How well do you know the D.C. area? Take our weekly quiz to find out!
Hint: It’s an open-book test — most of the answers are in this week’s Hey DC newsletters and City Cast DC podcasts.
Test your DC knowledge with these other trivia questions.
- How long has Mayor Bowser served in total?
- What movie character is a limestone grotesque on the National Cathedral?
- What is the oldest still standing structure in D.C.?
- The National Zoo was once home to the “living symbol” of what famous cartoon?
- Which neighborhood is the oldest in Washington, D.C.?
- What year did an earthquake damage the Washington National Cathedral and the Washington Monument?
- What global hotel chain started as a A&W Root Beer stand in Columbia Heights?
- What is the D.C. flag based on?
- How many members are on the D.C. City Council?
- When was D.C.’s first Pride celebration?
- Gallaudet University started which national sports tradition?
- How many cherry trees were originally donated to D.C.?
- What percent of D.C. residents have ghosted someone in the last year?
- How many spies live in Washington, D.C.?
- Where was the Lincoln assassination was planned?
- Where was D.C.’s original Chinatown?
- What utensil was invented in D.C.?
- Can you guess what monument these one-star google reviews are about?
- This D.C. studio recorded artists like Usher and Stevie Wonder. Where is it?
- What odd hideout was used by Cold War agents to monitor communist embassies?
- What is the name of the dish that is permanently on the Senate menu?
- What musical technique is most pervasive in live go-go?
- Which D.C. hotel does the National Thanksgiving Turkey stay in?
- What is the tallest habitable building in D.C.?
- When did Washingtonians gain the right to vote?
- Which creepy urban legend did NOT originate in the DMV?
- How many neighborhoods make up Washington D.C.?
- If you’re renting in D.C., your landlord cannot legally do any of the following, except …
- How many Capital Bikeshare stations are there?
