History
General Knowledge
Science or Math
Riddles
100

In what year (and month and day if you know) was Washington, DC established by the Constitution of the United States to serve as the nation’s capital. 

What is July 16, 1790

100

The name of the prehistoric town where the Flintstones lived

What is Bedrock

100

The color that absorbs the most light

What is Black

100

What has keys but can't open locks?

What is a Piano

200

George Washington named this architect to design the new capital, modeled after the architect's home town of Paris, France  

Who is Pierre L'Enfant

200

Name the 4 houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Harry Potter Series

What are Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, & Hufflepuff

200

The state of matter that takes the shape of its container

What is Liquid 

200

Sam's parents have 3 kids.  Their names are Hewey, Dewey, and ____

Who is Sam

300

 A style of funk that originated in Washington, D.C. in the late 1970s, pioneered by Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers and heavy on bass and percussion, it became the most popular music of D.C. dance halls by the 1980s

What is go-go music

300

The 4 presidents on Mount Rushmore

Who are George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and Theodore Roosevelt.

300

12 x 11=

132

300

I am easy to lift but hard to throw.  What am I?

What is a feather

400

In this year, Congress passed the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, ceding some of its power over the city to a new, directly elected city council and mayor.

What is 1973

400

The chess piece that does not move in a straight line

What is the knight

400

The name of the oath of ethics taken by doctors, named after an Ancient Greek physician

What is the Hippocratic Oath 

400

I have a tail and a head, but no body.  What am I?

What is a coin

500

After the Burning of Washington during this war, the government had to manage the reconstruction of numerous public buildings, including the White House and the United States Capitol.

What is the war of 1812

500

The five EEOC Commissioners 

Who are:

Charlotte A. Burrows, Jocelyn Samuels, Keith E. Sonderling, Andrea R. Lucas, and Kalpana Kotagal

500
The name of this formula:  a2 + b2 = c2

What is the Pythagorean Theorem

500

 What time is it when an elephant sits on a fence?

Time to fix the fence