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A shipbuilding boom in the early part of the 20th century became massive during World War I, making Seattle somewhat of a company town; the subsequent retrenchment led to the Seattle General Strike of 1919, the first general strike in the country. A 1912 city development plan by Virgil Bogue went largely unused. Seattle was mildly prosperous in the 1920s but was particularly hard hit in the Great Depression, experiencing some of the country's harshest labor strife in that era. Violence during the Maritime Strike of 1934 cost Seattle much of its maritime traffic, which was rerouted to the Port of Los Angeles.

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['
Q: When was ship building the economic master in Seattle?
A: World War I', "
Q: What city profited by Seattle's Maritime Strike?
A: Port of Los Angeles.", '
Q: What was the first general labor strike in the 20th century?
A: Seattle General Strike', '
Q: When did the General Strike happen in Seattle?
A: 1919', "
Q: What major strike in 1934 damaged Seattle's maritime economy?
A: Maritime Strike"]
As prosperity began to return in the 1980s, the city was stunned by the Wah Mee massacre in 1983, when 13 people were killed in an illegal gambling club in the International District, Seattle's Chinatown. Beginning with Microsoft's 1979 move from Albuquerque, New Mexico to nearby Bellevue, Washington, Seattle and its suburbs became home to a number of technology companies including Amazon.com, RealNetworks, Nintendo of America, McCaw Cellular (now part of AT&T Mobility), VoiceStream (now T-Mobile), and biomedical corporations such as HeartStream (later purchased by Philips), Heart Technologies (later purchased by Boston Scientific), Physio-Control (later purchased by Medtronic), ZymoGenetics, ICOS (later purchased by Eli Lilly and Company) and Immunex (later purchased by Amgen). This success brought an influx of new residents with a population increase within city limits of almost 50,000 between 1990 and 2000, and saw Seattle's real estate become some of the most expensive in the country. In 1993, the movie Sleepless in Seattle brought the city further national attention. Many of the Seattle area's tech companies remained relatively strong, but the frenzied dot-com boom years ended in early 2001.

Questions and answers:
["
Q: What violent act happened in Seattle's Chinatown in 1983?
A: Wah Mee massacre", '
Q: What type of establishment was Wan Mee?
A: gambling club', '
Q: Which huge tech corporation moved its headquarters the Seattle area?
A: Microsoft', '
Q: What item for sale in 2000 Seattle was some of the most costly in the US?
A: real estate', '
Q: About what time did the big tech boom in Seattle fizzle?
A: early 2001']
Seattle in this period attracted widespread attention as home to these many companies, but also by hosting the 1990 Goodwill Games and the APEC leaders conference in 1993, as well as through the worldwide popularity of grunge, a sound that had developed in Seattle's independent music scene. Another bid for worldwide attention—hosting the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 1999—garnered visibility, but not in the way its sponsors desired, as related protest activity and police reactions to those protests overshadowed the conference itself. The city was further shaken by the Mardi Gras Riots in 2001, and then literally shaken the following day by the Nisqually earthquake.

Questions and answers:
['
Q: What sporting event did Seattle sponsor in 1990?
A: Goodwill Games', '
Q: What was the geologic event that followed the Mardi Gras Riots in2001?
A: Nisqually earthquake', "
Q: What is Seattle's musical genre developed in the 1990s? 
A: grunge", '
Q: When did Seattle offer the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference?
A: 1999', '
Q: What caused bad press during the conference protests in Seattle?
A: police reactions']
Seattle is located between the saltwater Puget Sound (an arm of the Pacific Ocean) to the west and Lake Washington to the east. The city's chief harbor, Elliott Bay, is part of Puget Sound, which makes the city an oceanic port. To the west, beyond Puget Sound, are the Kitsap Peninsula and Olympic Mountains on the Olympic Peninsula; to the east, beyond Lake Washington and the eastside suburbs, are Lake Sammamish and the Cascade Range. Lake Washington's waters flow to Puget Sound through the Lake Washington Ship Canal (consisting of two man-made canals, Lake Union, and the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks at Salmon Bay, ending in Shilshole Bay on Puget Sound).

