Earl’s totally trivial quiz for which no prizes are anticipated, but huge bragging rights may ensue

Please email your answers to earl.ashurst@gmail.com

1. What Confederate general’s home was confiscated by the Union during the civil war and used as a graveyard?

2. Washington DC sits on the banks of the Potomac River. Potomac is an Algonquian Indian word meaning __________________?

3. We all know the National Anthem, The Star Spangled Banner, begins with “Oh say can you see” and ends with “Play ball!”, but what is the National Hymn? Hint: it was written for the nation’s centennial, in 1876, and there is a particularly stirring arrangement in LDS Hymns.

4. The first National Archives building was completed in 1935. It is located in ___________________. It reached capacity in the late 1960’s and a new building was opened in 1993 in ___________________________.

5. What kind of tree is most celebrated in Washington DC, and why?

6. The Washington Monument is the tallest structure in Washington DC, but what is the largest?

7. Washington DC has been nicknamed:
. . a. Capital Of Miserable Huts
. . b. City Of Houses Without Streets
. . c. City Of Trees Without Houses
. . d. City Of Streets Without Houses
. . e. Grand Emporium Of The West
. . f. All of the above