Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon’s northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho. The 42° north parallel delineates the southern boundary with California and Nevada.
Oregon has been home to many indigenous nations for thousands of years. The first European traders, explorers, and settlers began exploring what is currently Oregon’s Pacific coast in the early-mid sixteenth century.
In 1843, an autonomous government was framed in the Oregon Country, and the Oregon Territory was created in 1848. Oregon became the 33rd state of the U.S. on February 14, 1859. Today, with 4 million individuals north of 98,000 square miles (250,000 km2), Oregon is the ninth largest and 27th most populous U.S. state. The capital, Salem, is the second-most populous city in Oregon, with 169,798 residents. Portland, with 647,805, ranks as the 26th among U.S. cities.
Here we have gathered some informative Oregon trivia questions for you to enjoy and get some information.
1 Where are the oldest known human dwellings in the state of Oregon?
Answer: Fort Rock Cave and the Paisley Caves
2 This is the county seat of Clatsop County; what is its name?
Answer: Astoria
3 What are the two rivers that flow through or next to Portland?
Answer: Willamette and Columbia
4 The Rose Festival in Portland Oregon, is held every June and is the second largest all-floral parade in the United States. What was the first year it was held?
Answer: 1907
5 What is the name of the river that forms the NE border of Oregon with the state of Idaho?
Answer: Snake River
6 The city of Portland was officially incorporated on what date?
Answer: February 8, 1851
7 To whom was “24 Hour Church” dedicated?
Answer: Elvis
8 What mountain range is between the Willamette Valley and the Oregon Coast?
Answer: Coast Range
9 Which is NOT a city in Oregon?
Answer: Butte
10 In this town you will find a giant caveman statue.
Answer: Grants Pass
11 What is the airport code for Portland?
Answer: PDX
12 What is the state capital?
Answer: Salem
13 Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo discovered what part of Oregon in 1543?
Answer: Southern Oregon off the Pacific Coast
14 What city is not a deep water port in Oregon?
Answer: Newport
15 Portland was originally almost named what?
Answer: Boston
16 The John Day River is the longest River in Oregon. What is the distance, in miles, from its headwaters to where it empties into the Columbia River?
Answer: 280 miles
17 Name the river in the State of Oregon that flows from south to north through the cities of Eugene, Salem and Portland.
Answer: Willamette River
18 Occupying an entire city block and containing more than one million books, what Portland landmark is the world’s largest independent bookstore?
Answer: Powell’s City of Books
Oregon trivia questions and answers
19 There is an actual organization with the moniker “Keep Portland Weird!” What does this group want us to do?
Answer: Support local businesses
20 Along the Oregon Coast you will find some small shops overlooking a tiny bay. This is the world’s smallest navigable harbor. What is its name?
Answer: Depoe Bay
21 Which is NOT a city in Oregon?
Answer: Houston
22 In this town you can find a Shakespearian theatre.
Answer: Ashland
23 What bridge is located between Chinatown and the Rose Quarter in Portland?
Answer: Steel Bridge
24 What is the state nickname?
Answer: The Beaver State
25 What’s the name of the first National Park in Oregon?
Answer: Crater Lake National Park
26 This town was the final stop on the Oregon Trail.
Answer: Oregon City
27 The Portland Penny is one of the great artifacts from Portland’s history. What is this coin’s significance?
Answer: It was tossed to determine Portland’s name
28 In the central Oregon Cascade mountains there is a group of three mountains called the Three Sisters. What is the total elevation, in feet, of the three peaks added together?
Answer: 30,490
29 What is the name of the mountain which exploded approximately 7000 years ago creating Crater Lake?
Answer: Mt. Mazama
30 With over 7000 rose plants of 550 varieties, what rose garden is located in Portland’s Washington Park?
Answer: International Rose Test Garden
31 What’s the state capital of Oregon?
Answer: Salem
32 A River reaches the Pacific after flowing a mere 120 feet. What is the name of this river?
Answer: “D” River
33 What is Oregon’s state flower?
Answer: Oregon grape
34 Which of the following IS a city in Oregon?
Answer: Boring
35 You will find Harris Beach and Azalea Park in this coastal town.
Answer: Brookings
36 What is Portland’s mass transit system called?
Answer: TriMet
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37 What mountain range runs north-south through the center of Oregon?
Answer: The Cascades
38 This desert is in the southeast of Steens Mountain and in Harney County, Oregon. What is its name?
Answer: Alvord Desert
39 In the little town of Newport, there’s a restaurant where you can eat “World Famous Clam Chowder”. What is the name of this restaurant?
Answer: Mo’s
40 What is the name of this bookstore that boasts 1.6 acres of retail space and over four million books for sale?
Answer: Powell’s City of Books
41 What year did the Lewis and Clark Expedition actually arrive within the present-day boundary of the state of Oregon?
Answer: 1805
42 Name the Oregon college baseball team that won consecutive College World Series Championships in 2006 and 2007?
Answer: Oregon State Beavers
43 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?
Answer: Breweries
44 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?
Answer: Portlandia
45 Many small creeks feed this Central Oregon lake, from which an early computer game got its name. What is this lake?
Answer: Odell Lake
46 What is Oregon’s state mammal?
Answer: beaver
47 This town has streets named Clay, Woodstock, Powell, and Sandy.
Answer: Portland
48 What is Portland’s tallest building?
Answer: Wells Fargo Center
49 What is the highest mountain in Oregon?
Answer: Mount Hood
50 This river arises near Crater Lake, flowing geologically from the young High Cascades through the older Western Cascades. What river is this?
Answer: Rogue River
51 If you are looking for some good clean fun in Portland, you might want to spend some time at this museum.
Answer: The Vacuum Cleaner Museum
52 What is the Oregon Zoo best known for?
Answer: Its elephant breeding program
53 The State of Oregon, from east to west, is approximately what distance in mileage? Answer: 350 miles
54 What is the name of the Western Hockey League team that plays in Portland?
Answer: Portland Winterhawks
55 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?
Answer: Portlandia
56 Oaks Amusement Park in the Sellwood District is unusual in several ways. Which is **not** one of them?
Answer: It has the oldest continuously-operating roller coaster on the West Coast
Oregon quiz
57 Biblically named landmark gives a good view of the Willamette Valley. What is its name?
Answer: Mount Pisgah
58 What is the state fish?
Answer: Chinook salmon
59 Which Oregon city is home to the well-known catalog gift company Harry and David?
Answer: Medford
60 In this town you will find the Ginger Rogers theatre.
Answer: Medford
61 What is the light rail in Portland called, and what does it stand for?
Answer: MAX, Metropolitan Area Express
62 What is the name of the annual celebration held in Portland in the late spring?
Answer: Rose Festival
63 What is the highest point of the Siskiyou Mountains in southern Oregon?
Answer: Mount Ashland
64 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.
Answer: Asian Elephants
65 The state of Oregon is closest to what north line of latitude?
Answer: 45th parallel
66 Timberline Lodge, near the 6000-foot level on Mt. Hood, on average, receives about how much annual snowfall in inches?
Answer: 540 inches
67 What best describes the climate in western Oregon near Portland?
Answer: Warm dry summers, cool wet winters
68 Portland’s Mill Ends Park holds a record for parks. What record is it?
Answer: World’s Smallest Dedicated Park
69 I head down to Naito Parkway and eventually I come to Mill Ends Park. What is unique about Mill Ends Park?
Answer: It’s the smallest park in the world
70 What river comprises most of the northern border between Oregon and Washington?
Answer: Columbia River
71 What is the Oregon state bird?
Answer: Western Meadowlark
72 This is the town where the Full Sail Brewery is located.
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