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Washington D.C. Trivia

Can you answer these twenty questions about the city of Washington D.C.?
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What is the name of the building where the President lives?
The White House
What is the street address of that building?
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
On what river is Washington D.C. situated?
Potomac
What country gave D.C. its famous cherry trees in 1912?
Japan
What is the name for the area between the Capitol Building and the Lincoln Memorial?
National Mall
What is the tallest structure in the city (not counting radio towers)?
Washington Monument
What motto appears on D.C. license plates?
Taxation without Representation
What D.C. native sang "What's Going On"?
Marvin Gaye
What are D.C. two major airports?
Ronald Reagan
Washington Dulles
What name is shared by a D.C. neighborhood and a prestigious D.C. university?
Georgetown
What mayor was caught smoking crack, but was elected again anyway?
Marion Barry
What was the site of the Abraham Lincoln assasination?
Ford's Theatre
What hotel and office complex was famously burglarized by Nixon cronies in 1972?
Watergate
What chain of 30 government-run museums offers free admission?
Smithsonian
What building, located in nearby Arlington County, serves as the headquarters of the U.S. military?
The Pentagon
What newspaper did Woodward and Bernstein work for?
The Washington Post
In what neighborhood would you find the State Department headquarters?
Foggy Bottom
In what war was D.C. burned?
War of 1812
Who was the most famous speaker at the 1963 March on Washington?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
kalbahamut
+4
Level 82
Feb 11, 2014
100%- in spite of being gone for close to a decade my DC street cred is in tact.
Baltimorean
+5
Level 67
Feb 16, 2014
The neighborhood is much more prestigious than the University. And the proper name for that airport is and always will be "National."
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Feb 16, 2014
US News ranked Georgetown 20th nationally in a country brimming over with outstanding and prestigious universities... I'd say that's pretty damn good. Above Carnegie Mellon, UCLA, USC, UVA or Wake Forest. There are only 2 countries in the world that have ANY university ranked higher than UCLA if you go by Times Higher Education's list (though they rank Georgetown lower). What is prestigious about the neighborhood? A few odd book/music and curio shops and some overpriced restaurants and apparel stores?
beetboy12
+3
Level 37
Sep 22, 2014
Completely agree with your assessment of the school. The law school is generally top 15 or top 10 in the country. But I completely disagree with your indictment of the neighborhood. It has long been regarded as the neighborhood of prestige. It has the highest cost per residential sq foot of any DC neighborhood, even Kalorama. Why do you think those shops and restaurants are overpriced? Same reason a Ferrari is, because of the prestige. No, it's not Monaco or St. Tropez, but it's the best DC has in that regard.
kalbahamut
+5
Level 82
May 28, 2017
haha.. I know it's a prestigious neighborhood. But still, like most prestigious neighborhoods, I usually think of them "so what?" Becoming a prestigious university is more difficult I think.
joeythelemur
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Level 84
Sep 9, 2014
FYI, Bill Clinton had final approval for the name change.
CrazyBug
+4
Level 71
May 28, 2017
Agree on the airport.
ginjam
+4
Level 55
Feb 16, 2014
No one calls it Reagan Airport - it is either National or DCA - those should be acceptable answers.
Quizmaster
+5
Level ∞
Feb 16, 2014
Forgot that the name change was a somewhat controversial decision. National will work now.
kalbahamut
+3
Level 82
Feb 17, 2014
I'm from the area, have used the airport many times, and will use the names "National," "Reagan National," or "DCA" pretty much interchangeably.
cyninoregon
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Level 35
May 28, 2017
Everything will one day be named after Reagan, in the most hypocritical manner possible. An airport, when it was he who fired air traffic controllers? At my alma mater, UCLA, they renamed the NPI (Neuropsychiatric Institute) after Reagan--when he was governor, I was attending UCLA, and he ranted about the Universities of California every day. He would lie incessantly about students, how lazy, spoiled, communist agents we all were. People would hate us based on what he said, even tho most us of wœrked and went to school full-time, and I never met a spy pretending to be a student yet! He hated the UC system and is responsible for it going from $400/quarter to many times that, unaffordable for kids who must work. It's like Trump treats the press today--that's how Reagan treated the U.C. system. Seeing his name on campus makes me want to cry.
divantilya
+11
Level 37
Mar 5, 2018
He was a lousy actor, mediocre governor and horrible president!
Tigerstar144
+2
Level 52
May 30, 2017
I call it Reagan and so does everyone I know.
DiscoBayGolfer
+2
Level 79
Feb 16, 2014
My first instinct was "Reagan" but maybe it's just because I'm Californian.
QP4
+3
Level 85
Feb 17, 2014
Although it is associated with Washington, D.C., the Pentagon is technically in Arlington, VA.
ALA02
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Level 62
Nov 1, 2019
But it’s in the Washington metro area - which is what this quiz is about
Finnisme
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Level 58
Nov 9, 2020
Agreed, but the quiz needs a name change. There's no way NOVA is in the district of Columbia.

