Q 01/05

Spokane is the second-most populous city in which US state?

A) Oregon

B) Washington

C) Idaho

D) New Mexico

Answer · why

B) Washington

Washington's second city after Seattle, Spokane edged Tacoma for the title at the 2020 census; it lies about 280 miles east of Seattle along Interstat...

Q 02/05

Spokane is known as the birthplace of which national holiday?

A) Father's Day

B) Labor Day

C) Arbor Day

D) Mother's Day

Answer · why

A) Father's Day

Father's Day began in Spokane on 19 June 1910, organised by a local woman who had heard a Mother's Day sermon at the Central Methodist Episcopal Churc...

Q 03/05

Which Spokane woman started the movement for a national holiday honouring fathers?

A) Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

B) Anna Jarvis

C) Narcissa Whitman

D) Sonora Smart Dodd

Answer · why

D) Sonora Smart Dodd

Sonora Smart Dodd, raised by her widowed Civil War veteran father William Jackson Smart, organised the first celebration in Spokane on 19 June 1910 af...

Q 04/05

What is Spokane's long-standing unofficial nickname, taken from a flowering shrub?

A) Rose City

B) Emerald City

C) Lilac City

D) Magnolia City

Answer · why

C) Lilac City

Lilac City dates from the early 20th century, when lilacs planted across town thrived in the climate; the Lilac Festival, begun in 1938, has run each ...

Q 05/05

What basketball-themed nickname has Spokane earned by hosting the world's largest 3-on-3 tournament?

A) Dunktown USA

B) Hooptown USA

C) Rimtown USA

D) Basketball City

Answer · why

B) Hooptown USA

Hooptown USA is the basketball brand Spokane adopted in 2019, a nod to the 3-on-3 tournament that fills downtown streets each June and to the city's d...