Spirit Of 76

Question 1

What is the approximate population of Washington DC?

Answer 1

650,000

Question 2

He painted “The Apotheosis of Washington” inside the Capitol.

Answer 2

Constantino Burmetti

Question 3

What is the name of the headquarters for the national armed forces?

Answer 3

Pentagon

Question 4

Where is Pierre Charles L’Enfant buried?

Answer 4

Arlington Cemetery in front of the Arlington Mansion

Question 5

How many names are inscribed on the Vietnam Memorial Wall?

Answer 5

58,280

Question 6

This war memorial depicts soldiers on patrol along with a wall that depicts veterans from that war.

Answer 6

Korean War Memorial

Question 7

What I the name of the statue on top of the Capitol building?

Answer 7

The Statue of Freedom

Question 8

It is the corporate headquarters for Amtrak.

Answer 8

Union Station

Question 9

What is the name of the street where we will be visiting to do souvenir shopping?

Answer 9

10th Street

Question 10

In what order on the Vietnam Memorial are the names inscribed?

Answer 10

The order as they died

Question 11

Once the US Government confiscated Arlington, what did they use it for?

Answer 11

A cemetery

Question 12

This war memorial is in honor of the thousands of marines who lost their lives to take the South Pacific Islands from the Japanese.

Answer 12

Iwo Jima

Question 13

Writings from this document can be found engraved in the wall of the Jefferson Memorial.

Answer 13

The Declaration of Independence

Question 14

The word that means a building.

Answer 14

Capitol

Question 15

Why does the capital city lie in a diamond shape?

Answer 15

Each corner will point in a cardinal direction N,S,E,W

Question 16

True or False. Martha Washington’s great grandson once was the owner of present day Arlington?

Answer 16

True

Question 17

How tall is the Jefferson Memorial from floor to head?

Answer 17

25 ft

Question 18

How tall is the Statue of Freedom?

Answer 18

19.5 ft

Question 19

Sixty-five thousand visitors pass through the doors of this place daily.

Answer 19

Union Station

Question 20

George Custis inherited Arlington from his father. The daughter of Mr. Custis…

Answer 20

Robert E. Lee

Question 21

What fort was being bombed when the Star Spangled Banner was being written?

Answer 21

Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland

Question 22

What war was going on when the Star Spangled anamorphic was written?

Answer 22

The War of 1812

Question 23

What body of water does the Jefferson Memorial overlook?

Answer 23

The Tidal Basin

Question 24

In Arlington, he has a simple white cross to his memory.

Answer 24

Robert Kennedy, younger brother of JFK

Question 25

Where would one find the Hope Diamond on display?

Answer 25

Natural History Musem

Question 26

What drama was Lincoln watching when he was shot?

Answer 26

Our American Cousin

Question 27

What are the original original dimensions of the capital city?

Answer 27

100 miles ^2

Question 28

Over what issue did the government confiscate Arlington?

Answer 28

The Civil War

Question 29

What portrait was saved from the White House by Dolly Madison during the War of 1812?

Answer 29

George Washington's portrait painted by Gilbert Stewart

Question 30

This ships anchor and mast can be seen at Arlington.

Answer 30

USS Maine

Question 31

What type of tree was given by the Japanese to Washington DC?

Answer 31

Cherry tree

Question 32

What river runs through the capital city?

Answer 32

Patomic River

Question 33

Who shot Lincoln?

Answer 33

John Wilkes Booth

Question 34

What continent is Busch Gardens themed around?

Answer 34

Europe

Question 35

What is the Lee Custis Mansion in Arlington called today?

Answer 35

Arlington Mansion

Question 36

How many steps do the guards at the Tomb of the Unknown take?

Answer 36

21

Question 37

What is the name is the elephant found in the middle of the Natural History Museum?

Answer 37

Jumbo

Question 38

Where would one find dinosaur fossils displayed?

Answer 38

Natural History Musem

Question 39

He was the chief engineer to design the capital city.

Answer 39

Pierre Charles L'Enfant with his helper Benjamin Benneker

Question 40

What is the name of the theater where Lincoln was shot?

