DC Trivia
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100

He weighed 354 pounds when he became President.

Who is William Howard Taft?

100

b-girl, toprock, freeze, battle

what is break dancing?

100

This show hinges upon the viewer's inability to distinguish between reality and pastry

What is Is it Cake?

100

"Gorgon girl!"

Who is Medusa?
100

This massive supercontinent existed about 335 million years ago before breaking apart.

What is Pangea?

200

The D.C. flag’s design comes from this Founder's  family crest

Who is George Washington?

200

blitz, snap, down, Hail Mary

What is football?

200

The hapless yet endearing Dr. Doofenshmirtz wages a delightfully inept war against platypine espionage.

What is Phineas and Pherb

200

"Owl Mom!"

Who is Athena?

200

He formulated the laws of motion, though the apple he observed didnt actually fall on his head.

Who is Isaac Newton?

300

This monument has 87 steps, a symbolic tribute to the phrase "four score and seven years ago".

What is the Lincoln Memorial?

300

bunt, balk, bullpen, pickle

what is baseball?


300

A glittering spectacle of rhythm and rivalry, where celebrities transcend their day jobs to chase ballroom glory

What is Dancing With the Stars?

300

"Mailboy!"

Who is Hermes?

300

Earthquakes are caused by sudden movement of these plates.

What are tectonic plates?

400

This phrase appears on D.C. license plates to protest the lack of congressional representation.

What is “Taxation Without Representation”?

400

crux, dyno, chalk, grip, spotter

what is bouldering?

400

the progeny of Earth’s mightiest defenders must rise from the shadows of legend to confront a cosmic cataclysm

What is We Can Be Heroes

400

"Three-Headed Drooling Disaster!"

Who is Cerberus?

400

This force keeps planets orbiting the Sun.

What is gravity?

500

This American educator who was the first female principal in the District of Columbia

Who is Alice Deal?

500

nick, boast, tin, let

what is squash?

500

contestants navigate a treacherous terrain of domestic absurdities suspended above a churning simulacrum of molten effusion and pyroclastic chaos

What is Floor is Lava?

500

“Heel squealer!"

Who is Achilles?

500

This gas makes up about 78% of the Earth’s atmosphere.

What is Nitrogen?

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