Baseball Trivia
Which MLB team plays baseball at Citi Field?
New York Mets
‘Arabian Nights’ and ‘A whole New World’ are songs from which Broadway musical?
Aladdin
Who played the protagonist ‘Rose’ in the famous 90’s movie Titanic?
Kate Winslet
In the Navy Yard neighborhood of Washington, D.C., along the Anacostia River, is the home Park of what Major League Baseball franchise? Their team name comes from a term for a country’s citizens
Washington Nationals
Phobos and Deimos, the two moons of Mars, were discovered at the old Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C.'s Foggy Bottom neighborhood. Today, however, the Naval Observatory is best known as the residence of what figure?
Vice President of the United States
Which player holds the record for most Cy Young Awards?
Roger Clemens (nicknamed the "Rocket")
Who is the playwright and composer of Hamilton?
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Which superhero has the nickname ‘the man of steel’?
Superman
The stonework of the one of the most well-known monuments in D.C. is actually two different colors because its construction stopped due to a lack of funding and political fighting before it was complete. When they finally started building again in 1878 after the Civil War, the stones used came from a different quarry—hence the color variation. Which of D.C.’s many named-for-a-president monuments is two-toned?
Washington
The No Child Left Behind Act was a U.S. Act of Congress that reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and was signed into law by what U.S. president?
George W Bush
Who is the only pitcher to throw a perfect game in the World Series?
Don Larsen
Which Broadway musical is based on Puccini’s opera Madame Butterfly?
Miss Saigon
Who directed ‘Jurassic Park’?
Steven Spielberg
In 1881, Clara Barton (a nurse) established which nonprofit in D.C. that you may know as the group behind your local blood drives?
American Red Cross
Room 214 of what Washington, D.C. hotel has been converted to "The Scandal Room," with decor that includes newspaper headlines about Richard Nixon's resignation?
The Watergate Hotel
Which base was Lou Gehrig’s first career stolen base?
Home Plate
What award recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre?
Tony Awards
Where were The Lord of the Rings movies filmed?
A. Ireland
B. Iceland
C. New Zealand
D. Australia
New Zealand
Held in the U.S. Capitol's House Chamber, what annual speech is typically given by the President of United States every January and fulfills the President’s requirements in Article II, Section 3, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution to periodically update Congress regarding the status of the nation?
State of The Union
What Washington, D.C. building is the largest library in the United States, holding almost twice as many volumes as the second-largest?
Library of Congress
What year did Roger Maris hit 61 home runs?
1961
Jean Valjean is a character in what musical?
Les Misérables
Starring Michael Keaton as titular business mogul Ray Kroc, the 2016 film "The Founder" portrays the origin story of what golden-arches fast-food chain?
McDonald's
The 1982 monument in D.C., co-designed by Maya Lin, is black rock inscribed with the names of veterans for what US war?
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
The National Mall runs from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial between Independence and what other avenue?
Constitution