| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| What building does the President live in? | The White House | 100%
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| What is the street address of that building? | 1600 {Pennsylvania} Avenue | 86%
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| Who was the most famous speaker at the 1963 March on Washington? | Martin Luther King, Jr. | 86%
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| What building, located in nearby Arlington County, serves as the headquarters of the U.S. military? | The Pentagon | 81%
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| What country gave D.C. its famous cherry trees in 1912? | Japan | 79%
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| On what river is Washington D.C. located? | Potomac | 78%
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| What hotel and office complex was famously burglarized by associates of Richard Nixon in 1972? | Watergate | 77%
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| Where was Abraham Lincoln assassinated? | {Ford}'s Theatre | 73%
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| What is the tallest structure in the city (not counting radio towers)? | Washington Monument | 72%
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| What chain of 30 government-run museums is based in D.C. and offers free admission? | Smithsonian | 69%
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| What motto appears on D.C. license plates? | {Taxation} without Representation | 68%
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| In what war was D.C. burned? | War of 1812 | 68%
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| What is the name for the area between the Capitol Building and the Lincoln Memorial? | National {Mall} | 66%
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| What newspaper did Woodward and Bernstein work for? | The Washington Post | 65%
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| What are the city's two major airports? | Ronald Reagan | 61%
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| What name is shared by a D.C. neighborhood and a prestigious D.C. university? | Georgetown | 59%
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| What are the city's two major airports? | Washington Dulles | 58%
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| What D.C. native sang "What's Going On"? | Marvin Gaye | 39%
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| In what neighborhood would you find the State Department headquarters? | {Foggy} Bottom | 38%
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| What mayor was caught smoking crack, but was elected again anyway? | Marion Barry | 25%
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