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The backstories revealed: Answer Man dishes the history in his Washington trivia test


column Sunday. Fiendishly diffi- cult and fiendishly trivial.Here are the answers—and some background on the questions. For links to sources, visitmy col- umn online: www.washington- post.com/johnkelly. 1.Washington’s Starland Vo-


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cal Band took the title for its 1976 hit song “Afternoon De- light” fromwhat? Fromthe lunch special at


Clyde’s restaurant in George- town. The song, written by Bill Danoff, wasn’t about stuffing your face, though. 2. In the early 1970s, stories


circulated of a crazed, hatchet- wieldingman attackingmotor- ists and others in rapidly devel- oping Fairfax County.What was theman supposedly wearing? In October 1970, aman in a


bunny suit hurled a hatchet through the window of an occu- pied car parked on Guinea Road. It was the first of several evil rabbit sightings. The best ac- count of the BunnyMan tale is by Fairfax librarian Brian A. Conley. 3. The first northern snake-


heads in our area were discov- ered in a Crofton pond in 2002. How did the fish get there? They were ordered in 2000


froma New York fishmarket for use in a type of soup prized by Hong Kong residents for its cu- rative powers. Since the two-year statute of limitations had ex- pired, the Crofton resident who released the snakeheads in the pond was never charged. 4. Edith Galt, whomarried


WoodrowWilson in 1915, was known as the first woman in Washington to do what? The widow of a prominent


Washington jeweler, she was known for driving her electric car aroundWashington—quite madly, it has been said.


nswerMan posed 13 fiend- ishly difficult questions aboutWashington in his


JOHN KELLY’S WASHINGTON 6. Long before Borfmade


headlines with his graffiti, an- other graffiti artist sprayed his name aroundWashington. Whose tag was ubiquitous on D.C. bridges and walls in the 1980s? His real name, according to a


1991 profile by The Post’s Paul Hendrickson, is Danny Hogg, but you knew himas Cool “Dis- co” Dan.He has his ownWeb site these days: cooldisco- dan.net. 7.Why is Lt. Thomas Etholen


Selfridge remembered today? On Sept. 17, 1908, Selfridge


died at FortMyer, the first per- son to be killed in the crash of a powered aircraft. Theman at the controls of the plane? Orville Wright. Selfridge is buried at Ar- lington National Cemetery. 8.The address of the old


Comsat laboratories building in Clarksburg is 22300 Comsat Dr.What is the address’s sig- nificance? Geosynchronous satellites or-


bit the Earth at an altitude of 22,300miles. This is an in-joke among space nerds. 9.Match the cultural institu-


tion with the source of its benefactor’s fortune. Joseph Hirshhornmademil-


lions of dollars controlling ura- niummines in Canada. Charles Lang Freer’s fortune came frombuilding railroad cars.Wolf Trap’s Catherine Filene Shouse comes fromthe same family that brought us Filene’s Basement. ArthurM. Sackler was a research psychia- trist who gained the right to im- port Valium.WilliamWilson Corcoran was in the banking business. 10.Which street is the lon-


gest inWashington and the only one to run through three quadrants? It’sMassachusetts Avenue.


Just don’t look for it in South- west. 11. Put these events in


chronological order: First theater opened inWash-


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The Temperance Fountain, at Seventh Street and Indiana AvenueNW, failed to live up to its intentions.


5. The above fountain, at


Seventh and Indiana NW, was erected to encourage passers- by to do what? Henry Cogswell was a San


Francisco dentistmade rich through real estate who be- queathed drinking fountains to cities across the country. A tem- perance activist, he thought free water would keep folks away frombooze. It didn’t.


ington: 1800 (in Blodgett’sHo- tel). District fireman killed in the line of duty: 1856. (Benjamin Greenup was thrown fromhis engine en route to a fire.) Traffic light installed inWashington: 1925 (at 18th and NewHamp- shire NW.) Escalators installed in aWashington building: 1934 (at theHecht Co. store at Sev- enth and F NW.) African Ameri- can played for the Redskins: 1962 (Hall of Famer Bobby Mitchell.) First heart transplant in theWashington area: 1986. (Eva Baisey, 20, received a new heart at FairfaxHospital.) 12. In 1878, 120 immigrants


fromGermany were installed in their new homes at the base of theWashingtonMonument in the hopes that they would breed. They were not human.


What were they? They were carp, under the su-


pervision of “eminent German fish-culturist” Dr. Rudolph Hes- sel. 13.Who or what was “Old


Sparky”? I guessmost electric chairs


have that nickname. The D.C. Department of Corrections’ chair certainly did. It was last used in 1957.


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office, he and lawmakers used multiple tax hikes, including an increase in the state sales tax, to close a larger shortfall. But in the aftermath of last month’s elec- tions, there appears to be little political will among legislative leaders to repeat that strategy, even in left-leaningMaryland. Still, several measures de-


signed to raise additional revenue remain under active consider- ation. O’Malley’s budget advisers, for


example, have recommended in- creasing an “assessment” that Maryland’s hospitals pay to help support Medicaid, the state’s in- surance program for the poor, according to a memo obtained by TheWashington Post. Under two options listed in


thatmemo,that could raise either $121 million or $254 million next year.


