Q 01/05

Seattle is named after a chief of which two Native American peoples?

A) The Chinook and Makah

B) The Nez Perce and Yakama

C) The Duwamish and Suquamish

D) The Spokane and Colville

Answer · why

C) The Duwamish and Suquamish

Chief Seattle (siʔaɫ) led the Duwamish and Suquamish peoples; settler Doc Maynard pushed to name the town after him, and the Duwamish name survives in...

Q 02/05

Where did the Denny Party land on November 13, 1851?

A) Pioneer Square

B) Alki Point

C) Magnolia Bluff

D) Elliott Bay's east shore

Answer · why

B) Alki Point

The Denny Party landed at Alki Point, in today's West Seattle, on November 13, 1851, after sailing from Portland, and moved across Elliott Bay the fol...

Q 03/05

What was the name of the schooner that carried the Denny Party to their landing site?

A) Decatur

B) Portland

C) Beaver

D) Exact

Answer · why

D) Exact

The schooner Exact sailed from Portland and landed the Denny Party on November 13, 1851, then continued north carrying gold prospectors bound for the ...

Q 04/05

What did the settlers first call the settlement at present-day Pioneer Square?

A) Yesler

B) Terry's Landing

C) New York Alki

D) Duwamps

Answer · why

D) Duwamps

The settlers called their Elliott Bay site Duwamps, after the Duwamish people, until Doc Maynard persuaded them to rename the town Seattle in 1853.

Q 05/05

The Chinook word "alki" in New York Alki means roughly what?

A) First home of the people

B) By and by, or someday

C) Good land for planting

D) Big water crossing

Answer · why

B) By and by, or someday

Alki is Chinook Jargon for by and by or someday, so New York Alki meant New York eventually, Charles Terry's hopeful name for the landing-site settlem...