DC Insider Trivia

How well do you know the D.C. area? Take our weekly quiz to find out!

Hint: It’s an open-book test — most of the answers are in this week’s Hey DC newsletters and City Cast DC podcasts.

Test your DC knowledge with these other trivia questions.

• How long has Mayor Bowser served in total?
• What movie character is a limestone grotesque on the National Cathedral?
• What is the oldest still standing structure in D.C.?
• The National Zoo was once home to the “living symbol” of what famous cartoon?
• Which neighborhood is the oldest in Washington, D.C.?
• What year did an earthquake damage the Washington National Cathedral and the Washington Monument?
• What global hotel chain started as a A&W Root Beer stand in Columbia Heights?
• What is the D.C. flag based on?
• How many members are on the D.C. City Council?
• When was D.C.’s first Pride celebration?
• Gallaudet University started which national sports tradition?
• How many cherry trees were originally donated to D.C.?
• What percent of D.C. residents have ghosted someone in the last year?
• How many spies live in Washington, D.C.?
• Where was the Lincoln assassination was planned?
• Where was D.C.’s original Chinatown?
• What utensil was invented in D.C.?
• Can you guess what monument these one-star google reviews are about?
• This D.C. studio recorded artists like Usher and Stevie Wonder. Where is it?
• What odd hideout was used by Cold War agents to monitor communist embassies?
• What is the name of the dish that is permanently on the Senate menu?
• What musical technique is most pervasive in live go-go?
• Which D.C. hotel does the National Thanksgiving Turkey stay in?
• What is the tallest habitable building in D.C.?
• When did Washingtonians gain the right to vote?
• Which creepy urban legend did NOT originate in the DMV?
• How many neighborhoods make up Washington D.C.?
• If you’re renting in D.C., your landlord cannot legally do any of the following, except …
• How many Capital Bikeshare stations are there?