How well do you know your D.C. sports trivia?

19. Name the Nationals relievers who have been selected to appear (as Nationals) to the all-star game. (3 points, submitted by Clifton B)

20. Which 1962 first-round draft choice did the Redskins trade to acquire Bobby Mitchell? To which team? (2 points, submitted by corky james)

21. Name D.C.’s North American Soccer League team from 1974 through 1981. (1 point, submitted by jimward21)

22. Name D.C. United’s first three head coaches. (3 points)

23. Whom did Norv Turner replace as head coach of the Redskins? (1 point, submitted by jimward21)

24. Why are three seats painted white in RFK Stadium’s upper deck? (1 point, submitted by Fred Herrmann, Rick Tillmann)

25. What did Dallas’s Clint Murchison trade to Redskins owner George Preston Marshall in return for Marshall’s expansion vote? (1 point, submitted by Karl Eisenhower)

26. Who hit the first home run for the Nationals franchise? (1 point, submitted by Todd Boss)

27. Whose shoe did Gilbert Arenas poop in? (1 point, submitted by Dos)

28. Who wore the No. 8 jersey on the Capitals immediately before Alex Ovechkin? (1 point, submitted by Greg E)

29. If you subtract Scott Stevens’s Capitals jersey number from Dino Ciccarelli’s Capitals jersey number, you get the number worn by which current Capital? (1 point, submitted by Steven Liu)

30. Name the two Capitals head coaches to appear in the movie “Slap Shot.” (2 points, submitted by Glenn Dreyfuss)

Answer Key

1. “Goose” Goslin; 2. Livan Hernandez, Ryan Zimmerman; 3. Rod Strickland; 4. Tony Sanneh, Shawn Medved, Eddie Pope; 5. Bob Carpenter, 1984-85 53 goals.; 6. Tony Robinson; 7. Brad Wilkerson; 8. Peter Bondra, Ottawa; 9. Liberty Bell, Eagle, Stars & Stripes, Capital; 10. Capital Bullets; 11. 9-0; 12. Alvin Garrett; 13. Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, Mike Gartner and Dennis Maruk; 14. Philadelphia 76ers, 6 games (Eastern conference); Seattle Sonics (7 games); 15. 14; 16. Lions (w); Bucs (l); Bucs (w); Seahawks (l); Seahawks (l); 17. Punt returns; 18. Basketball; Red Auerbach; 19. Chad Cordero, Matt Capps and Tyler Clippard; 20. Ernie Davis. Cleveland Browns; 21. Washington Diplomats; 22. Bruce Arena, Thomas Rongen, Ray Hudson; 23. Richie Petitbon; 24. They signify the landing spot of Frank Howard home runs; 25. The rights to the song “Hail to the Redskins.”; 26. Terrmel Sledge; 27. Andray Blatche; 28. Steve Eminger; 29. Nicklas Backstrom (Ciccarelli 22 - Stevens 3 = Backstrom 19); 30. Danny Belisle, Bruce Boudreau

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