D.C Geography
D.C. History
Berkeley Land Marks
Berkeley Fun Facts
CITC
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The building that convenes Congress

United States Capitol

100

The cost to visit a Smithsonian museum 

Admission is free

100

The symbolic entrance to UC Berkeley

Sather Gate

100

The year that UC Berkeley was founded

1868

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True or False: CITC was the first program to send CA students to intern in Washington, DC

TRUE


200

The river that runs by Washington, D.C.


Potomac River

200

The number of monuments and memorials on or around the National Mall, and can you name five?

There are over 100

200

The name of the creek that runs through campus

Strawberry Creek

200

The 2023 movie based on a UC Berkeley professor

Oppenheimer

200

Year that CITC was founded

1965

300

The park that contains many major monuments

National Mall

300

The reason that Washington, D.C. was created as a federal district instead of being part of a state

To keep the national government independent from any single state’s control

300

The 61-bell carillon

Sather Tower

300

The element that was named after Berkeley

Berkelium

300

Name of the prominent CITC Alumni who served in Congress in the House of Representatives (D-CA) from 1998 - 2025 

Congresswoman Barbara Lee (now Mayor of Oakland)

400

The branch that confirms Supreme Court justices?  

Senate

400

The Federal Law established in 1910, restricting the height of buildings 

The Height of Buildings Act of 1910

400

The building with a dinosaur in it

Valley Life Sciences Building

400

The full name of the art museum across from campus

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

400

Name two CITC Directors and where they interned during Summer 2025

Alexandra Iliopoulou - American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC)

Esha Salman - Running Start

Jacob Lindy - Congressional App Challenge

Samantha Viera - National Health IT Collaborative for the Underserved (NHIT)

500

The cardinal direction of the White House from the UCDC center?

South 

500

The misspelled word in the Lincoln Memorial

Future 

500

The fault line that runs near Memorial Stadium

Hayward Fault

500

The number of Nobel Prizes that Berkeley faculty have won

Over 110

500

What is the first and last name of the Cal Alumni who spoke at the February 24th DeCal?

Betsy Keenan