Monumental
This memorial has a famous piece of graffiti on it.
The WW2 memorial
Which object in the Smithsonian collection is famously cursed?
The Hope Diamond
What is the oldest public building in DC?
The White House
Which two statues come the closest to being as tall as the statue of Freedom?
The Lincoln and Jefferson Memorial statues
At the FDR memorial, Eleanor Roosevelt stands in front of what seal?
The U.N. seal, she helped draft the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights
What metal caps the top of the Washington Monument?
Aluminum
The design of the National Museum of African American History and Culture is based off the crown of a particular culture in West Africa. What is the name of this culture?
The Yoruba people
Which President added on the West Wing to the White House?
Theodore Roosevelt
This statue is the second tallest equestrian statue in the United States.
The Grant Memorial
Who escorted James Smithson's remains to DC to be laid to rest in the Smithsonian crypt?
Alexander Graham Bell
Why did Maya Lin submit a design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial?
It was for a class assignment
The Star-Spangled Banner in the American History Museum flew during which war?
The War of 1812
The residents of this building used to oversee a troubled thoroughfare.
The Lock Keeper's House
What was the name of the enslaved blacksmith who completed the statue of Freedom on top of the Capitol Building?
Phillip Reid
Which president was supposed to have a memorial at the location where the Jefferson Memorial now stands?
Theodore Roosevelt
Since 1976, wedding and special events can only be held at three locations on the National Mall. Which three are these?
The George Mason Memorial, the west lawn of the Jefferson Memorial, and the DC WW1 Memorial
What was discovered by excavating the ground where the National Museum of the American Indian now stands?
The most expensive brothel in DC used to be located on that spot.
What seven cities housed Congress prior to the construction of DC?
Philadelphia (twice), New York City, Trenton, Princeton, Baltimore, Annapolis, and York,PA
The paper in the left hand of Einstein at his memorial lists three of what?
Equations
Who objected to the original design of the statue of Freedom, causing a redesign of what she wears on her head?
Jefferson Davis
The same man designed the Jefferson Memorial, the National Archives, and the National Gallery of Art West Building. What was his name?
John Russell Pope
Where would you go to study philately?
The Supreme Court houses this on it's fourth floor.
A basketball court
The statue of this man faces away from his former home.
Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
The bell tolls for this man, who's memorial is often mistaken for a memorial to his famous father.
Senator Robert A. Taft