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Washington D.C.

Here's a huge list of acronyms. What DC-type thing of import do they stand for?

IDENTIFICATIONS

Given a person. tell me who they are. The more complete the better:

WASHINGTON, THE CITY, THE CULTURE

  1. Is this what Congress means by interstate commerce? Give subway directions to "Mall" hop from the Bethesda mall to the Crystal City mall. Include directions to the subway, lines to take, stops to get on and off, transfer points, and how to get from the subway to the Crystal City mall.

  2. According to "Washingtonian" magazine, what is the ugliest dog in Washington?

  3. Name all thirteen branches of the Smithsonian museum.

  4. Where are the steps from "The Exorcist"?

  5. In which two cities in the DC area has Tom Clancy's lack Ryan worked?

  6. Who is famous for novels like "Murder at the National Cathedral," "Murder at the White House," "Murder at the Kennedy Center," ad nausuem?

  7. What is the title of former Speaker Of the House Jim Wright's book?

  8. Who played the title role in "The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington"?

  9. Give the address of the embassy of Tonga.

  10. Which subway line is the newest, only partially constructed today?

  11. Whose most recent book is "The Way I See It"?

  12. Who will be the new director of the National Gallery of Art? What is his current job? Where did he go to college?

MEN OF WASHINGTON

"Gary, Bill & Ted's Excellent Extramarital Adventure"

  1. Where did Clarence Thomas spend his formative undergraduate years?

  2. Which paper's reporters successfully followed Gary Hart?

  3. Why is Strom Thurmond publicly known behind-his-back on Capitol Hill as "Sperm" Thurmond?

  4. Give at least three proven factual impossibilities in Gennifer "I slept with Bill Clinton and I'll tell you about it for $25,000" Flowers's story.

  5. Provide a videotape of a woman who "really" did sleep with Bill Clinton. Bonus credit for gory details, pictures of them together, and nudity.

  6. Who was the woman who accused William Kennedy Smith of rape?

  7. Who is Teddy Kennedy's new wife? How many years younger than him is she?

  8. Whose speech did Joe Biden plagiarize?

  9. Who was Clarence Tlionias's official Senate sponsor?

  10. Name 10 members of the Reagan administration who have been convicted of a crime or are currently under indictment.

  11. What is the name of the airport project on which Ross Perot has been accused of shady-dealing and self-promotion?

TED KENNEDY BEVERAGE CART

Give the ingredients for the following mixed drinks: