thumbnail

City Quiz- Washington DC

All about Americas capital city
Quiz by
GeoDude220
Rate:
Last updated: June 10, 2025
You have not attempted this quiz yet.
First submittedJune 10, 2025
Times taken12
Average score70.0%
Report this quizReport
8:00
Enter answer here
0
 / 20 guessed
The quiz is paused. You have remaining.
Scoring
You scored / = %
This beats or equals % of test takers also scored 100%
The average score is
Your high score is
Your fastest time is
Keep scrolling down for answers and more stats ...
Question
Answer
1) The president of the US lives in
this mansion
White House
2) Address of the above
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
3) Washington was burned by the British
during this war
War of 1812
4) The tallest building in the city is:
(excluding radio towers)
Washington Monument
5) Lincoln was shot at this theater on
April 14, 1865
Fords
6) Lincoln was attending this play when
Booth fired the shot
Our American Cousin
7) Washington DC sits on this river
Potomac
8) This massive museum complex
consists of 17 buildings across the city
Smithsonian
9) What upscale DC neighborhood is also
home to a prestigious university with the
same name?
Georgetown
10) This domed building houses the US Congress
Capitol
Question
Answer
11) The US Dept of Defense is located in this
5 sided building across the river from DC
Pentagon
12) Washington is home to this MLB baseball team
Nationals
13) Washington was named the US capital in
which year?
1790
14) This civil rights leader marched on Washington
DC to deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963
Martin Luther King
15) The FBI calls this building home, after the
first director of the Bureau
J Edgar Hoover
16) This massive library is the oldest federal
library in the US
Library of Congress
17) 639 acre military cemetery in VA across the
Potomac from DC, the largest in the US Cemetery
System
Arlington
18) This popular movie takes place in Washington,
where a man tries to steal the Declaration of Independence
to find a lost treasure
National Treasure
19) Cherry blossom trees are celebrated each year to signify the
US relations with this nation
Japan
20) The Washington Monument is in this shape
Obelisk
Save Your Stats
Your Next Quiz
How many countries do you know? In this quiz, you've got 15:00 to name as many as you can. Go!
The most intellectual quiz to ever appear on JetPunk.
20 random countries have been removed from the map of the world! Can you identify them in 3 minutes?
Name a country. An arrow will appear, pointing to the mystery country. Keep guessing until you pin down the mystery country!
Comments
No comments yet