JEOPARDY!

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How well do you know:

WASHINGTON D.C.?


This game was created by Adam Varner, using the book Washington D.C. by R. Conrad Stein (1999)


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People Buildings HistoryWashington

D.C. Symbols

Historic Sites/

Monuments

Interesting Facts


For $100Who was assassinated in

Ford’s Theater?


Answer :Abraham Lincoln


For $200:Who was the only president

not to live in the White House?


Answer:George Washington


For $300:Who was the first president to live in the White House?


Answer:John Adams


For $400:Who assassinated Abraham

Lincoln?


Answer:John Wilkes Booth


For $500:Who was the original

architect of the Federal City (Now Known as Washington

D.C.)


Answer:Pierre Charles L’Enfant


For $100:Where does the President

live?


Answer:The White House


For $200:What is the name of the five

sided building that houses the heads of each branch of

military?


Answer: The Pentagon


For $300:Where does the Congress

and House of Representatives meet?


Answer:The Capital Building


For $400:What is the name of the

group of museums located in Washington D.C.?


Answer:The Smithsonian Institution


For $500:What was the name of the

building that was broken into and used to spy on the

government?


Answer:

The Watergate Hotel


For $100:What does the “D.C.” in

“Washington D.C.” stand for?


Answer:District of Columbia


For $200:What two people were

Washington D.C. named after?


Answer:George Washington and Christopher Columbus


For $300:Who gave the famous “I Have

A Dream” speech on the National Mall?


Answer:Martin Luther King


For $400:What was the White House

originally called?


Answer:

The President’s House


For $500:What two states donated land to create Washington D.C.?


Answer:

Maryland and Virginia


For $100:What is Washington D.C.’s

nickname?


Answer:The Nation’s Capital or

Capital City


For $200:What is the flower of

Washington D.C?


Answer:The American Beauty Rose


For $300:What is the tree of Washington D.C.?


Answer:The Scarlet Oak


For $400:What is the bird of Washington D.C.?


Answer:The Wood Thrush


For $500:What is the motto for

Washington D.C.?


Answer:“Justice for All”


For $100:What is the most famous

home in the country?


Answer:The White House


For $200:What is the name of the

memorial that honors our 16th president?


Answer:The Lincoln Memorial


For $300:What is the most famous

monument measuring 555ft tall?


Answer:The Washington Monument


For $400: What monument honors our

32nd President and has 4 rooms, representing his 4

terms as President?


Answer:The Franklin Delano

Roosevelt Memorial


For $500:What monument is a long black wall cut into the side

of a hill?


Answer:The Vietnam Wall


For $100:What is the name of the Professional Football

Team?


Answer:The Washington Redskins


For $200:What street is the White

House on?


Answer:Pennsylvania Avenue


For $300:What event is hosted on the

White House lawn every Easter?


Answer:The Annual Easter Egg Roll


For $400:What is the name of the monument that features several Marines raising a

flag?


Answer:U.S. Marine Corps Memorial (also known as Iwo Jima)


For $500:What became illegal in

Washington D.C. in 1863?


Answer: Slavery

Daily Double!!!

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