Washington is the 42nd state to join the Union. The name of the state was given after the first President of the U.S, George Washington. It is the only state in the U.S which name is given in the name of the President of the nation. Moreover, the state ranks 18th based on area and 13th with respect to the population among other states of the country. The capital of Washington is Olympia while the largest city is Seattle. Seattle is home to the first revolving restaurant and the biggest coffee chain, Starbucks.
Furthermore, the largest online store, Amazon.com, and the wealthiest man, Microsoft’s founder Bill Gates belong to the Washington state. Learn more information about the state in the given 60+ Washington trivia questions. Hence, continue reading and you will get amazed by knowing the facts about the state.
Washington Trivia Questions
1. What is the official name of Washington?
Show AnswerState of Washington2. For whom the name of the state was given?
Show AnswerThe first U.S President, George Washington3. Which state is bordered to the south of Washington?
Show AnswerOregon4. What is the rank of the state based on joining the Union?
Show Answer42nd5. When the state was admitted to the Union?
Show AnswerIn 18896. Which city is the state capital of Washington?
Show AnswerOlympia7. Which is the state’s largest city?
Show AnswerSeattle8. What is the rank of the state based on the area?
Show Answer18th9. What is the rank of the state based on population?
Show Answer13th10. How much is the average population of the state?
Show Answer7.7 million11. In which area most of the Washington residents live?
Show AnswerThe Seattle Metropolitan (around 60 percent).12. What is the total area of the state?
Show Answer184,827 square kilometers13. What percent of the area is covered with water?
Show Answer6.6 percent14. What is the state tree?
Show AnswerWestern Hemlock15. Which is the state flower?
Show AnswerRhododendronTrivia Washington DC
16. What is the state food?
Show AnswerApple17. What is the state dance?
Show AnswerSquare Dance18. Which is the highest point in Washington?
Show AnswerMount Rainier19. How long is Mount Rainier?
Show Answer14,411 feet20. How many national parks are there in Washington?
Show AnswerThree21. Where the first revolving restaurant built?
Show AnswerIn Seattle22. When the restaurant was built?
Show AnswerIn 196123. Which biggest coffee chain founded in Seattle?
Show AnswerStarbucks24. What is the state gem of Washington?
Show AnswerPetrified Wood25. How many world’s longest bridges are in Washington?
Show AnswerFour26. What is the nickname of the state?
Show AnswerThe Evergreen State27. What is the nickname of Seattle?
Show AnswerThe Emerald city28. Which place in Washington had the most rain ever in a single day?
Show AnswerMt. Mitchell29. How many dams does Washington have?
Show AnswerOver 100030. What is Seattle’s lowest recorded temperature?
Show Answer0 degree FahrenheitWashington DC Trivia Questions
31. When this lowest temperature was recorded?
Show AnswerJanuary 31, 195032. What is the highest temperature recorded in Washington?
Show Answer118 degree Fahrenheit33. Where the temperature was recorded?
Show AnswerAt Ice Harbor Dam34. What percent of the state’s land area is covered with forest?
Show Answer52 percent35. When the Mount St. Helens erupted?
Show AnswerOn May 18, 198036. What is the rank of Washington in producing wine among other U.S states?
Show AnswerSecond37. What is Washington’s state song?
Show Answer‘Washington My Home’38. When the state song was made?
Show AnswerIn 195939. What is Washington’s state vegetable?
Show AnswerSweet Onion40. What is the primary language used in Washington?
Show AnswerEnglish41. Which language is mostly spoken, after English, in the state?
Show AnswerSpanish42. Where is headquarter of Microsoft Corporation?
Show AnswerIn Redmond43. What was the first tax levied in Washington?
Show AnswerProperty tax44. Which tax the state does not levy?
Show AnswerPersonal income tax, corporate income tax, and franchise tax45. Which fruit is produced more in Washington than in any other state?
Show AnswerApplesWashington Capitals Trivia
46. Where is the oldest operating gas station in the United States?
Show AnswerIn Zillah47. Which is the state insect of Washington?
Show AnswerGreen Darner Dragonfly48. Where the world’s first soft-serve ice-cream machine located?
Show AnswerIn Olympia Dairy Queen49. Which is the smallest city to host a World’s Fair in 1974?
Show AnswerSpokane50. What the residents of Washington are called?
Show AnswerWashingtonians51. When was the first settlement in Washington?
Show AnswerIn 184652. What does the settlement called?
Show AnswerTumwater (previously known as New Market)53. From which territory, the Washington territory formed?
Show AnswerOregon Territory54. What are the most prominent industries of the state?
Show AnswerAgriculture, lumber, fishing, mining, and shipping55. The largest online company, Amazon.com, based in which state of the U.S?
Show AnswerWashington56. When the state ranked first in the production of red raspberries?
Show AnswerIn 200457. How many public airfields does Washington have?
Show Answer14058. How many state airports are there in Washington?
Show Answer1659. Which popular games were invented in Washington?
Show AnswerPictionary, Pickle-ball, and Cranium60. Which is the largest man-made Island in the U.S?
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