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Washington D.C. Trivia Quiz
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1. Later renamed, Seattle Grace was the name of the fictional Washington hospital where Dr. Derek 'McDreamy' Shepherd worked on what long-running TV drama series?

2. The Amistad is the literary arts journal of what private, federally chartered D.C. research university?

3. On the fateful night in which Abraham Lincoln was shot in Ford's Theatre, he was seeing a play about an American's embarrassing interactions with his aristocratic British family members. What was the name of this play?

4. Only one U.S. President is buried in Washington, DC. Which man is this?

5. What Washington DC building is the largest library in the United States, holding almost twice as many volumes as the second-largest?

6. The 'British Guiana One-Cent Magenta,' the most expensive object of its kind in the world, was displayed in 2018 at a lesser-visited Smithsonian institution known as the National ______ Museum. What word fills in this blank, alluding to the original purpose of the museum's D.C. building?

7. W Street in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, D.C. is home to a National Historic Site dedicated to what African-American abolitionist and statesman, who wrote a narrative of his life in 1845, after escaping from slavery?

8. After playing two seasons known simply as the Washington Football Team, DC's NFL squad is now rebranding to be known as the Washington WHAT?

9. Before a 1996 name change, what was the dangerous-sounding mascot for the Washington NBA franchise?

10. Which famous D.C. jazz club, whose interior partially resembles a cave, is now closed permanently but has been host to famous musicians such as John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, and Louis Armstrong?

11. Vice President Kamala Harris and the late actor Chadwick Boseman are among the famous alumni of what historically Black school in Washington, D.C.?

12. On what historic Washington DC building would you find a gargoyle that looks like Darth Vader?

13. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987, what building lives at 1 First Street, NE, in the block immediately east of the United States Capitol?

14. 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?

15. Although it continued to lack voting representation in Congress, the 23rd amendment to the US Constitution was ratified in 1961 and granted how many Electoral College votes to the District of Columbia?

16. What is the three-letter name of the six-lane reinforced concrete arch bridge that connects the Rosslyn neighborhood in Virginia to the Georgetown neighborhood in D.C.?

17. Which Major League sport do the Washington Bayhawks play at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium? (Hint: They've won six Steinfeld Cup titles)

18. There's a political scandal in the United States that occurred during the second term of the Reagan administration typically referenced with a well-known two-word phrase. However, in the other country who was party to the event, it is known as the McFarlane affair. What is this event?

19. Repping social and political scientists, the national honor society Pi Sigma Alpha's headquarters are on New Hampshire Avenue in what guessable U.S. city?

20. Owned by the same company that owns the Washington Wizards, what is the also-supernatural name of Washington D.C.'s WNBA team, which won its first league championship in 2019?

21. Corcoran School of the Arts and Design is a professional art school in Washington, DC founded in 1878 and housed in the eponymous Corcoran Gallery of Art. Previously an independent college, Corcoran became part of what DC university in 2014?

22. Although formally titled 'The Report of the Senate Parks Commission. The Improvement of the Park System fo the District of Columbia,' the 1902 plan for the park system near the National Mall in D.C. is often named for what Senator from Michigan?

23. At the start of the 20th century, the area near Second and N streets SW in DC was so notorious for violence that it was known by what grisly nickname?

24. In 2014, the first stage of construction was finished on what colored Metro line designed to provide service to Dulles Airport?

25. Also known as the President's Park South, the 52-acre park near the White House in Washington, D.C. is named for what shape?

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