Washington DC -> Washington,

courthousedoc
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Level 77
Apr 2, 2014
Actually there are 3 airports -- BWI -- Baltimore Washington International, in addition to Reagan (National) and Dulles.
kitshef
+3
Level 83
May 5, 2014
seconded
Freestatebear
+5
Level 85
Jul 6, 2015
The Baltimore-Washington name change was totally for marketing purposes. Despite them all being in the federal "Baltimore-Washington statistical area," no locals think of Dulles or National as Baltimore airports, or of BWI as a Washington airport.
CrazyBug
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Level 71
May 28, 2017
I grew up calling BWI Friendship airport. Such a nice name. Now it is official Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. I don't think anyone calls it Marshall or Friendship.
cpgatbyu
+4
Level 85
May 28, 2017
The DC locals that I've visited consider BWI to be one of the 3 Washington airports. So do Travelocity, Expedia, Kayak, etc.
GrandMo
+4
Level 71
May 30, 2017
Though I agree with you, BWI is closer to downtown DC than Dulles- Dulles is just bigger.
GrandMo
+4
Level 71
May 30, 2017
Actually just looked it up- in straight-line distance, Dulles is about 5 miles closer, but it generally takes longer to get into the city via train or car.
kalbahamut
+3
Level 82
Apr 13, 2019
I'm a DC local. I've used BWI many times and when I'm on a travel website and check the "include area airports" box or fill in "WAS" (the code for the entire Washington area) as opposed to "DCA" or "IAD" I will expect BWI to be included in the results. And I am far out in to the Virginia suburbs! If I lived actually within DC or somewhere in the suburbs on the Maryland side then BWI would be either equidistant or possibly closer than Dulles. Not sure what these other people are talking about. Maybe they don't fly as much as I do.
mapnavigator
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Level 60
Sep 4, 2023
As a Gaithersburg native (and will move back there in a few months), BWI is much more preferable to fly from/to than Dulles especially because there's an express bus (201) that takes you between Gaithersburg and BWI (via Shady Grove Station and a couple of other stops). Even with the Silver Line now fully open, it still takes much longer to get to Dulles than to BWI.
samiamco
+3
Level 69
Sep 11, 2018
I live right next door to Dulles, and I'll occasionally fly in and out of National (yeah, I can't bring myself to add the "Reagan" part either) if there's a big enough price difference, but BWI might as well be in Guam as far as I'm concerned.
shazs317
+2
Level 59
Feb 2, 2019
I also live next to Dulles and I flew out of BWI and it was horrible. After a long flight, I really don't wanna be driving an hour an a half back home. The price difference did make it worth it.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 82
Apr 13, 2019
I used to live right next to samiamco, the Concord would fly over my house daily as it was coming in to Dulles, I've used BWI many times because there's often cheaper fares there (Southwest hub), and I've used Reagan several times as well and called it Reagan or National without thinking about it.
ForgottenOne
+5
Level 50
May 28, 2017
Anyone else try 4 Non-Blondes for the "Who sang the 'What's Going On' song?"
IsleAuHaulte
+3
Level 89
Aug 12, 2019
Hey yeah yeah. It entered my mind.
catlover2496
+2
Level 44
May 28, 2017
Foggy Bottoms?
Coyuznik
+2
Level 83
May 29, 2017
Got 'em all but that bottom question. I kept wanting to put Shockoe Bottom, but that's in Richmond, not DC
kiwiquizman
+2
Level 38
May 29, 2017
It should be 'burgled' not 'burglarized'
divantilya
+2
Level 37
Nov 2, 2017
Couldn't remember Marion Barry.
sumguy
+5
Level 84
Aug 8, 2018
I was disappointed when the neighborhood wasn't Bikini Bottom. I was disappointed again when it wasn't Rock Bottom.
AbiA
+1
Level 83
Oct 1, 2023
I thought it was soggy bottom but sadly not.
60bitter
+2
Level 76
Apr 13, 2019
The Watergate complex consists of several buildings, including apartments, office buildings and a hotel. The DNC headquarters that were burglarized in 1972 were located in an office building, not a hotel.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Nov 1, 2019
The question has been amended.
Arroz
+3
Level 48
Apr 26, 2019
The Japanese also gifted the United States bonsai trees, which can be found in the National Arboretum!
Jacktheguy
+3
Level 89
Nov 1, 2019
Thank you Die Hard 2 for helping me remember Dulles.
joez
+2
Level 72
Nov 1, 2019
The city is also located on the Anacostia River. Maybe that could be accepted as a type-in?
biffaroo
+2
Level 62
Nov 1, 2019
That's right ... even though Potomac is more commonly known, Anacostia perhaps should be considered, too.
kalbahamut
+3
Level 82
Aug 10, 2020
I doubt anyone would try Anacostia before Potomac.
leopard9090
+3
Level 82
Jun 11, 2020
Got stumped thinking the clue said "What's DC native slang for 'what's going on'?"

Jeez

Fini
+2
Level 45
Sep 17, 2020
I live in DC, and I didn't know until recently that most people pay to go to museums.
vorak
+1
Level 70
Aug 5, 2021
The license plate answer should be updated to "end taxation without representation" rather than "taxation without representation," since that is now the official design.
Findlay
+1
Level 82
Oct 3, 2021
Did better than I expected, but missed the cherry trees because I misread it as asking for a city. Was trying Tokyo, Kyoto and so forth.
3nchiladas
+2
Level 69
Dec 1, 2022
Used to live just outside DC, easy 5 points. Foggy Bottom must be a hard get for anyone not from the area...
thegungler
+1
Level 52
Oct 3, 2023
Bro what about BWI? I'd consider that a major DC airport, even if it's a ways from the city -- after all, it has Washington in the name.
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