Representatives of the state’s hospitals are cautioning against leaning too heavily on a sector that employs 93,000 people. “When big employers get squeezed and have to let people go, that doesn’t help health care, but it also doesn’t help the state’s economy,” said Jim Reiter, senior vice president for communica- tions at the Maryland Hospital Association. “This is something that needs to be very carefully thought out.”


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ForO’Malley, the more difficult decisions may center on school funding. During his campaign,O’Malley


constantly touted the No. 1 rank- ing the state’s schools have re- ceived for twoyears in a row from Education Week magazine. The assessment is based on several factors, including student perfor- mance and education policies. He and legislators have attrib-


uted such accolades in large part to a major infusion of state funds mandated by the passage of Maryland’s landmark Thornton education lawin 2002. In recent weeks, O’Malley’s


budget secretary, T. Eloise Foster, has recommended a 5 percent cut in that aid. In a recent letter to Prince George’s County school of- ficials, she described the cut as “unthinkable only a few years ago.”


Aides said O’Malley has made


no final decisions about school funding, but he talked openly about the prospect in a recent meeting with Democratic sena- tors. “He told us he’s going to cut


education, and he’s going to cut education significantly,” said Sen- ate President Thomas V. “Mike”


Miller Jr. (D-Calvert).“Hewasnot in a happy mood. . . . For a pro-ed- ucation, progressive governor, that’s very painful for him.” Anyeducation cutswouldpres-


ent O’Malley with significant po- litical challenges—someofwhich have started to play out already. Foster, the budget secretary,


recently rebuked Prince George’s School Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. for a proposal that called for $139 million more in state education aid than was bud- geted this year. “Your proposal . . . suggests


that you believe that the gover- nor’s winning reelection is the equivalent towinningthe lottery,” she wrote to Hite, adding that “like themomsand dads who live in Maryland, government must learn to live within constrained budgets.” Del. Dereck E. Davis (D-Prince


George’s) said the letter offended many in his county, noting that O’Malley campaigned heavily there and won an overwhelming percentage of the vote. “I thought the governor, who


practically took up residence in Prince George’s County, would have rebuked her,” Davis said. “I guess his silence is tacit approv- al.”


O’Malley also is weighing a


recommendation from Foster that the state shift 40 percent of Maryland’s teacher-retirement costs to county governments — a move that could save the state $342 million a year but exacer-


Under the first scenario,Mont-


gomery would pick up $69 mil- lion in teacher retirement costs now paid by the state. Under the “wealth-adjusted” formula, that figure rises to about $96 million. “There’s no way Montgomery


County can absorb that,” Mont- gomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) said. He said that Montgomery already is facing a budget shortfall of about $300 million next year and that adding nearly $100 million more would be “devastating.” A lengthy list of smaller cuts


under consideration is likely to bring equally vocal opposition from those affected.O’Malley and his aides have made clear that no area of government will be spared, including those he has made a priority, such as public safety and the environment. A memo obtained by The Post


detailing possible health cuts in- cludes a 5 percent reduction in the rates that the state pays to mental health providers who serve the poor in community set- tings. “I know the governor is in a


bind, but that would do real dam- age to people who are desperate for help,” saidLori Doyle, director of public policy for the Communi- ty Behavioral Health Association ofMaryland. Part of the rationale, according


to the memo, is that those provid- ers are among the few paid by Medicaid who haven’t seen their rates reduced in recent rounds of


“Once the legislature gets this budget, the immediate reaction will be, ‘Surely there is another way.’ ”


—Gov. Martin O’Malley, on the scaled-down fiscal 2012 budget he will present to state lawmakers next month


bate local fiscal woes. O’Malley said last week that he


would like to forgo the recom- mendation but said it remains among the options being consid- ered. “Idon’t believe the counties are


in any better position than we are to pick up the costs,” O’Malley said. “But I haven’t figured out yet how we close a $1.2 billion gap. We’re still wrestling with that mathematical challenge.”


‘Year of reckoning’ Another document prepared


by his budget advisers presents two options for shifting 40 per- cent of the teacher retirement costs to counties. The first option is to have all counties pick up 40 percent of their costs, which the state cur- rently pays. The second option is for wealthy counties to pay more — a plan that is drawing strenu- ousoppositionfromMontgomery County in particular.


budget cutting. The rates paid to most doctors, dentists and others would remain frozen next year. The memo also recommends


that O’Malley not provide fund- ing for certain inflationary in- creases being experienced by community-based providers of services to the developmentally disabled and mentally ill. In recognition of their histori-


cally low pay, legislation was passed last session spelling out the level of increases those pro- viders should get—but it gave the governor an out during tough fiscal times. Sen. Thomas M.Middleton (D-


Charles), who sponsored the bill, said he is sympathetic to O’Mal- ley’s challenges. “I keep telling people this is the


year of reckoning,” Middleton said. “We don’t have any pockets of loose change anywhere. . . . I’m glad I’mnot the governor.” wagnerj@washpost.com


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