The Seattle Aptitude Test: R U Seattle?

Beacon Hill neighbor Craig Thompson is a professional writer who has also been a teacher, carpenter, landscaper, gardener, and cook, a civilian military trainer and technical editor, a poet and playwright, a jack of trades to practice the craft of words:

Please stop talking. You will have 20 minutes to complete this portion of the test.

1. I’d rather spend an evening with:
(a) Real Change Executive Director Tim Harris
(b) Washington State Initiative Icon Tim Eyman
(c) City of Seattle Deputy Mayor Tim Ceis
(d) Tim’s Potato Chips

2. Who never met a developer he didn’t like?
(a) Charles Royer
(b) Norm Rice
(c) Wes Ulman
(d) All of the above

3. Tunnel is to viaduct as:
(a) Pick is to puck
(b) Pick is to peck
(c) Pick is to pack
(d) Pick is to pocket

4. I’d rather buy drugs in:
(a) Belltown
(b) Fremont
(c) The U District
(d) Bartell’s

5. Sound Transit is to rapid transit as:
(a) Northern Tier is to pipeline
(b) Olympic Pipeline is to Bellingham
(c) Husky Stadium is to public funding
(d) Budweiser is to beer

6. I’d rather put my money in:
(a) Rainier Bank
(b) Seattle First
(c) Washington Mutual Savings
(d) My wallet

7. Post Intelligencer is to The Times as:
(a) KUOW is to The Weekly
(b) The Stranger is to The Weekly
(c) Cross Currents is to The Weekly
(d) Rosebud is to hearse

8. What I get out of my property taxes:
(a) Neighborhood schools
(b) Plugged potholes
(c) A cop on every corner
(d) More property taxes

9. WTO is to downtown as:
(a) Qwest is to Safeco
(b) Tissue is to teargas
(c) SAC is to opera house
(d) Paul Schell is to Norm Stamper

10. Where do Seattle Times editorial writers live?
(a) Phinney Ridge
(b) Mercer Island
(c) Madison Park
(d) Not in the South End

11. The best money spent on art in the City is by:
(a) Artist Trust
(b) The Mayor’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs
(c) The Seattle Arts Commission
(d) SEED

12. Sleaze is to puppy as:
(a) Democrat is to King County
(b) Republican is to Bellevue
(c) Weyerhauser is to Boy Scout
(d) Horn is to Weeks

13. Which is the accepted term?
(a) Seahawks Stadium
(b) Mariners Stadium
(c) Ratcity Arena
(d) All of the above

14. Hannauer is to hydroplane as:
(a) Bruner is to Boat Show
(b) George is to journalism
(c) Savage is to sex
(d) Holmgren is to football

15. The absolute best place for coffee:
(a) Your kitchen
(b) Café Ladro
(c) The B&O
(d) Starbucks at Rainier and MLK Way

16. Monorail is to real estate as:
(a) Margaret is to stripper
(b) Heidi is to stripper
(c) Jim is to stripper
(d) Council is to Colacurcio

17. When I think Italian, I think:
(a) The Poor Italian
(b) Pagliacci’s
(c) Domino’s
(d) Remo’s

18. Interagency cooperation does not include:
(a) The Port of Seattle
(b) The Seattle School District
(c) The City of Seattle
(d) Seattle

19. The best place to buy ethnic food:
(a) Ballard
(b) Chinatown
(c) Little Saigon
(d) The taqueria bus

20. Which is correct?
(a) University District
(b) Central Area
(c) North End
(d) South End

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