Washington, D.C. was once larger and comprised of two additional towns. They were what is today Arlington and another town that was named after a prominent Roman Empire city.
What is Alexandria?
100
The name for the defenses on the Normandy beaches, designed by General Erwin Rommel
What is the "Atlantic Wall"
100
This teacher is the department chair of the Math Department.
Who is Karen Lagasse?
100
This lower Cape town once had a golf course called Cedar Banks Links. It now lies entirely within the National Seashore.
What is Eastham?
100
This Black Sea peninsula was invaded by the Russian Federation in 2013.
What is Crimea?
200
The war in which the U.S. Capitol was set ablaze.
What was the War of 1812?
200
The name of the Allied Supreme Commander who gave the order for the invasion
Who was General Dwight D. Eisenhower?
200
Nauset Regional High School was located until 1972, the year that Mr. Allen's dad graduated.
What is Nauset Regional Middle School?
200
This Eastham beach was named for the Methodist foot-stomp that could be heard for miles in the summer.
What is Thumpertown?
200
This region of Spain is currently petitioning the EU for independence, largely because their culture and language is closer to French than Spanish.
What is Catalonia?
300
The first troops to (literally) land in occupied France, under the cover of darkness.
Who were the 101st and 82th U.S. Paratroopers.
300
These three teachers were in the same high school class as Mr. Allen.
Who are Mr. Mattson, Ms. Kmiec, and Mrs. Tupper?
300
This largely uninhabited island once had a village of outlaws who lived primarily off of the booty from shipwrecks.
What is Monomoy Island?
300
This country was able to save nearly all of its Jews during the Holocaust by enlisting local fishermen to ferry them to Sweden.
What is Denmark?
400
The reason that DC license plates say "Taxation Without Representation."
Washington DC citizens pay taxes and can vote for president, but do not have a representative in congress.
400
Name the two beaches invaded by the Americans during the D-Day invasion.
What are Omaha and Utah beach.
400
He is the Hausmeister of Nauset, the one who is in charge of repairing anything that breaks.
Who is Bob Lewis?
400
These two English-speaking countries are within the region known as "Oceania"
What are New Zealand and Australia?
500
DC is a very low city. Restrictions are placed on the height of buildings so that they must not be built higher than this building.
What is the Washington Monument?
500
What exact date was D-Day?
What is June 6th, 1944.
500
This building originally had the teacher's lounge, until it was repurposed.
What is B building?
500
This lower Cape town once had a small airfield called Skymeadow.
What is Orleans?
500
Iceland was settled only within the last millenium. It's original inhabitants came from this country.