Saturday, September 26, 2009

Saturday Trivia

The answer to yesterday's question is:
Monaco is the name not only of the principality itself, but also its only, and hence capital, city.

Today's question, the last in Capitals Week, is:
Which US state(s) ceded land for the federal district, now known as the District of Columbia?

3 comments:

  1. I would assume Maryland . . .

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  2. PeggyU1:04 PM

    Maryland?

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  3. Virginia and Maryland, of course. The land given up included what is now Arlington County, Virginia, and parts of what is now Alexandria, Va.

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