In 1912, Businessman Simon Benson donated $10,000 to the city for the installation of four-bowled bronze drinking fountains in downtown Portland, to stop residents from going to drinking joints in the daytime. Today, there are 52 four-font fountains all doubling as useful landmarks in the city.
Portland is the most bike-friendly city in America. There are 350 miles of bike lanes and advanced bike infrastructures. Cycling is quite popular as on average 5.3% of residents commute to work by bike.
Portland Facts Trivia Questions and Answers – 2022 – 2023
Portland has been ranked among the best cities for millennials. It has a mix of generations but often appears like a millennial city. This means the industries cater to things millennials enjoy — like accessories, vintage clothes, plants e.t.c.
Below is a Portland trivia quiz packed with surprising facts that will impress anyone interested in knowing about the city.
1. Once upon a time in downtown Portland, a strange shrine harbored machines that dispensed tacky trinkets. The establishment displayed relics of the ’70s and offered “cheap, not legal” weddings to any and all. To whom was this “24-Hour Church” dedicated?
2. What is the closest snow-capped mountain to Portland?
3. There is an actual organization with the moniker “Keep Portland Weird!” What does this group want us to do?
4. How high is Mount Hood?
5. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union’s Portland branch prides itself for, in the words of its website, “militant activism and progressive politics embedded in a true rank and file democracy.” Links on its website point to “The Portland Red Guide,” a list of all things leftist in PDX. Which Portland business is the largest represented by this union?
6. What is the name of the river that cuts through Portland?
7. Portland is home to much public art. One of the most notable pieces is known to locals as “Pull My Finger.” What is the real name of this famous artwork?
8. Which river forms the border between the States of Washington and Oregon?
9. And now for more bizarre public artwork! Count Alexander von Svoboda unleashed a monstrosity carved from a 190-ton chunk of white Carerra marble upon an unsuspecting Portland public. The sculpture, created for what was then the Georgia-Pacific building, is officially known as “Quest.” Locals, however, give it a much earthier appellation, a play on the title of a famous ditty which received the Academy Award for Best Original Song. What do they call it?
10. What is the name of the inactive volcano on the east end of Portland?
11. If you are looking for some good clean fun in Portland, you might want to spend some time at this museum.
12. Downtown Portland is famous for its beautiful fountains, especially the Ira Keller fountain with its multitude of levels and waterfalls. However, you can do something in the Portland fountains that is not usually allowed in fountains elsewhere. What is that?
13. Not just in Portland, but in all of Oregon, people cannot do something that most people in other states regard as part of everyday life. What is that?
14. The streets in the northwest section of Portland are organized how?
15. Ah, polite Portlanders. According to a 2007 survey, residents in the City of Roses were tops in which polite practice?
16. Which famous television show uses several street names from Portland?
17. Approximately how many blocks in northwest Portland fit into one mile?
18. The people wearing green uniforms belong to which Portland services?
19. On Christmas Eve, an Oregon resident—while on the line with President Biden, the First Lady, and his child who were having a fun conversation about the NORAD Santa tracker—signed off by saying WHAT to the president?
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20. Why are people discouraged from giving money to Portland’s many panhandlers?
21. What is the population of Portland?
22. What is the average summer temperature in Portland?
23. What is Portland’s average annual rainfall?
24. How much does an all-day bus pass cost?
25. Name a Mexican city that is a sister city to Portland?
26. Portland and its sister city, Guadalajara, celebrate which of these holidays together?
27. Natives of Oregon refer to which of these as “The Living Room?”
28. Velveteria is what sort of attraction?
29. How many books will you find at Powell’s City of Books?
30. Name a Portland restaurant that has a “no menu” policy?
31. Which local group of workers vowed to vote on a strike as soon as Monday (Jan 10, 2021) unless management increased their wages?
32. Starting in 1863, what holiday was regularly celebrated for years in Oregon on January 1?
33. What is the area of Portland?
34. What is the elevation point in Portland?
35. What is the time zone in Portland?
36. Miles from Portland to the ocean?
37. Miles from Portland to the glacier?
38. What are the average Portland temperatures?
39. Name the official bird of Portland?
40. What are the area codes of Portland?
41. Portland is home to what park that is also the smallest park in the world?
42. What large university is in Portland?
43. American Style magazine recognized Portland as?
44. What is the status of strip clubs in Portland?
45. Which creator of The Simpsons and Futurama, is originally from Portland?
46. Famous movies filmed in Portland?
47. Home to the very first professional hockey team in the US. Name it.
48. What does Freddies mean?
49. What is The Schnitz?
50. What is Pill Hill?
51. The city of Portland was officially incorporated on what date?
52. With over 7000 rose plants of 550 varieties, what rose garden is located in Portland’s Washington Park?
53. Including McMenamins, Widmer Brothers, and BridgePort, Portland has 28 of these businesses, more than any other town in the United States, if not the world. What are they?
54. Portland is home to the second largest copper repoussé statue in the United States after the Statue of Liberty. What is this sculpture’s name?
55. The Oregon Zoo in Portland’s Washington Park has been the birthplace for 28 of these animals, the most of any city in North America.
56. Portland was the childhood home to what author known for the characters Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ralph S. Mouse?
57. Portland is home to the largest outdoor arts and crafts market in continuous operation in the United States. What is this market known as?
