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10 Cards in this Set
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What was the original size of the District before the VA retrocession? What size is it now?
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100 square miles originally. Now 68 square miles (61 square miles land, 7 water).
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What is the meaning of the District's motto "Justitia Omnibus"?
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"Justice for all"
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In 1967 who became the first home-rule mayor of DC and the first black mayor of a major US city?
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Walter Washington
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Which President did DC police officer William West cite for speeding in his buggy?
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Ulysses S. Grant
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What tragic event involved DC policewoman Gail A. Cobb in September 1974?
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She was the first female police officer in the US to die in the line of duty
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Margaret Gorman of Washington DC was the first woman to win which contest?
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The Miss America pageant (then called the Atlantic City Pageant, Inter-City)
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If the District were to achieve statehood, what name has been suggested for the new state?
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New Columbia
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The per capita income of Washington DC comes second to which state?
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None. Counting DC as a state, it has the highest per capita income of any state at $66,000 a year; Connecticut has the highest of any actual state at $54,000. Answer current as of 2009. [Changed answer from packet. Orig. answer Alaska, which appears to never have been the case. Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Commerce Dept., going back to 1995.]
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Which late Motown superstar was born in Washington DC on April 2, 1939?
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Marvin Gaye, at Freedmen's Hospital
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What hotel chain got its start in Washington DC?
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Marriott International; J. Willard Marriott started the company as a root beer stand in 1927, at 3128 14th St. NW
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