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200

The Metro Line that runs along Route 66.  

What is the Orange Line?  

200

The 5-sided headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense.  

What is the Pentagon? 

200

The service that recently got its biggest major change in 50 years. 

What is Metrobus?  

200

The closest metro stop to the Washington Monument.  

What is Smithsonian?  

200

The Metro stop that connects to the most lines.  

What is L'Enfant Plaza?  

400

The Metro line with the most recent multi-stop expansion in 2022, making it the longest Metro line.

What is the Silver Line?  

400

Metro's permanent, rechargeable farecard.

What is a SmarTrip card?  

400

The most recent Metro stop added.  

What is Potomac Yard?  

400

The closest Metro stop to the National Zoo.  

What is Woodley Park?  

400

The Metro stop that gets the most traffic

What is Metro Center?  

600

The first Metro line to open.  

What is the Red Line?  

600

The architect who designed the street layout for Washington, D.C. 

Who is L'Enfant?  

600

A safety upgrade that Metro plans to build to move towards fully automated trains.  

What are platform screen doors?  

600

The closest Metro stop to Theodore Roosevelt Island.  

What is Rosslyn?  

600

The occasion for which Metro had the most rail and bus trips in one day.  

What was President Barack Obama's first inauguration? 

800

The only Metro line that begins (or ends) in D.C.

What is the Yellow Line?  

800

The only Metro stop named after British royalty.  

What is King Street?  

800

The deepest Metro station.  

What is Forest Glen?  

800

The closest Metro stop to Ford's Theater.  

What is Metro Center?  

800

The Metro stop with the longest name (by character).  

What is U St/African Amer Civil War Memorial/Cardozo?  

1000

The Metro line that, until 2001, could not be ridden from beginning to end without transferring.  

What is the Green Line?  

1000

A British officer and commander-in-chief for the Thirteen Colonies during the start of the French and Indian war.  

Who is Braddock?  

1000

The architect who designed the vaulted ceilings of many Metro stops.  

Who is Harry Weese?  

1000

The closest Metro stop to Capital One Arena.  

What is Gallery Place-Chinatown?  

1000

The Metro station with the longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere at 230'.  

What is Wheaton station?  

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