DC quiz Flashcards
Air and Space Museum: What is significant about the Wright Flyer 1903?
It is the actual aircraft in which the brothers made the “first flight”
Which Gettysburg event is shown in the 42-foot high “Gettysburg Cyclorama oil Painting” in the visitor’s center?
Pickett’s Charge
On the brochure map, why is #__ called “the High Water Mark”?
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The Angle was the climax of the battle-the furthest the Confederacy penetrated into the Union line
Where is Reynolds Avenue?
Why is it called Reynolds Avenue?
On which day did he fight?
North of the town where the Dunlap Restaurant was located
Named after Union General Reynolds-the highest ranking soldier to die at Gettysburg
Day 1
A Union General lost a leg attempting to get to the Peach Orchard. Give the # of the Peach Orchard from your brochure _____Who was the general? _________________ And where in Washington D.C. can we go to visit his leg? ______________
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Daniel Sickels
Army Medical Museum
Who has a portion of his December 8th speech engraved in the Pacific side of the WWII memorial?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is the _______ Catholic church in the United States and North America.
largest
Name all the Kennedys that are buried in Arlington Cemetery.
7 total: Joe, JFK, Bobby, Teddy, Jackie (JFK’s wife), 2 infants
Whose former house is perched on a hill at the highest point in Arlington Cemetery?
Robert E. Lee
What is the number of flag raisers depicted on the ________ (U.S. Marine) Memorial?
Iwo Jima
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What is the interactive feature of the Vietnam Wall that allows many people to remember loved ones that died in this war? (hint: it has something to do with the way the names are written on the Wall)
etching on to a paper
Which war monument is most connected to the number 38? ____________
Why?
Korean War
The 38th parallel/latitude still divides the two countries on the Korean Peninsula
Three of the paintings in the Rotunda of the Capitol building are about the ____________ and one is about the ___________________. There are __ paintings total. What are the subjects of the other four paintings on the highest floor near the dome (number them 1-4)?
Revolution
Declaration of Independence
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1.Pilgrims leaving Europe_ 2.De Soto discovers the Mississippi River 3. Baptism of Pocahontas 4. Landing of Columbus
How many justices are on the U.S. Supreme Court?
Who is the newest justice?
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Ketanji Brown Jackson
Most of the books in the Library of Congress were destroyed during the War of 1812, but whose collection helped
restore the library in 1815?
Thomas Jefferson
