Washington DC Trivia

200 episodes that calls for something special. Hey gang, I'm your host, Brian Rollins, and this is the dorky geeky nerdy. Trivia podcast 200 episodes. Yep. 200. So, for that Milestone, we're stepping away from the states to cover the u.s. capital Washington DC. It's the same format as always, three rounds of 10 questions, each but you've done this a few times. So most of, you know, the drill with that. Let's get going the dorky round number one. What is the address of the White House? 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. number two, what river forms the southwestern border of Washington, d.c. The Potomac. Number three, what TV show, beginning in 1999 and starring. Martin Sheen was named for a part of the White House. The West Wing. Number four. What engineer TV host and science. Educator was born in d.c. in 1955. Bill Nye. Number 5, born in Washington in 1948. What, actor has appeared in the Star Wars Marvel and Jurassic Park franchise has. Samuel L Jackson. Number 6. What two states border the District of Columbia. Maryland and Virginia. Number 7, what is the name of the park that runs from the Potomac River to the US Capitol building? The National Mall. Number 8, large crowds gather for each presidential inauguration, which inauguration had the largest crowd. Barack Obama's first Inauguration in 2009, the National Park Service estimates that about 1.8 million people, attended for comparison, the 2017 inauguration had less than a quarter of that. Number 9, what Tennessee senator vice president and 2000. Presidential candidate was born in DC in 1948. Al Gore. Number 10, what? FBI director for six. Presidents was born in and died in Washington, DC. J. Edgar Hoover. The geeky round number one. What 2009? Dan Brown novel and sequel to The DaVinci Code takes place in and around Washington, d.c. The Lost Symbol. Number two, which branch of the u.s. government resides at the US Capitol building. The legislative branch the house and the Senate. Number three. What sits at the western edge of the National Mall in Washington? The Lincoln Memorial. Number for the cherry trees. Found around Washington. D.c. were a gift from what city. Tokyo. number 5, the British army Set Fire to the White House during which war the War of 1812. Number 6 and negative of DC. What? Cartoonist created Calvin and Hobbes in 1985. Bill Watterson. Number seven, though. He calls North Carolina home. What late night host, and former Daily Show correspondent was born in Washington in 1964. Stephen Colbert. Number 8, born in d.c. in 1960. What presidential son died in a plane crash in 1999. John F, Kennedy Junior. Number 9 before she was Willow on Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Lily on How I Met Your Mother. What actress was born in Washington in 1974? Alyson. Hannigan. Number 10. What HBO Comedy running from 2012 to 2019 is set in DC and start Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Veep. The nerdy round number one, what sci-fi villain is sculpted into the Washington National Cathedral as a gargoyle. Darth Vader. Number two, who was the first president to reside in the White House? John Adams though, the building wouldn't be completed until the Jefferson Administration. Number three, traditionally the vice president resides where The Naval Observatory. Number four before it was known as the White House. What was the building called? the presidential Palace, Theodore Roosevelt officially changed, the name in 1901, Number 5, what phrase is found on District Columbia license plates. Taxation without representation, residents are rightfully, salty about not having a voice in Congress. Number six. What composer of the Stars and Stripes Forever was fittingly born in Washington in 1854. John Philip Sousa. Number seven. What? 2006 Mike Judge movie. Gave us an alarming. Look at a future Washington DC. Idiocracy. Number 8, who was the first president to die in the White House? William Henry, Harrison he fell ill and died just 30 days after his inauguration. Number 9, a copy of what famous document is buried under the Washington Monument. The US Constitution. Number 10, which Memorial would you find at the southern edge of the Tidal Basin? The Jefferson Memorial. And that wraps up, the District of Columbia, what more trivia. The city is a Ten Mile Square. In the site was chosen by George Washington. The capitals size is actually laid out in the Constitution, but doesn't specify a location. The song, the room, where it happened from the musical. Hamilton is about the compromise that moved. The capital from New York to a place further south Alexander Hamilton James, Madison and Thomas Jefferson came to the agreement in exchange for the federal government, assuming the state's debts, from the Revolutionary War. If DC became a state today, it would be larger than Vermont or Wyoming. DC is impressive and chock full of History. Every American should go at some point in their lives. It should surprise. No one that I'm a huge Museum nerd, and Washington is full of them, there's also something special about reading the Declaration of Independence or of the Constitution from the original document. Thanks for joining me are two hundred episodes. Do this without your support. For those of you still trying to figure out the order of these episodes. Do not factor in this episode into that order. It's a special case. We'll be back to more US states next week. Here's a clue. What is the only New England State? We haven't covered yet. Kind of a meta, trivia question, huh? You might have to do some research on it but good luck. This has been episode 200 of the dorky geeky. Nerdy trivia podcast. The theme music is by Jason Shaw and audio knoteks.com. This show was written produced and hosted by me. Brian Rollins. He could find me at the voices in my head.com and for the 200th time, thanks for listening.