History Trivia Quiz

On his 1st  Chesapeake voyage: Jun 2 – Jul 21, 1608, Capt. John Smith led 14 men in search of a route to the Pacific. They headed north from Jamestown probing rivers inland including the Potomac. Some Native Americans were friendly and gave him food, others were not, and he departed quickly.

The 1896 shootout was at  Nelson’s Saloon in Jackson City which was at the Virginia end of the Long Bridge.  The shoot out is the subject of a new book “Shoot Out at Jackson City”

The telephone was installed in 1894.  It was only connected to Saegmuller’s nearby Easter Spring Farm.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program called ARPANET was the forerunner to what is today the Internet.

Marymount was the first Catholic college to be established in Virginia. It was founded by nuns in 1950 as a two-year women’s college.

In 1922, in Bennett vs. Garrett the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals denied Clarendon’s request to become its own town.  It held that getting a town charter depends on the best interest of the entire county. 

The hill straddles the Arlington-Fairfax County border to its northeast but its summit—459 feet above sea level—lies in Arlington.  It is named for George Minor who lived there and fought in the Revolutionary War.

The Bottom existed from 1850-1950 but residents were forced out by institutional racism and federal highway construction.

The original permitted site for the Headquarters was in the Ballston Area at 928 North Randolph Street.