The Fall Line
Fall officially begins on the 21st day of this month.
What is September?
The "term" in midterm refers to the tenure in office of this executive official.
Who is the President?
The Declaration of Independence was adopted in this city on July 4, 1776.
What is Philadelphia?
The Iranian hostage crisis may have doomed the reelection of this U.S. president.
Who is Jimmy Carter?
The 3 main stages at the Kennedy Center are the Opera House, the Concert Hall and this third venue named for another president.
What is the Eisenhower Theater?
The huge Gateway Arch is located in this American city.
What is St. Louis?
A song about autumn in this city celebrates its "canyons of steel."
What is New York?
By flipping the House to Democratic control in 2006, the party was able to elect this first female Speaker.
Who is Nancy Pelosi?
He was the principal author of the Declaration.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This Macedonian warrior conquered Persia on his way to India.
Who was Alexander the Great?
The counterpart to the Center's Hall of States is this hall dedicated to these other political entities.
What are nations?
The Arc de Triomphe in Paris was commissioned by this French leader.
Who is Napoleon?
This magazine once published a special edition each fall focused on the new television season's new shows.
What is TV Guide?
Democrats scored big gains in both houses of Congress in 1974, the first midterms held after this political scandal.
What is Watergate?
The Broadway musical about the adoption of the Declaration bears this chronologically appropriate title.
What is "1776"?
Iran was at war with this neighbor for practically the entire 1980s.
What is Iraq?
This is the Metrorail stop closest to the Kennedy Center.
What is Foggy Bottom-GWU?
Modeled on the Arc de Triomphe but about half its size, this landmark sits in a lower Manhattan park.
What is the Washington Square Arch?
It's this chemical in leaves that breaks down each fall, changing them from green to autumn colors.
What is chlorophyll?
Republicans regained control of the House of Representatives for the first time in 40 years after the midterms held this year.
What is 1994?
This supreme military commander had the Declaration read aloud to his troops.
Who is George Washington?
This famous form of road race emerged from the Greek defeat of a Persian army.
What is the marathon?
This is the roadway the Center's River Terrace overhangs.
What is Rock Creek Parkway?
The Marble Arch in London's Hyde Park was originally part of what royal palace?
What is Buckingham Palace?
This NFL rival of the '80s avoided direct competition by playing its games in spring and summer instead of fall.
What was the United States Football League?
Most midterm elections, this number of states have U.S. Senate elections.
What is 33?
Though the Declaration was adopted on July 4, the vote for independence was held on this earlier date.
What is July 2?
Persian conflict with this European-based behemoth was inconclusive for centuries.
What is the Roman Empire?
The walls of the Kennedy Center are sheathed in this special kind of marble from Italy.
What is Carrara?
Washington's Friendship Archway is the ceremonial entrance to this ethnic neighborhood.
What is Chinatown?