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['
Q: What water mass is located west of Seattle?
A: Puget Sound', '
Q: What land area is west of Puget Sound?
A: Olympic Peninsula', '
Q: What lake is to the east of Seattle?
A: Lake Washington', "
Q: Where is Seattle's prime harbor?
A: Elliott Bay", '
Q: Because Elliott Bay is salt water, what kind of port is Seattle?
A: oceanic port']
Yet another boom began as the city emerged from the Great Recession. Amazon.com moved its headquarters from North Beacon Hill to South Lake Union and began a rapid expansion. For the five years beginning in 2010, Seattle gained an average of 14,511 residents per year, with the growth strongly skewed toward the center of the city, as unemployment dropped from roughly 9 percent to 3.6 percent. The city has found itself "bursting at the seams," with over 45,000 households spending more than half their income on housing and at least 2,800 people homeless, and with the country's sixth-worst rush hour traffic.

Questions and answers:
['
Q: What large company moved its headquarters to South Lake Union in Seattle?
A: Amazon.com', '
Q: When did Amazon begin its latest expansion?
A: 2010', "
Q: How much of their income do half of Seattle's population have to spend on housing?
A: more than half", '
Q: How many new people move to Seattle each year?
A: 14,511', '
Q: Where does Seattle rank in rush hour traffic?
A: sixth-worst']
Due to its location in the Pacific Ring of Fire, Seattle is in a major earthquake zone. On February 28, 2001, the magnitude 6.8 Nisqually earthquake did significant architectural damage, especially in the Pioneer Square area (built on reclaimed land, as are the Industrial District and part of the city center), but caused only one fatality. Other strong quakes occurred on January 26, 1700 (estimated at 9 magnitude), December 14, 1872 (7.3 or 7.4), April 13, 1949 (7.1), and April 29, 1965 (6.5). The 1965 quake caused three deaths in Seattle directly, and one more by heart failure. Although the Seattle Fault passes just south of the city center, neither it nor the Cascadia subduction zone has caused an earthquake since the city's founding. The Cascadia subduction zone poses the threat of an earthquake of magnitude 9.0 or greater, capable of seriously damaging the city and collapsing many buildings, especially in zones built on fill.

Questions and answers:
['
Q: What hazardous geologic area does Seattle inhabit?
A: Pacific Ring of Fire', '
Q: What type of land area is at most risk of earthquake damage?
A: reclaimed land', '
Q: What was the magnitude of the Nisqually quake?
A: 6.8', '
Q: On what date did the Nisqually earthquake occur that damaged the Pioneer Square area?
A: February 28, 2001', '
Q: What is the amount of magnitude possible on the Cascadia subduction zone?
A: 9.0 or greater']
The city itself is hilly, though not uniformly so. Like Rome, the city is said to lie on seven hills; the lists vary, but typically include Capitol Hill, First Hill, West Seattle, Beacon Hill, Queen Anne, Magnolia, and the former Denny Hill. The Wallingford, Mount Baker, and Crown Hill neighborhoods are technically located on hills as well. Many of the hilliest areas are near the city center, with Capitol Hill, First Hill, and Beacon Hill collectively constituting something of a ridge along an isthmus between Elliott Bay and Lake Washington. The break in the ridge between First Hill and Beacon Hill is man-made, the result of two of the many regrading projects that reshaped the topography of the city center. The topography of the city center was also changed by the construction of a seawall and the artificial Harbor Island (completed 1909) at the mouth of the city's industrial Duwamish Waterway, the terminus of the Green River. The highest point within city limits is at High Point in West Seattle, which is roughly located near 35th Ave SW and SW Myrtle St. Other notable hills include Crown Hill, View Ridge/Wedgwood/Bryant, Maple Leaf, Phinney Ridge, Mt. Baker Ridge and Highlands/Carkeek/Bitterlake.

Questions and answers:
['
Q: What other famous city, besides Seattle, lies on seven hills?
A: Rome', '
Q: What type of land area does Capital hill, First Hill, and Beacon Hill constitute?
A: ridge', '
Q: What artificial geological feature was added to Seattle in 1909?
A: Harbor Island', '
Q: Where is the highest place in Seattle?
A: High Point', '
Q: Where was Harbor Island built?
A: Duwamish Waterway']
From 1981 to 2010, the average annual precipitation measured at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport was 37.49 inches (952 mm). Annual precipitation has ranged from 23.78 in (604 mm) in 1952 to 55.14 in (1,401 mm) in 1950; for water year (October 1 – September 30) precipitation, the range is 23.16 in (588 mm) in 1976–77 to 51.82 in (1,316 mm) in 1996–97. Due to local variations in microclimate, Seattle also receives significantly lower precipitation than some other locations west of the Cascades. Around 80 mi (129 km) to the west, the Hoh Rain Forest in Olympic National Park on the western flank of the Olympic Mountains receives an annual average precipitation of 142 in (3.61 m). Sixty miles to the south of Seattle, the state capital Olympia, which is out of the Olympic Mountains' rain shadow, receives an annual average precipitation of 50 in (1,270 mm). The city of Bremerton, about 15 mi (24 km) west of downtown Seattle, receives 56.4 in (1,430 mm) of precipitation annually.

