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Do you know Richmond?

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

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1.

The Richmond Region is composed of all of the following counties EXCEPT--

a)

Chesterfield

b)

Hanover

c)

Henrico

d)

New Kent

e)

Powhatan

2.

Richmond's current population is -

a)

2 million

b)

1.5 million

c)

1.3 million

d)

2.2 million

3.

Richmond is the only American city with Class IV _______ running through the city center.

a)

cobblestone roads

b)

white water rapids

c)

railroads

d)

interstates

4.

__________________ is the oldest neighborhood in the city.

a)

Church Hill

b)

Lakeside

c)

the Museum District

d)

Short Pump

5.

___________________ designed the state Capitol.

a)

Ben Franklin

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Patrick Henry

d)

George Washington

6.

Which is NOT a first that Richmond is known for?

a)

Home of the first African American U.S. governor.

b)

Home of the first U.S. hospital.

c)

Home of the South's first TV station.

d)

Home of the first diner in the South.

7.

_______________________ is the only street in America to be designated a National Historic Landmark.

a)

Broad Street

b)

Monument Avenue

c)

the Boulevard

d)

Park Avenue

8.

______________________ once lived in what is know Henricus Historical Park.

a)

John Smith

b)

Chief Powhatan

c)

Pocahontas

d)

Sacagawea

9.

The Byrd Theater has the nation's only functional Wurlitzer _______.

a)

organ

b)

chandelier

c)

curtains

d)

balcony

10.

The Jefferson Hotel once had a fountain full of ____________.

a)

bubbles

b)

live alligators

c)

clown fish

d)

chocolate

11.

Richmond is home to St. John's Church where ________________ gave his famous "Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech.

a)

George Washington

b)

George Mason

c)

Patrick Henry

d)

Paul Revere

12.

_________________ designed the nation's first canal system in Richmond.

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

James Madison

13.

Richmond is home to the _________________________ museum with the most memorabilia of the poet in the nation.

a)

Edgar Allen Poe

b)

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

c)

Henry David Thoreau

d)

Robert Burns

14.

Richmond is second only to ________________ in its concentration of iron works.

a)

New Orleans

b)

Boston

c)

New York City

d)

Baltimore