Presidential DC History
The 16th president of the United States
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
True or False: DC was built on a swamp
False, it was built on a riverbed
DC Monument was damaged by an earthquake on August 23rd, 2011
What is the Washington Monument?
True or False: The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world (in terms of books)
True
AU's Mascot (full name)
What is an Eagle (Clawd Z. Eagle)
Sitting US President founded the School of Public Affairs at AU
Who is JFK
Abraham Lincoln's hands in the Lincoln Memorial allegedly spell out _____ in ASL
What are his initials?
The only First Lady to be represented by a monument in Washington DC?
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
The name of the historic neighborhood in Washington, DC, known for its significant African American cultural history and for being a center of Black intellectualism and activism?
What is the U Street Corridor?
Donated the first Cherry blossom Tree to AU
Who is the President of South Korea?
Sitting US President Who founded the School of International Service at AU
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower
Which Two American Presidents Allegedly Kept Alligators at the White House?
Options:
James A. Garfield and Grover Cleveland
William Howard Taft and Calvin Coolidge
John Quincy Adams and Herbert Hoover
Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford
Who are John Quincy Adams and Herbert Hoover?
The Only Monument designed with universal design elements/ asessible to all
Franklin D. Roosevelt Monument
The heritage of the greatest percentage of Latinos in D.C.
What is Salvadoran?
Former University President Cornelius Ladner resigned following an extensive investigation into _______
What is embezzling? (lavish personal and household spending using university funds, including home renovations, expensive meals, and travel expenses that violated fiduciary responsibilities)
The first Presidential Inauguration in DC
Who is Thomas Jefferson? (at the newly built U.S. Capitol on March 4, 1801)
True or False: Washington, D.C. residents cannot vote in presidential elections.
False
The number of columns the Lincoln Memorial contains
36 (the number of states that were ratified at the time of his death)
D.C. has its own music form that has continued for generations. What is it called?
What is Go-Go music?
Living U.S. President has attended AU basketball games from time to time
Who is Barack Obama?
The One U.S President buried in Washington, DC
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
What ancient secret order influenced the layout and architecture of the city of DC
The Freemasons (not the Illuminati)
During the Civil War, the stalled, half-built stone stump of the Washington Monument was used as ________
What is a cattle pen and a slaughterhouse for army supplies?
The longest escalator in the country
What is the Wheaton Metro Station in Wheaton, Maryland?
(Although the Tenleytown Metro escalator is the 7th longest in the country!)
Famous Actress who dropped out of AU
Who is Goldie Hawn?