1) What is the name of this city? a) New York b) Washington D.C. c) Washington State 2) When was it founded? a) 1790 b) 1890 3) Which landmark is this? a) White House b) The White House c) JZD Sedlec 4) Which sight is this? a) White House b) The White House c) Zámek Prčice 5) Why is the White House called the White House? a) The British set fire to it in 1814 during "the War of 1812" b) The French painted it their favourite colour of flag c) and the Americans repainted it white d) (the white flag of surrender) 6) THe story about the White House being called the White House is... a) true b) a myth 7) Which building is in the foreground? a) Capitol b) The Capitol 8) This building is the Capitol. It is the seat of the US legislature, Congress, which is made up of two parts, called... a) The Senate b) the House of Deputies c) the House of Commons d) the House of Representatives 9) What is this area of Washington D.C. called? a) National Mall b) The National Mall 10) What is the big white building in the foreground? a) Lincoln Memorial b) The Lincoln Memorial 11) This is the Lincoln Memorial. What can we find inside the Lincoln Memorial? a) A statue of President Lincoln b) A statue of Karel Gott 12) This is Lincoln. Which of these statements about Lincoln are true? a) He was the President during the US Civil War b) He freed the slaves c) He was born in Prčice 13) Yes, this is the National Mall, again. What is the name of the tall needle-like structure at the far end of the picture? a) Washington Monument b) The Washington Monument 14) George Washington was the first president of the USA. a) True b) False 15) George Washington signed the Declaration of Independence on the fourth of July, 1776 a) True b) False 16) George Washington chose the location for Washington D.C. a) True b) False 17) Washington D.C. was named by George Washington. a) True b) False 18) Washington D.C. was named after George Washington. a) True b) False 19) Who is this person speaking at the National Mall? a) Martin Luther b) Martin Luther King c) D.J. Basslicker 20) This is Martin Luther King, a) the German religious reformist of the 1500s b) the black American civil rights activist of the 1960s c) a top DJ 21) This is Martin Luther King, speaking at the National Mall in 1963. Why was he speaking at the National Mall? a) It is a Vietnam War rally b) It is a black American civil rights rally c) Pohoda Club has closed down 22) In the film Forrest Gump, the main character accidentally ends up at a rally and makes a speech at the National Mall. What was the rally about? a) It was a civil rights rally. b) It was an anti Vietnam war rally. c) Prčice wants freedom from Sedlec. 23) In the film Forrest Gump, Jenny sees Forrest, and the two of them run to meet each other and have a big hug in.... a) Reflecting Pool b) The Reflecting Pool 24) This building is a) Pentagon b) The Pentagon 25) Who meets in this building? a) The Department of Defence b) The Department of Sedlec 26) The Pentagon is not in Washington D.C. It is just across the river from Washington D.C., in a) Arlington, Virginia. b) Prčice, Central Bohemian Region 27) What is the name of the river between Washington D.C. and the Pentagon? a) Potomac b) The Potomac 28) A hijacked airplane crashed into the side of the Pentagon on a) "9-11": The 11th of September 2001 b) "9-11": The 9th of November 2001 29) Which one of these people is the former US President Joe Biden? (President from January 2021 to January 2025) a) b) c) 30) Which political party was Joe Biden in? a) Democratic b) Republican 31) Which one of these people is ex-President and current President Donald Trump? (President from 2017 - 2021 and from 2025 to 2029) a) b) c) d) 32) Which political party is ex-President and current President Donald Trump in? a) Democratic b) Republican 33) The next presidential election will be in November  a) 2026 b) 2028 c) 2027 34) The next presidential inauguration (when the President becomes the President) will be in January a) 2026 b) 2028 c) 2027 d) 2029 35) Trump cannot run for president in 2029, because an American president can run for a maximum of .... terms. a) 1 b) 3 c) 2 36) American presidents can run for a maximum of .... terms a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 37) Each Presidential term is ..... years long. a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 38) Washington DC.... a) is in a state b) was designed to be the capital city c) is between the Northern and Southern states d) is a state 39) Washington D.C. What does D.C. mean? a) the District of Columbia b) the District of Cibich Bar 40) The District of Columbia: named after a) Christopher Columbus b) the white powder which keeps DC rollin´ 41) Christopher Columbus a) was the first person ever to discover America b) was the first white European to discover America c) "discovered" America, according to Americans 42) When did Chistopher Columbus "discover" America? a) in fourteen hundred and ninety two (1492) b)  in fourteen hundred and ninety three (1493) c) in fourteen hundred and ninety four (1494) 43) There is a rhyme to remember when Columbus "diiscovered" America. "Columbus sailed the ocean blue, ..... " a) in fourteen hundred and ninety two b)  in fourteen hundred and ninety three c) in fourteen hundred and ninety four 44) Approximately how many people live in Washington D.C. today? a) seventy thousand b) seven hundred thousand c) seven million

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