Spirt Of 76

Question 1

How much money did it cost to restore Union Station?

Answer 1

Hundreds of Millions of Dollars

Question 2

He painted “The Apotheosis of Washington” inside the capital?

Answer 2

?

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Pentagon

Question 4

Where is Pierre Charles L’Endant buried?

Answer 4

Arlington cemetery in front of the Lee Mansion

Question 5

How many names are inscribed on the Vietnam Memorial Wall?

Answer 5

Approximately 58,280

Question 6

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

Answer 6

The Korean War memorial

Question 7

What is the name of the statue on top of the Capitol Building?

Answer 7

Statue of Freedom

Question 8

What is the corporate headquarters for Amtrak?

Answer 8

The Union Station

Question 9

How many acres make up Arlington cemetery?

Answer 9

Approximately 624 acres

Question 10

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

Answer 10

By the year they were killed

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Cemetery

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Iwojima

Question 13

Writing from this document can be found engraved in the walls of the Jefferson Memorial?

Answer 13

Deceleration of Independence

Question 14

Which word means building: Capitol or Capital

Answer 14

Capitol

Question 15

Why does the capital city lie in a diamond shape?

Answer 15

Each point is toward a cardinal direction

Question 16

True or False: Martha Washington’s great grandson 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

Where would one find George Washington’s false teeth on display?

Answer 18

The American History Muesum

Question 19

How tall is the Statue of Freedom?

Answer 19

19.5 ft

Question 20

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

Answer 20

The Union Station

Question 21

George Curtis inherited Arlington from his father. The daughter of Mr.Custis married who?

Answer 21

Robert E. Lee

Question 22

What fort was being bombed when the Star Spangled Banner was being written? Also, what war was this in?

Answer 22

McHenry, Maryland and the War of 1812

Question 23

What body of water does the Jefferson Memorial overlook?

Answer 23

Title Bass Basin

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Booby Kinedy(Robert)

Question 25

Where would one find the Hope Diamond on display?

Answer 25

Natural History Muesum

Question 26

What drama was Lincoln watching when he was shot?

Answer 26

"Our American Cousin"

Question 27

What are the original dimensions of the capital city?

Answer 27

10 miles by 10 miles

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

Portrait of George Washington painted by Gilbert Stuart

Question 30

This ship's 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, D.C.?

Answer 31

Cherry Tree

Question 32

What river runs through the capital city?

Answer 32

The Potomac River

Question 33

Who shot Lincoln?

Answer 33

John Wilks Booth

Question 34

How w many sides is the building of the US Pentagon?

Answer 34

5

Question 35

What I'd 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 Solider take?

Answer 36

21 steps

Question 37

What is the name of 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 Museum

Question 39

He was the chief engineer to design the capital city?

Answer 39

Pierce Charles L'Enfant

Question 40

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

Answer 40

Fords theater on tenth street

Question 41

Which two presidents are buried in Arlington?

Answer 41

William Howard Tapp and John F. Kinedy

Question 42

What wars are represented at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider?

Answer 42

WW1,WW2, Korea

Question 43

Which Smithsonian Museum is the most heavily attended?

Answer 43

Air and Space

Question 44

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

Answer 44

Thomas Jefferson

Question 45

During what World War was the Pentagon built?

Answer 45

World War II

Question 46

How many flags surrounded 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-180 ft

Question 48

What is the name of the house where Lincoln died?

Answer 48

Peterson House

Question 49

This presidential Memorial is 5 acres long and is divided into sections according to his four terms as U.S. presidents?

Answer 49

Franklin D. Roosevelt; our 32nd president

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 tall

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

Ford's theatre Museum

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 preserved the union?

Answer 53

The Lincoln Memorial

Question 54

What year did congress move to Washington, D.C.?

Answer 54

1800

Question 55

Prior to moving to D.C., what city was the temporary capital city?

Answer 55

Philadelphia

Question 56

Where would one find the Gutenberg Bible, famous speeches, and the copy right office of Washington,D.C.?

Answer 56

The Library of Congress( Neptun's Fountion)

Question 57

Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?

Answer 57

Francise Scott

Question 58

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

Answer 58

Air and Space Museum

Question 59

What states gave land to form D.C.?

Answer 59

Virginia and Maryland

Question 60

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

Answer 60

The Civil War

Question 61

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

Answer 61

?

Question 62

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

Answer 62

U.S. History museum

Question 63

What street will one not find in Washington D.C.?

Answer 63

J street

Question 64

The construction of the Washington Monument stopped at this point for 25 years?

Answer 64

150 ft mark

Question 65

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

Answer 65

The left side

Question 66

How many seconds does it take for the elevator to get to the top of the Washington Monument?

Answer 66

70 seconds

Question 67

The Capitol building was torched during which war?

Answer 67

War of 1812

Question 68

Whose Memorial is a 30 feet sculpture made from white granite and opened in 2011?

Answer 68

?

Question 69

The World War II Memorial is most well known for what feature found in its center?

Answer 69

Water fountions

Question 70

What museum is dedicated to the memory of six million Jews who were systematically killed during World War II?

Answer 70

The Holocaust

Question 71

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

Answer 71

Benjamin Franklin