Think you know Washington? Answer Man will see about that. It's time for the second annual John Kelly's Washington Trivia Quiz. The answers are below -- and more details can be found online at http://voices.washingtonpost.com/commons.
1. The Washington Monument is topped with a tiny pyramid made of:
(a) gold; (b) aluminum; (c) crystal; (d) tourmaline.
2. Who described Washington, D.C., as "the head-quarters of tobacco-tinctured saliva"?
(a) Lord Cornwallis; (b). Charles Dickens; (c) Fanne Foxe; (d) Ralph Nader.
3. The construction of this building in 1894 so alarmed District officials that strict height limits were set for the city:
(a) the Cairo apartments; (b) the Baghdad apartments; (c) the Kennedy-Warren apartments; (d) Dr. Harvey's Velocipede Amphitheatre.
4. The maximum height of buildings in Washington is determined by a formula that takes into account:
(a) the height of the Capitol dome; (b) the height of the Washington Monument; (c) the width of the street the building is on; (d) the distance a musket ball travels when shot straight up into the air.
5. What does the statue shown in the photo commemorate?
(a) the temperance movement; (b) the abolition of slavery; (c) the heroes of the Titanic; (d) the great tourmaline mine disaster of 1897.
6. Where did pop star Jackson Browne record his 1977 song "Running on Empty"?
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