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100

This president is the only president to not have resided in the White House.

Who is George Washington?
100

George Washington has an unused crypt in this location

What is the Capitol?

100

The Lincoln Memorial also honors this famous orator and notable speech.

What is Martin Luther King Jr and his famous "I have a dream" speech?

100

The first year the Cherry Blossom Festival was celebrated.

What is 1935?

100

DC gets more rain per year than this rainy city.

What is Seattle (Seattle gets 2 inches less rain per year, on average)?

200

The theater in the White House was originally this type of room.

What is a coat room?

200

These two presidents kept alligators at the White House

Who were Herbert Hoover and J.Q. Adams

200

These three facilities were significantly burned during the War of 1812.

What is the White House, Capitol Building and Library of Congress?

200

This movie character adorns the National Cathedral as a gargoyle

Who is Darth Vader?

200

The reason there is no J Street in Washington DC because...

Why is I and J looked too similar in older English?

300

There are this number of bathrooms in the White House

What are 35?

300

The FDR Memorial would not be complete without the inclusion of his famous pet named...

Who is Fala?

300

Pictures of these people (2) are buried under the Washington Monument - along with a copy of the Constitution, a map of the city a book of poems and a Bible.

Who are George Washington and his mother?

300

These animal paw prints can be found outside of the Supreme Court chamber

What are cat paw prints

300

DC stands for District of Columbia and honors this explorer.

Who is Chistopher Columbus?

400

A menagerie of pets were brought to the White House under this President - including dogs, a hen, a small bear, a lizard, guinea pigs, a pig, a badger, a blue macaw, a garter snake, a one-legged rooster, a hyena, a barn owl, a rabbit and a pony.

Who is Teddy Roosevelt?

400

The only president buried/entombed in Washington, DC

Who is Woodrow Wilson?

400
This number of objects are in the Library of Congress collection.

(Closest number wins)

What is 160,000

400

This Georgetown building has remained unchanged since its 1765 build date.

What is the Old Stone House

400

What is underneath the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America (in Washington, DC)?

What are catacombs?

500

This group protested outside of the White House for 2 years, beginning on January 10, 1917.

Who are the Silent Sentinels?

500

Presidential staffers removed this key from White House keyboards in 2001, causing $20,000 in damages

What is the W key?

500

The typo on the Lincoln Memorial misspelled what word (it has since been repaired)

What is Future (the F was originally an E)?

** This is found on the north wall of the memorial

500

The White House was known as EITHER of these names prior to 1901.

What is the President's Palace or the President's House?

500

What notable civil rights icon called The Mansion on O St Museum home, whenever visiting Washington DC, from 1994-2003?

Who is Rosa Parks