SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2010


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t’s time once again forAnswer Man’s Diabolically Difficult Washington Trivia Quiz. How


difficult? Well, AnswerMan hopes each


of you knows the correct answer to at least one question, but rare is the individual who knows the answers to all the questions. The answers are below.


1. Washington’s Starland Vo-


cal Band took the title for its 1976 hit song “Afternoon De- light” fromwhat? a. a Titian painting in the


National Gallery of Art b. a matinee double bill at the


Biograph Theatre c. a lunch special at Clyde’s


restaurant d. a “lunch special” at the


Oriental Eastmassage parlor 2. In the early 1970s, stories


were circulating about a crazed, hatchet-wielding man attackingmotorists and others in rapidly developing Fairfax County.What was theman sup- posedly wearing? a. a hockeymask b. a “Nixon’s the One” cam-


paign button c. a bunny suit d. nothing


3. The first northern snake-


heads in the Washington area were discovered in a Crofton pond in 2002. How did the fish get there? a. Aman bought themtomake


a curative soup for his ailing sister but let them go when she recovered. b. Theywere a natural result of


interbreeding between the west- ern snakehead and the eastern snakehead. c. A water-main break flooded


a nearby exotic pet store, wash- ing the fish into the pond. d. Taiwanese agents released


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Woman, 84, killed inTempleHills Prince George’s County police


are investigating the killing of an 84-year-old woman whose body was found in the 4400 block of 23rdAvenue in TempleHills early Saturday. The victimhas not been identi-


ANIMALWATCH


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GALVESTON STREET SW,


unit block, Dec. 13. A dog was reported to be living in a sport- utility vehicle parked at an apart- mentcomplex.AHumaneSociety officer found a pit bull, which appeared healthy, in a clean vehi- cle.Anoticewasleft for theowner to contact the society. That eve- ning, the owner told the officer that he had been visiting an apartment and that the dog had not been allowed inside the resi- dence. The owner left the com- plex with his dog.


Among cases handled by the Washington Humane Society


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JOHN KELLY'S WASHINGTON


them to discredit the Chinese government.


4. Edith Galt, who married


President Woodrow Wilson in 1915, was known as the first woman in Washington to do what? a. shoot a wolf in Rock Creek


Park b. swim naked in the Tidal


Basin c. own a saloon d. drive an electric car


5. This fountain at Seventh


Street and Indiana Avenue NW was erected to encourage passersby to do what? a. worship Thoth, the ibis-


headed Egyptian deity b. stop drinking alcohol c. stop killing waterfowl d. go back on the gold stan-


dard 6. Long before Borf made


headlines with his graffiti, an- other graffiti artist sprayed his name around Washington. Whose tag was ubiquitous on D.C. bridges and walls in the 1980s? a. Top “Dog” Tom b. Cool “Disco” Dan c. Slick “Klezmer” Stan d. “RGB”


7. Why is Lt. Thomas Etholen


Selfridge remembered today? a. He was the first person to


die in the crash of a powered aircraft, at FortMyer.


fied, and there were scant details on the circumstances surround- ing the death. Cpl. Evan Baxter, a police spokesman, said the cause of deathwas “trauma to the body.” A 26-year-old woman was


found injured at the site. She was hospitalizedandis instablecondi- tion,Baxter said. Police were called to the scene


at 1:30a.m. Saturday. A possible motive and suspect


b. He discovered etholene,


which theU.S.Army uses to clean tank treads, at the Smithsonian. c. He invented the Selfridge


Overlap, a bedrock of battlefield medicine, atWalter Reed. d. He isn’t.


8. The address of the old


Comsat laboratories building in Clarksburg is 22300 Comsat Dr.What is the address’s signif- icance? a. 22300 is the Zip code there b. Feb. 23, 1900 (2-23-00) is the


birthday of space pioneer Robert Goddard. c. Satellite transponders oscil-


late at 22300 kilohertz. d. Geosynchronous satellites


orbit the Earth at an altitude of 22300miles.


9. Match the cultural institu-


tion with the source of its benefactor’s fortune: i. Hirshhorn Museum and


Sculpture Garden ii. Freer Gallery of Art iii.Wolf Trap iv. Sackler Gallery of Art v. Corcoran Gallery of Art a. banking b. Valium c. railroad cars d. uranium e. discount clothing stores


10. Which street is the lon-


gest inWashington and the only one to run through three quad- rants? a. Pennsylvania Avenue


LOCAL DIGEST remainelusive. —KevinSieff FAIRFAX


Embers in container said to be cause of fire Smoldering fireplacedebris ina


plastic container ignited a blaze Saturday morning that destroyed much of a Fairfax County house,


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authorities said. Four people in the one-story


house at 11506 Chapel Rd. in the Fairfax Station area escaped un- harmed, said Dan Schmidt, a spokesman for the Fairfax County Fire andRescueDepartment. The fire began in the garage


about9:50a.m.Schmidt saidmore than half the house burned orwas damagedby smoke andwater. —NickAnderson


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This structure at Seventh and Indiana inNorthwest is more than a fountain—it’s an appeal for something. But what? See question # 5.


b.Massachusetts Avenue c. Georgia Avenue d. Foxhall Road


11.Put these events in chron-


ological order: a. First traffic light installed in


Washington b. First District firefighter


killed in the line of duty c. First heart transplant in the Washington area


d. First escalators installed in


aWashington building e. First African American


played for the Redskins f. First theater opened in


Washington 12. In 1878, 120 immigrants


fromGermanywere installed in


EZ SU Think you know Washington? Prove it — with Answer Man’s trivia quiz.


their new homes at the base of the Washington Monument in the hopes that they would breed. They were not human. What were they? a. Lipizzaner stallions b. carp c. rock ptarmigans d. Nosferatu


13. Who or what was “Old


Sparky”? a. Pepco’s first power-generat-


ing plant b.Washington Senators’ clean-


up batter Lance “Sparky” Plugg c. The D.C. Department of


Corrections electric chair d. The Smithsonian’s Van de Graaff generator


Want some extra credit? Which of these Post journalists


has raised money for Children’s Hospital? a. Bill Gold b. Bob Levey c.


John Kelly d. all of the above The answer is “d,” of course.


We have two weeks left in our annual fundraising campaign and stand at around $160,000, almost halfway to our $400,000 goal. The tax year ends thisweek, so please act now. Send a check ormoney order (payable to “Chil- dren’s Hospital”) to Washington Post Campaign, P.O. Box 17390, Baltimore, Md. 21297-1390. To donate online with a credit card, go to washingtonpost.com/chil- drenshospital; donate by phone by calling 301-565-8501.


ANSWERS: 1: c. 2: c. 3: a. 4: d. 5: b. 6: b. 7: a. 8: d. 9: i-d; ii-c; iii-e; iv-b; v- a. 10: b. 11: f (1800); b (1856); a (1925); d (1934); e (1962); c (1986). 12: b. 13: c.


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