Questions and answers:
['
Q: What is the average rainfall in Seattle? 
A: 37.49 inches', '
Q: Where on the Olympic Peninsula does the rainfall average 142 inches a year?
A: Hoh Rain Forest', '
Q: What mountain range is the cause of the variance in rainfall?
A: Olympic Mountains', '
Q: What weather factor produces a great variance in local climates in the Seattle area?
A: variations in microclimate', '
Q: What is the capital of the state of Washington?
A: Olympia']
In November, Seattle averages more rainfall than any other U.S. city of more than 250,000 people; it also ranks highly in winter precipitation. Conversely, the city receives some of the lowest precipitation amounts of any large city from June to September. Seattle is one of the five rainiest major U.S. cities as measured by the number of days with precipitation, and it receives some of the lowest amounts of annual sunshine among major cities in the lower 48 states, along with some cities in the Northeast, Ohio and Michigan. Thunderstorms are rare, as the city reports thunder on just seven days per year. By comparison, Fort Myers, Florida reports thunder on 93 days per year, Kansas City on 52, and New York City on 25.

Questions and answers:
['
Q: During which month does Seattle get more precipitation than other US cities?
A: November', '
Q: When does Seattle get it lowest levels of precipitation?
A: June to September', '
Q: In the lower 48 states, which city receives some of the least sunny days that any other?
A: Seattle', '
Q: What weather feature is highly unusual in Seattle?
A: Thunderstorms', '
Q: About how many days a year is thunder a reported weather event in Seattle?
A: seven']
Temperature extremes are moderated by the adjacent Puget Sound, greater Pacific Ocean, and Lake Washington. The region is largely shielded from Pacific storms by the Olympic Mountains and from Arctic air by the Cascade Range. Despite being on the margin of the rain shadow of the Olympic Mountains, the city has a reputation for frequent rain. This reputation stems from the frequency of light precipitation in the fall, winter, and spring. In an average year, at least 0.01 inches (0.25 mm) of precipitation falls on 150 days, more than nearly all U.S. cities east of the Rocky Mountains. It is cloudy 201 days out of the year and partly cloudy 93 days. Official weather and climatic data is collected at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, located about 19 km (12 mi) south of downtown in the city of SeaTac, which is at a higher elevation, and records more cloudy days and fewer partly cloudy days per year.

Questions and answers:
['
Q: What does the local water ways regulate in the Seattle area?
A: Temperature extremes', '
Q: At what location is most weather data collected for the Seattle area?
A: Seattle–Tacoma International Airport', '
Q: What land mass protects Seattle from Pacific caused weather?
A: Olympic Mountains', '
Q: What geologic feature protects Seattle from the Arctic cold winds?
A: Cascade Range', '
Q: What type of rain fall does Seattle most often experience?
A: light precipitation']
The Puget Sound Convergence Zone is an important feature of Seattle's weather. In the convergence zone, air arriving from the north meets air flowing in from the south. Both streams of air originate over the Pacific Ocean; airflow is split by the Olympic Mountains to Seattle's west, then reunited to the east. When the air currents meet, they are forced upward, resulting in convection. Thunderstorms caused by this activity are usually weak and can occur north and south of town, but Seattle itself rarely receives more than occasional thunder and small hail showers. The Hanukkah Eve Wind Storm in December 2006 is an exception that brought heavy rain and winds gusting up to 69 mph (111 km/h), an event that was not caused by the Puget Sound Convergence Zone and was widespread across the Pacific Northwest.

