Washington DC
Jimmy Stewart played an idealistic senator in this 1939 classic about Capitol Hill.
A: What is Mr. Smith Goes to Washington?
This professional basketball team, one of the NBA’s oldest, calls Boston home.
A: What are the Boston Celtics?
This fruit is the official state fruit of Florida.
Answer: What is the orange?
Rhode Islanders often call a water fountain by this unusual name.
Answer: What is a bubbler?
This river flows along the western edge of Washington, D.C.
A: What is the Potomac River?
This Boston baseball team is famous for breaking the “Curse of the Bambino” in 2004.
A: What are the Boston Red Sox?
This swampy national park is home to alligators, crocodiles, and panthers.
Answer: What are the Everglades?
This is the capital and largest city of Rhode Island.
Answer: What is Providence?
The state capital of Alabama.
Answer: What is Montgomery?
This building houses the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
A: What is the U.S. Capitol?
This annual Boston race is the world’s oldest annual marathon, first run in 1897.
A: What is the Boston Marathon?
Known as “sea cows,” these gentle giants migrate to Florida’s warm waters in winter.
Answer: What are manatees?
This thin pancake made from cornmeal has been a Rhode Island staple since colonial times.
Answer: What are johnnycakes?
This large body of water touches Alabama’s southern border.
Answer: What is the Gulf of Mexico?
This neighborhood is famous for its historic homes, cobblestone streets, and the university that shares its name.
A: What is Georgetown?
This Boston-based family was one of the most influential political dynasties of the 20th century.
Answer: Who are the Kennedys?
This Florida city is famous for its Cuban sandwiches and Little Havana neighborhood.
Answer: What is Miami?
This frozen lemon drink, a summer staple in Rhode Island, is sold from bright yellow trucks.
Answer: What is Del’s Lemonade?
Answer: What is Del’s Lemonade?
In this 1993 comedy, Robin Williams disguises himself as a woman to visit his kids—filmed partly in Georgetown.
A: What is Mrs. Doubtfire? (Actually set in San Francisco — do you want me to stick strictly to D.C.-based plots?)
This type of clam chowder, creamy and thick, is the Boston specialty.
Answer: What is New England clam chowder?
The southernmost point marker in Key West is just 90 miles from this country.
Answer: What is Cuba?
This Oscar-winning actress from Central Falls starred in Fences and The Help.
Answer: Who is Viola Davis?