Washington Jeopardy

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Washington Lofty Leaders
Washington Big On Basic
Washington Literary Laureates
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Washington politician who was first elected as
U.S. representative in 1965 and was named speaker
of the house in 1989.
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Who was Thomas Stephan Foley?
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Mayor of Seattle from 1926-1928, she was the
first women elected as mayor of a large U.S. city.
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Who was Bertha Knight Landes?
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Washingtons first Chinese-American governor, he
was elected in 1996.
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Who is Garry Locke?
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He served Washington as a U.S. representative and
senator and ran unsuccessfully for president in
1972 and 1976.
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Who was Henry Scoop Jackson?
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First territorial governor of Washington.
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Who was Isaac Ingllas Stevens?
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He founded Microsoft, the largest computer
software company that is headquartered in Redmond
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Who is Bill Gates.
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She was the first woman to climb Mt. Rainier.
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Who was Fay Fuller?
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News reporter who is considered the Father of
Television News.
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Who was Edmund R. Murrow?
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Seattle-born dancer-choreographer who founded the
Joffrey Ballet.
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Who was Robert Joffrey?
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Tacoma Cartoonist who created The Far Side.
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Who is Garry Larson?
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Artist who drew the only surviving portraits of
Indian chiefs in the Columbia River region.
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Who was Gustav Sohon?
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Pianist who opened the Cornish College of the
Arts in Seattle.
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Who was Nellie Cornish?
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Sculptor who has won acclaim for his fountains.
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Who is George Tsutakawa?
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Sculptor who makes shell-like shapes out of glass.
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Who is Dale Chihuly?
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His work features historic scenes of
African-American leaders such as Frederick
Douglass and Harriet Tubman.
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Who is Jacob Lawrence?
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Former slave who founded Centrailia.
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Who is George Washington?
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Hudsons Bay Company employee who built Fort
Vancouver on the Columbia River in 1825.
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Who was John McLoughlin?
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Spokane boardinghouse owner and millionaire who
was a leader of womens suffrage in Washington.
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Who was Mary Awkwright Hutton?
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In the late 1890s and early 1900s, Seattle became
the main supply center for gold rush in this
location.
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What is Alaska ( or the Klondike)?
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When settlers first started coming to Washington,
it was considered part of this.
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What is Oregon Country?
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Hoquiam-born writer best known for Gentle Ben,
Year of the Black Pony, and Scrub Dog of Alaska.
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Who was Walt Morey?
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Using another name, Jessie Mercer Payzant wrote
38 childrens books including Saucer in the Sea,
Kidliks Kayak, and A trip to Mexico .
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Who is Terry Shannon?
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Also known as Mrs. Joseph Auslander, she won a
Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1953 for Bright
Ambush.
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Who was Audrey May Wurdemann?
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Seattle-born author who wrote under 20 different
pen names, including Max Brand and Evan Evans.
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Who was Fredrick Faust?
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A science fiction writer, he is the author of the
Dune Series.
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Who is Frank Herbert?