WorksheetsDo you know Richmond?
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
The Richmond Region is composed of all of the following counties EXCEPT--
Chesterfield
Hanover
Henrico
New Kent
Powhatan
Richmond's current population is -
2 million
1.5 million
1.3 million
2.2 million
Richmond is the only American city with Class IV _______ running through the city center.
cobblestone roads
white water rapids
railroads
interstates
__________________ is the oldest neighborhood in the city.
Church Hill
Lakeside
the Museum District
Short Pump
___________________ designed the state Capitol.
Ben Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry
George Washington
Which is NOT a first that Richmond is known for?
Home of the first African American U.S. governor.
Home of the first U.S. hospital.
Home of the South's first TV station.
Home of the first diner in the South.
_______________________ is the only street in America to be designated a National Historic Landmark.
Broad Street
Monument Avenue
the Boulevard
Park Avenue
______________________ once lived in what is know Henricus Historical Park.
John Smith
Chief Powhatan
Pocahontas
Sacagawea
The Byrd Theater has the nation's only functional Wurlitzer _______.
organ
chandelier
curtains
balcony
The Jefferson Hotel once had a fountain full of ____________.
bubbles
live alligators
clown fish
chocolate
Richmond is home to St. John's Church where ________________ gave his famous "Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech.
George Washington
George Mason
Patrick Henry
Paul Revere
_________________ designed the nation's first canal system in Richmond.
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
James Madison
Richmond is home to the _________________________ museum with the most memorabilia of the poet in the nation.
Edgar Allen Poe
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry David Thoreau
Robert Burns
Richmond is second only to ________________ in its concentration of iron works.
New Orleans
Boston
New York City
Baltimore
