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100

Broad Street in Richmond is home to what nonprofit art gallery founded in 1978? It shares its numerical name with a year from the early 18th century.

1708 Gallery

100

This famous hole went viral on the internet and is now a tourist attraction

Gun Hole

100

In 1935, Richmond was the debut spot for the canned version of what alcohol preferred by Homer Simpson?

Beer

100

This musical artist you've told Rachel at least a MILLION times that you HATE

Luke Bryan

100

What creepy-crawly creature is the official nickname for athletes at the University of Richmond in Virginia?

Spiders

200

Added to the National Registry of Historic Places in 1976, what historically-African-American Richmond neighborhood home to the Hippodrome Theater was once known as the “Harlem of the South” due to its cultural and economic prosperity.

Jackson Ward

200

This four legged feline lives rent free in Richmond Lowes

Francine

200

What "seafaring" sandwich of pastrami, knackwurst, Swiss cheese, and hot mustard on rye bread was invented in Richmond's Jewish delis?

Sailor Sandwich

200

A country-folk song by Oliver Anthony, which went viral in 2023 and even hit #1 on the Billboard chart, describes what two-word group of supposed elites "North of Richmond?"

Rich Men

200

A new stadium for the Richmond Flying Squirrels is part of the agreement to develop what appropriately named "District" centered on I-64/95 and Arthur Ashe Blvd.?

Diamond District

300

Monument Avenue in Richmond, VA is home to a bronze sculpture of what famous tennis player, the only black player to ever win singles titles at the US Open, the Australian Open, and Wimbledon, the latter of which he won in 1975?

 Arthur Ashe Monument

300

This marsupial has become a local icon and was featured last year on the city’s I voted stickers

Possum 

300

Located at 1914 E. Main St. in Richmond is a building in the Shockoe Bottom neighborhood that serves as a museum to a single man despite the fact that this man never lived in building. The museum also showcases early 19th century Richmond which is the era in which this man lived and worked in the city. Who is this man?

Edgar Allen Poe

300

Born and Raised in Mechanicsville, this pop artist has the famous hit "I'm Yours"

Jason Mraz

300

What spooky spider in the genus Lactrodectus give its name to Richmond's team in the Women's Football Association?

Black Widow

400

Which pub in Shockoe Bottom was named by owner Tommy Goulding’s Irish grandma, who had dreams of moving to America and opening up one herself?

Rosie Connelly’s

400

This controversial political figure won re-election multiple times FROM JAIL. They call him "The fighting..."

Joe Morrissey 
400

Which 2021 Hulu drama starring Michael Keaton as a Virginia doctor navigating the opioid crisis was filmed in several Richmond locations, including the fine art museum and Bookbinder’s?

Dopestick

400

This indie rock artist known for their song “Night Shift,” which has garnered more than 100 million streams on the music streaming app Spotify as of October 2024

Lucy Dacus

400

Richmond-born tennis player Arthur Ashe is the only black man to have won singles titles in three of the "major" tournaments, but which of the four tennis Grand Slam events did he never win?

French Open

500

What Richmond neighborhood is named after the U.S. Army general who once owned the land, after inheriting it from his father-in-law?

Scotts Addition

500

This dog went viral and gained national attention in 2016 after going missing. What was his name?

Bagel the Beagle

500

A neoclassical statue, opened on the public square of Richmond, VA in 1849, portrays what Revolutionary War general and U.S. president as he begins to ride a horse into battle?

Virginia Washington Monument

500

This heavy metal band was formed in Richmond and can be distinctively identified on stage for their barbaric warrior costumes

GWAR

500

Richmond's Flying Squirrels team are the AAA affiliate of what Major League team, who last won the World Series in 2014?

San Francisco Giants

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