Please post in the correct category: Quizzes & Puzzles. Again, this makes life easier for you and for all other users! And please check first to see if the question already appears in that category (as this one does, scores of times!)
It was Seattle, not Portland, and Thomas didn't even give the correct names. They were actually Peter Scintell and Robert Langton.I'm not even in the contest so you can trust me.