Questions and answers:
["
Q: What is a very significant part of Seattle's weather system?
A: Puget Sound Convergence Zone", '
Q: Of what is the Convergence Zone comprised?
A: streams of air', '
Q: From where do the two streams of air come?
A: Pacific Ocean', '
Q: What mountain Range splits the wind stream in the west of Seattle?
A: Olympic Mountains', '
Q: What bad wind and rain event was not caused by the Convergence Zone?
A: Hanukkah Eve Wind Storm']
Seattle typically receives some snowfall on an annual basis but heavy snow is rare. Average annual snowfall, as measured at Sea-Tac Airport, is 6.8 inches (17.3 cm). Single calendar-day snowfall of six inches or greater has occurred on only 15 days since 1948, and only once since February 17, 1990, when 6.8 in (17.3 cm) of snow officially fell at Sea-Tac airport on January 18, 2012. This moderate snow event was officially the 12th snowiest calendar day at the airport since 1948 and snowiest since November 1985. Much of the city of Seattle proper received somewhat lesser snowfall accumulations. Locations to the south of Seattle received more, with Olympia and Chehalis receiving 14 to 18 in (36 to 46 cm). Another moderate snow event occurred from December 12–25, 2008, when over one foot (30 cm) of snow fell and stuck on much of the roads over those two weeks, when temperatures remained below 32 °F (0 °C), causing widespread difficulties in a city not equipped for clearing snow. The largest documented snowstorm occurred from January 5–9, 1880, with snow drifting to 6 feet (1.8 m) in places at the end of the snow event. From January 31 to February 2, 1916, another heavy snow event occurred with 29 in (74 cm) of snow on the ground by the time the event was over. With official records dating to 1948, the largest single-day snowfall is 20.0 in (51 cm) on January 13, 1950. Seasonal snowfall has ranged from zero in 1991–92 to 67.5 in (171 cm) in 1968–69, with trace amounts having occurred as recently as 2009–10. The month of January 1950 was particularly severe, bringing 57.2 in (145 cm) of snow, the most of any month along with the aforementioned record cold.

Questions and answers:
['
Q: What type of snowfall is not often seen in Seattle?
A: heavy snow', '
Q: What is the usual average snowfall in Seattle?
A: 6.8 inches', '
Q: How many times has snowfall been reported at more than 6 inches since 1990?
A: once', '
Q: When was there a moderate snowfall  of over one foot that lasted on the ground two weeks?
A: December 12–25, 2008', '
Q: On what dates did Seattle experience a snow event of 6 feet?
A: January 5–9, 1880']
Autumn, winter, and early spring are frequently characterized by rain. Winters are cool and wet with December, the coolest month, averaging 40.6 °F (4.8 °C), with 28 annual days with lows that reach the freezing mark, and 2.0 days where the temperature stays at or below freezing all day; the temperature rarely lowers to 20 °F (−7 °C). Summers are sunny, dry and warm, with August, the warmest month, averaging 66.1 °F (18.9 °C), and with temperatures reaching 90 °F (32 °C) on 3.1 days per year, although 2011 is the most recent year to not reach 90 °F. The hottest officially recorded temperature was 103 °F (39 °C) on July 29, 2009; the coldest recorded temperature was 0 °F (−18 °C) on January 31, 1950; the record cold daily maximum is 16 °F (−9 °C) on January 14, 1950, while, conversely, the record warm daily minimum is 71 °F (22 °C) the day the official record high was set. The average window for freezing temperatures is November 16 thru March 10, allowing a growing season of 250 days.

Questions and answers:
["
Q: What is Seattle's average December temperature? 
A: 40.6 °F", '
Q: How many winter days reach freezing in Seattle?
A: 28 annual days', '
Q: What month is the warmest in Seattle?
A: August', "
Q: What is August's usual temperature?
A: 66.1 °F", '
Q: How long is the growing season in the Seattle area?
A: 250 days']
Seattle experiences its heaviest rainfall during the months of November, December and January, receiving roughly half of its annual rainfall (by volume) during this period. In late fall and early winter, atmospheric rivers (also known as "Pineapple Express" systems), strong frontal systems, and Pacific low pressure systems are common. Light rain & drizzle are the predominant forms of precipitation during the remainder of the year; for instance, on average, less than 1.6 in (41 mm) of rain falls in July and August combined when rain is rare. On occasion, Seattle experiences somewhat more significant weather events. One such event occurred on December 2–4, 2007, when sustained hurricane-force winds and widespread heavy rainfall associated with a strong Pineapple Express event occurred in the greater Puget Sound area and the western parts of Washington and Oregon. Precipitation totals exceeded 13.8 in (350 mm) in some areas with winds topping out at 209 km/h (130 mph) along coastal Oregon. It became the second wettest event in Seattle history when a little over 130 mm (5.1 in) of rain fell on Seattle in a 24-hour period. Lack of adaptation to the heavy rain contributed to five deaths and widespread flooding and damage.

