Virginia
(the person)
(the person)
Much like VA and her soon-to-be bride, this fictional pair from VA's favorite book series were also "just friends" before ultimately marrying.
Who are Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger?
Demonstrating truly impressive range, this Virginia state bird also elects the pope.
What is the cardinal?
Pickleball is kind of like tennis. The first ever women's-only pro tennis tour was sponsored by and named after this cigarette brand.
What is Virginia Slims?
Before his highly-publicized feud with Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni rose to fame on this TV show
What is Jane the Virgin?
Better known among this group for other reasons, this American clergyman served as the rector of DC's own Catholic University of America.
Who is Bishop Denis J. O'Connell?
This grad school classmate of VA's performed at Coachella as part of her HDS master's thesis.
Who is Maggie Rogers?
As noted in @va_schilder's instagram bio, Virginia is in fact a commonwealth, not a state. These other three states are also technically commonwealths.
What are Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts?
This author wrote sapphic classic Orlando as a love letter to "friend" Vita Sackville-West.
Who is Virginia Woolf?
In addition to VA's birthday, Dec. 8th celebrates the immaculate conception of this holy figure.
Who is the Virgin Mary?
Although he is not one of the primary patron saints of Poland, this bohemian saint is perhaps the most famous of his compatriots, thanks to a popular Christmas carol (famously performed by High Grant in Love Actually).
Who is Saint Wenceslaus?
These two teen hearthrobs(ish) will shed a tear at VA being taken off the market.
Who are David Kagan and Kunal Naik?
Depending on the map you consult, McLean could be considered as being in either of these two regions of Virginia.
What are the piedmont and the coastal plain?
They're better known for later work (including the top-selling single of 2010), but "Meet Virginia" was the debut single for this Grammy-award winning band.
Who is Train?
Although her reign ended before Jamestown's founding, the colonists named Virginia after this monarch.
Who is Queen Elizabeth I?
Our current pope shares a name with Pope Leo X, who famously kept this animal as a personal pet in an enclosure between St. Peter's Basilica and the Apostolic Palace (he didn't acquire it as part of a gift exchange game).
What is a white elephant?
The two most famous Polish piano prodigies are Virginia Schilder and this composer, whose heart rests in Warsaw's Holy Cross Church.
Who is Frederic Chopin?
Before closing in 2018, this local treasure was the only privately funded and operated National Park site in the nation.
What is Claude Moore Colonial Farm?
You might not have heard of it, since "Sweet Virginia" is rated the 4th-best deep cut by this legendary English rock band.
Who are the Rolling Stones?
Although she was the namesake for a famous virgin cocktail, this actress/US ambassador had three children.
Who is Shirley Temple?
Our current pope is known to be a fan of the Chicago White Sox. This other pope was in charge of the Vatican when they last won the World Series.
Who is Pope Benedict XVI?
This sweet treat was little Virginia's "healthy food" of choice in the first grade.
What is a ginger snap?
Virginia gets her middle name from a famous Virginian. His middle name was this, after his uncle.
What is Edward?
Although mistakenly believed to be about western Virginia, the writers of "Take Me Home, Country Roads" actually drew inspiration from this place.
What is western New England?
The archipelago now known simply as the Virgin Islands was originally named after this saint, and her eleven thousand virgins.
Who is Saint Ursula?
Joy, kindness, goodness, gentleness, and self-control are fruits of the spirit listed by St. Paul that do not contain the letters V or A. These other four do.
What are love, peace, patience/forbearance, and faithfulness?