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Multiple Choice City Quiz – Washington, D.C.

Can you answer these multiple choice questions about the city of Washington, D.C.?
Quiz by McKenzieFam
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1. What famous building would you find at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?
The Lincoln Memorial
The Smithsonian Museum
The Washington Monument
The White House
2. Washington D.C. is located on the banks of what river?
Hudson River
Ohio River
Potomac River
St. Lawrence River
3. Which of these U.S. Presidents is buried in Arlington National Cemetery?
Thomas Jefferson
John F. Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
George Washington
4. What does the D.C. stand for in the city's name?
Democratic City
Department of Congress
District of Columbia
Downtown Core
5. What state donated the land on which Washington D.C. sits today?
Virginia also donated land but it was returned to the state in 1846
Delaware
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
6. What type of tree was given to Washington D.C. by a foreign country in 1912, and is today an icon of the city?
The country was Japan
Cherry
Crabapple
Flowering dogwood
Magnolia
7. Who gave a speech to hundreds of thousands of people in front of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963?
Lou Gehrig
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr.
Lyndon B. Johnson
8. Who was the first President to live in Washington, D.C.?
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
9. Which of these buildings lies just outside Washington D.C., not directly within in it?
The Pentagon can be found in Arlington, VA
The Capitol Building
The National Archives
The Pentagon
The Supreme Court Building
10. Who designed the city plan of Washington D.C.?
Benjamin Franklin
Pierre Charles L'Enfant
Frederick Law Olmsted
Christopher Wren
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32 Comments
LuckyCat
+1
Level 69
Mar 13, 2025
I tend to forget my country has a capital city

nice quiz!

KiloNova
+4
Level 56
Mar 13, 2025
First feature for MKF! :D
MasterRocket
+4
Level 78
Mar 13, 2025
Congrats on the feature!!!
TigerNiger
+8
Level 68
Mar 13, 2025
Wow, the first non QM MCCQ feature, and your first feature overall

Congrats on both!

baptistegorce
+6
Level 56
Mar 13, 2025
Congrats on the feauture, Ren! First non-orange starred dot on the map. ;-)
Maxibon
+4
Level 70
Mar 13, 2025
Congrats MKF!!
Neodymium
+3
Level 63
Mar 13, 2025
Congrats!
MasterRocket
+1
Level 78
Mar 13, 2025
Maybe make the hyphen to be "–" to be consistent with the other featured ones, also make it centered and not touching the word.
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 74
Mar 13, 2025
10/10, good to see my city
LuckyCat
+1
Level 69
Mar 13, 2025
Congrats MFK on your first Feature!

You are no longer the highest ranked quizmaker without a Feature :)

I need to work harder if I ever want to pass you...

McKenzieFam
+3
Level 68
Mar 13, 2025
Who's MFK? (lol)

Thanks

leontodon
+2
Level 71
May 18, 2025
Martin Freakin' King!
Jacktheguy
+2
Level 92
Jun 10, 2025
Mohn F Kennedy?
InterAlia
+3
Level 79
Jun 10, 2025
Samuel L. Jackson knows
In2restingFacts
+1
Level 24
Mar 13, 2025
congrats on the feature bro!
McKenzieFam
+1
Level 68
Mar 13, 2025
Thanks so much for all the kindness, guys!
ItzIngenious
+2
Level 66
Mar 13, 2025
Yessss!
Dimby
+3
Level 80
Mar 14, 2025
Nice feature! It’s quite the feat to hit 100,000 without a feature, too!
Nickelz
+2
Level 67
Mar 14, 2025
congratulations on your feature :D
GeoRockstar14
+3
Level 90
Mar 15, 2025
How come it's maryland and not virginia?
PantsLobbyist
+2
Level 98
Mar 18, 2025
Agreed, I was taught both donated land. Google agrees (31 sq. mi. from Virginia and 69 from Maryland)
McKenzieFam
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Level 68
Mar 18, 2025
Well, I'd thought both did too, but the Quizmaster added this question. My original one was slightly different. Let's see if he'll change it back
Xtrordinary
+4
Level 72
Apr 1, 2025
They both donated land but some laws were later passed that made the Virginia side terrible but the Maryland side cool so the terrible Virginia side joined back into Virginia.
McKenzieFam
+2
Level 68
Apr 1, 2025
I never knew that! Thanks for explaining
freehuggs
+1
Level 65
Jun 11, 2025
If I recall correctly, that's why the city today isn't a perfect square (a chunk is missing from the southwest) - that's the part which was ceded back to Virginia.
Neodymium
+2
Level 63
Mar 18, 2025
"on which Washington D.C. sits today?

Modern DC no longer includes the Virginia portion.

DiscoBayGolfer
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Level 79
Jun 10, 2025
Nice work McKenzieFam...props to you!
perrucci
+1
Level 59
Jun 10, 2025
Wait. Aren't Cherry trees and Cherry Blossom Trees two different things? I thought the cherry tree option was a trick because I know those trees in DC don't produce any cherries.
McKenzieFam
+1
Level 68
Jun 10, 2025
Cherry Blossom trees are a specific variety of cherry tree that are cultivated for their blossoms rather than for their fruit
lisachristine
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Level 66
Jun 18, 2025
I thought they were different too. I thought Japan donated the cherry blossom tree. I know that the two trees are the same genus, but I thought there were different intents, one for blossoms and one for cherries, so they were considered different.
TMatthias
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Level 66
Jun 11, 2025
Picked JFK as a hunch for the cemetery question which I had no clue about as a Canadian, just cuz I figured the city of Arlington was close to Dallas where he was shot

In hindsight it does make sense since he was in office at time of death. Also I guess you guys switched capitals at some point, so it would be random for one of the early ones to be buried there.

Anyways 10/10, not bad for a Canadian! fun quiz

sgrover484
+2
Level 44
Jul 4, 2025
10/10 good quiz
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