Answer 40

Ford's Theater

Question 41

Which two presidents are buried at Arlington?

Answer 41

John F. Kennedy #35 and William Howard Taft #27

Question 42

Which war is not represented at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier?

Answer 42

Vietnam War

Question 43

Which Smithsonian Museum is the most heavily attended?

Answer 43

The Air and Space Musem

Question 44

Who sold his personal library to congress to restart the Library of Congress?

Answer 44

Thomas Jefferson #3

Question 45

During what World War was the Pentagon (built with 5 sides) built?

Answer 45

WW 2 1941-1945

Question 46

How many flags surround the Washington Monument?

Answer 46

50 flags (one for each state)

Question 47

The name of the dome on the Capitol building is ___________

Answer 47

Rotunda

Question 48

What is the name of the house where Lincoln died?

Answer 48

The Petersen House

Question 49

This Presidential Memorial is 5 acres long and is divided into sections according to his four terms as US president.

Answer 49

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question 50

He laid the cornerstone of the Capitol building.

Answer 50

George Washington

Question 51

How tall is the Washington Monument?

Answer 51

555.5 ft

Question 52

Where would one go to see the original clothing and personal possessions that Lincoln was carrying the day he was shot?

Answer 52

The Lincoln Museum at Fords theater

Question 53

This memorial consists of 36 columns, one for each state that was preserved in the Union and a statue of the president who persevered the Union.

Answer 53

Lincoln Memorial

Question 54

What year did Congress move to Washington DC?

Answer 54

1800

Question 55

Prior to moving to DC, what was the temporary capital city?

Answer 55

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Question 56

Where would one find the Gutenberg Bible, famous speeches, and the copyright office of Washington DC?

Answer 56

Library of Congress

Question 57

Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?

Answer 57

Francis Scott Key

Question 58

Where will one find the history of man's flight on display?

Answer 58

The Air and Space Museum

Question 59

What states gave land to form DC?

Answer 59

Virginia and Maryland

Question 60

What was going on in our country that stopped the construction of the Washington Monument at 150 ft?

Answer 60

The Civil War

Question 61

How many statues is each state allowed to have in the Statuary Hall?

Answer 61

2 from each state. From Tennessee the statues are Andrew Jackson and John Sevier

Question 62

Where would one go to see the original Star Spangled Banned flag?

Answer 62

American History Musem

Question 63

What street would one not find in Washington DC?

Answer 63

J Street

Question 64

In what museum can you find Emmett Till's casket, a segregated train car, and a slave shack?

Answer 64

African American Museum

Question 65

In what wing of the Capitol building does the House of Representatives meet?

Answer 65

South wing

Question 66

In what museum can you find Michael Jordan's 1996 NBA Finals jersey and a vest worn by Jimi Hendrix?

Answer 66

African American Museum

Question 67

The Capitol building was tour he'd during which war?

Answer 67

The War of 1812

Question 68

Whose memorial is a 30 foot sculpture made from white granite and opened in 2011?

Answer 68

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 69

The WW 2 memorial is most well known for what feature found in its center?

Answer 69

Fountains

Question 70

What is the location where we exit the metro from Arlington?

Answer 70

Capitol South

Question 71

Which of the following could you see at the Natural Portrait Gallery?

Answer 71

Hall of presidents, works by Gilbert Stewart, John Brown, and Pocahontas

Question 72

What museum is dedicated to the memory of six million Jews who were systematically killed during WW 2?

Answer 72

Holocaust Museum

Question 73

Who was the first Postmaster General and has a statue in front of the Old Post Office Pavilion?

Answer 73

Benjamin Franklin

Question 74

In what museum can you see exhibits dedicated to the American Presidents, all American Wars, the History of Transportation, and Pop culture?

Answer 74

American History Museum

Question 75

What grave in Arlington Cemetery is not led by an Eternal Flame?

Answer 75

John F. Kennedy #35

Question 76

True or False. The two baseball teams we are planning to see play each other are the Baltimore Orioles and the Washington Nationals.

Answer 76

True