Questions and answers:
['
Q: What quantity of yearly rainfall does Seattle have during the winter?
A: half', '
Q: What type of weather does Seattle have in the winter months?
A: heaviest rainfall', '
Q: What are atmospheric rivers called  in the Seattle area?
A: Pineapple Express', '
Q: When did Seattle have hurricane type winds and heavy rains?
A: December 2–4, 2007', '
Q: How many deaths occurred during the 2007  heavy rains?
A: five deaths']
In recent years, the city has experienced steady population growth, and has been faced with the issue of accommodating more residents. In 2006, after growing by 4,000 citizens per year for the previous 16 years, regional planners expected the population of Seattle to grow by 200,000 people by 2040. However, former mayor Greg Nickels supported plans that would increase the population by 60%, or 350,000 people, by 2040 and worked on ways to accommodate this growth while keeping Seattle's single-family housing zoning laws. The Seattle City Council later voted to relax height limits on buildings in the greater part of Downtown, partly with the aim to increase residential density in the city centre. As a sign of increasing inner-city growth, the downtown population crested to over 60,000 in 2009, up 77% since 1990.

Questions and answers:
['
Q: How many more people does Seattle expect to have by 2040?
A: 200,000', '
Q: What change in building heights did Seattle make to increase population density in its downtown ?
A: height limits', '
Q: Who wanted to grow Seattle by 60% by 2040?
A: Greg Nickels', '
Q: How much increase in population has the inner Seattle city had since 1990?
A: 77%', '
Q: What was the downtown Seattle population in 2009?
A: 60,000']
Seattle's foreign-born population grew 40% between the 1990 and 2000 censuses. The Chinese population in the Seattle area has origins in mainland China, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, and Taiwan. The earliest Chinese-Americans that came in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were almost entirely from Guangdong province. The Seattle area is also home to a large Vietnamese population of more than 55,000 residents, as well as over 30,000 Somali immigrants. The Seattle-Tacoma area is also home to one of the largest Cambodian communities in the United States, numbering about 19,000 Cambodian Americans, and one of the largest Samoan communities in the mainland U.S., with over 15,000 people having Samoan ancestry. Additionally, the Seattle area had the highest percentage of self-identified mixed-race people of any large metropolitan area in the United States, according to the 2000 United States Census Bureau. According to a 2012 HistoryLink study, Seattle's 98118 ZIP code (in the Columbia City neighborhood) was one of the most diverse ZIP Code Tabulation Areas in the United States.

Questions and answers:
["
Q: How much did Seattle's foreign born population expand between 1990-2000?
A: 40%", '
Q: What other group of people does Seattle have the largest percentage of in the US?
A: self-identified mixed-race', '
Q: From where in China did most of the first immigrants come?
A: Guangdong province', '
Q: How many Vietnamese residents are there in Seattle? 
A: 55,000', '
Q: What is the population of Cambodian immigrants in Seattle?
A: 19,000']
Seattle's population historically has been predominantly white. The 2010 census showed that Seattle was one of the whitest big cities in the country, although its proportion of white residents has been gradually declining. In 1960, whites comprised 91.6% of the city's population, while in 2010 they comprised 69.5%. According to the 2006–2008 American Community Survey, approximately 78.9% of residents over the age of five spoke only English at home. Those who spoke Asian languages other than Indo-European languages made up 10.2% of the population, Spanish was spoken by 4.5% of the population, speakers of other Indo-European languages made up 3.9%, and speakers of other languages made up 2.5%.

Questions and answers:
['
Q: In 1960, what was the percentage of whites in the Seattle area?
A: 91.6%', '
Q: What is the basic race of most people in Seattle?
A: white', '
Q: According to the 2010 census, what was the white population in Seattle?
A: 69.5%', '
Q: In 2006-2008, how many people in Seattle spoke English at home?
A: 78.9%', '
Q: What is the percentage of Asian speakers in Seattle?
A: 10.2%']