WASHINGTON DC SCAVENGER HUNT

WASHINGTON DC SCAVENGER HUNT

SONSHINE EDUCATIONAL TOURS What I saw today Scavenger Hunt Day 1 1. Washington DC is located between which two states? Mt. Vernon, VA 2. In what state is Mt. Vernon located? 3. What president lived at Mt. Vernon? Day 2 4. What is the name of the river that you can see from the Mt. Vernon Home? 5. Who is buried alongside George Washington? Day 3 6. How many terms did Washington serve as president? 7. The key hanging inside the home is a gift from from what country? Why is it there?

Thomas Jefferson Memorial 1. How tall is the statue of Thomas Jefferson? 2. What material was used to construct the statue? 3. Thomas Jefferson was the first second And third 4. What building is Thomas Jefferson looking towards from the memorial? 5. Thomas Jefferson was the author of what document? Washington Monument 1. How tall is the Washington Monument? 2. What is the shape of the monument? 3. How many flags surround the base of the monument? 4. Why does the monument have two different colors of stones? 5. What is the tip of the monument made of and what is written on it?

Lincoln Memorial 1. What number president was Abraham Lincoln? Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial 1. How many sections (rooms) does the memorial contain? 2. What is the name of the document that Lincoln issued, freeing the slaves? 3. What is the name of the document engraved on the north wall of the monument? 2. Why? 3. What number president was FDR? 4. Who was the first woman to hold the position of ambassador to the United Nations? 4. What is the name of the document engraved on the south wall of the monument? 5. How many steps are there up to the memorial and what is the significance of that number? 6. What was the name of the Civil Rights leader that gave the famous I have a dream speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial? 5. What was the name of FDR s dog? Natural History Museum 1. What is the name of the world s largest cut diamond? 2. What was your favorite exhibit?

The White House 1. What is the address of the White House? 2. Who was the first President to live in the White House? 3. What is the name given to the largest room in the White House? The Capitol 1. What is the name of the statue on the top of the dome? 2. What year was the dome completed and what was happening in the United States at that time? 3. What material was the dome constructed of? 4. What is the name of the park just north of the White House? 5. What is that park dedicated to? 6. What church is across the street from the park? 7. Why is it important? 4. What two large groups of people meet in the Capitol building? Northside Southside 5. How many statues from each state are on display in the Capitol? 6. Which statue from Florida is located in Statuary Hall and what did he invent? 8. What two buildings are to the east and west of the White House? 9. What is the name of the Guest house for the White house and what color is it? 7. What was Statuary Hall originally used for? 8. What does the statement lie in state mean? 9. Name one president who had Lie in State in the capitol rotunda?

Supreme Court 1. How many judges are there on the Supreme Court? 2. Where did the Supreme Court meet prior to the completion of the current building in 1935 3. Who is the only president that served on the Supreme Court? 4. How long is the term of a Supreme Court justice? 5. What four words are inscribed over the entrance to the Supreme Court building? Smithsonian Museum - Air and Space 1. The name of the first American in space? 2. The name of the first American to orbit the earth? 3. The name of the first airplane 4. Who flew the first airplane? Vietnam Veterans Memorial 1. Approximately how many names appear on the wall? 2. What material was used to construct the Vietnam Veterans Memorial? 3. What is the name of the person who designed the wall? 4. How are the names arranged? 5. What does the diamond/cross indicate? 6. What is the name of the name of the Air Force First Lieutenant that died in the Vietnam War and was originally buried in the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery? Did you find his name on the wall? 7. What are the names of the two statues at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial?

Korean War Veterans Memorial 1. How many countries from the United Nations sent troops in defense of South Korea? 2. How many stainless steel statues are depicted? 3. Name two emotions that you can see on the faces of the soldiers. 4. What is the significance of the 38 th parallel? 5. What animal can be found engraved on the wall? 6. What does the inscription Freedom is not Free mean to you? World War II Memorial 1. How many stars are on the wall and what do they represent? 2. What do the 56 granite columns represent? 3. Who was Kilroy? Ford s Theater 1. The name of the person who assassinated Abraham Lincoln was 2. What was the occupation of his assassin? 3. What was the name of the play he was watching? 4. Where did Abraham Lincoln die? 5. Who else was in the booth when Lincoln was shot? 6. After Lincoln was shot his assassin jump from Lincoln s booth to the stage. What did he yell out on the stage floor?

Questions for your tour guide: What are the three branches of Government? Why do we have three branches? To My parents and teachers: Thanks for sending me on this trip. I will never forget: Briefly describe what each branch does. 1. 2. 3.

What memorial is this? What Memorial is this? What building is this?

Arlington National Cemetery 1. Name the two presidents that are buried in Arlington National Cemetery? 2. Whose house is located at Arlington Cemetery? 3. During what war was Arlington Cemetery established? 4. What location is protected 24 hours every day by the honor guard? 5. Who does this location represent and why do we honor them? 6. In what state is Arlington National Cemetery located? 7. What are the names of the two spacecraft memorials? 8. Which president s grave is marked by the eternal flame? 9. When this President visited Arlington National Cemetery just a short time before he was assassinated he made a comment to his guide that led to his burial at Arlington. What was that comment? 10. What is the name of his brother that was assassinated while running for president and buried nearby? 11. How many acres is Arlington Cemetery and about how many are buried there? 12. Name three requirements to be buried at Arlington Cemetery.