Washington D.C. Trivia Quiz
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Washington D.C. Trivia Quiz
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1. Baseball's traditional 7th-inning stretch was inadvertently started when what U.S. President stood to stretch his legs at a DC baseball game in 1910?

2. Fort Davis, Fort Dupont, Fort Stanton are all neighborhoods located within which of Washington's 8 Wards?

3. Which was the first U.S. president to be inaugurated in Washington DC?

4. The U.S. National Cyber Security Division opened for the first time in 2003 and is currently housed within what Federal Department? John Kelly, Kirstjen Nielsen, and Kevin McAleenan all served as Secretary of this Department during the Trump administration.

5. Washington, D.C. is located on what river, which flows from its namesake Highlands to the Chesapeake Bay?

6. Which DC Metro stop has not only the longest escalator in the DC Metro system but the longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere?

7. Held in the U.S. Capitol's House Chamber, what annual speech is typically given by the President of United States every January and fulfills the President's requirements in Article II, Section 3, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution to periodically update Congress regarding the status of the nation?

8. 3 Stars, Bluejacket, Mad Fox, and Schnell are all names of what type of company located in DC? They are all part of an industry that has exploded in popularity across the US in the 2010s.

9. As of November 2017, which of the Washington Metro lines had the most active stations (28 total)?

10. The Potomac supplies a certain body of water with, well, water. And the Washington Channel receives this body of water's sediment-filled outflow. What is this body of water near the John Paul Jones Memorial?

11. Glover Road in Washington, D.C., is home to a national park called Rock ______ Park. Fill in the one word blank, a 'C' word for a stream or tributary of a river.

12. What tree is celebrated in a national festival in the spring each year in Washington, D.C.?

13. With James S. Sherman as his Vice President, William Howard Taft was the only U.S. President to also serve in what position within the United States Supreme Court from 1921 to 1930?

14. Although it typically requires binoculars to spot, what famous movie villain has a sculpture on the National Cathedral? Technically, it's a limestone grotesque and part of the building's rain control system.

15. D.C. is considered a 'planned city' which makes some sense considering the avenues radiating out from rectangles that make up the core of the city. The architect and city planner was commissioned in 1791 by President Washington and was a man from what country?

16. Richard Preston's bestselling novel 'The Hot Zone' describes a near-epidemic outside Washington D.C. of what filovirus?

17. Created in January 1993 by Executive Order 12835, what government body coordinates economic policy with the White House and is currently overseen by its Director Larry Kudlow?

18. Allison Janney has said that playing C.J. Cregg on what Aaron Sorkin TV series 'showed the Camelot version of what goes on' in the nation's capital?

19. Although Washington has had a locally-elected mayor and a 13-member council since 1973, technically what political body maintains supreme authority over the city and may overturn local laws?

20. What Taiwanese-born fashion designer famously created the gowns Michelle Obama wore to the inaugural balls in 2009 and 2013?

21. Highly wanted fugitive Raymond Reddington, also known as 'Red,' turns himself in to work with CIA profiler Elizabeth Keen on what long-running TV show that has a non-red color in its name?

22. What apologetic, 3-syllable marketing slogan did the DC metro system issue in 2019? The campaign famously offers to pay for the price of a rush hour ride if a train is delayed by 10 minutes or more.

23. A nod to the team's slogan of 'Stay in the Fight,' the 2019 World Series championship rings of the Washington Nationals feature what two-word alliterative phrase on the right side?

24. Originals of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights reside in the National Archives' Rotunda for the ___ of Freedom. What 'C' word goes in the blank?

25. Independence Ave in Washington, D.C., is home to a Smithsonian National Museum dedicated to art from what world continent, the second largest and second most populated in the world?

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