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How Well Do You Know Our Local Mascots?

Posted on August 27

Rachel Monahan

Pink dragon in a Fire jersey.

Meet Rose — Portland’s newest mascot — if you haven’t already. (Portland Fire)

Thanks to City Cast Portland contributor Bryan M. Vance for contributing to this quiz.

Portland Fire, the city’s WNBA team, revealed their new mascot this week after much fanfare: Rose the Dragon flew around Portland, sparking some intriguing speculation that Rose is a drag queen dragon.

In honor of the new mascot, we are testing your knowledge of local mascots.

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