer: Chateau Ste. Michelle)
📝 Follow-up idea: Include a fun weekend itinerary for a Woodinville wine tasting tour, including lesser-known boutique wineries.

🏘️ 6. Neighborhood-Specific

Which Seattle neighborhood’s name comes from a Coast Salish word meaning “swift water,” and is now home to upscale homes, beach parks, and sweeping views of Puget Sound?
A) Alki
B) Magnolia
C) Rainier Beach
D) Laurelhurst

👉 (Answer: Alki)
📝 Follow-up idea: Dive into the Native American history behind Seattle’s neighborhood names and how Alki was the original landing spot for white settlers.