In an effort to make sure that all attendees have a chance to become the KING/QUEEN of the featured state, we have decided to give all former Kings and Queens a deficit of “-200” points for each time they have previously won 1st place.
This should give those who haven’t won before a better chance
Provide some additional challenge to those who have won before
Here are our previous winners and their current deficits.
Meeting Details
Date: Saturday, November 21, 2020 URL: The meet-up URLs will only be provided from the #Statechallellenge Google Group.
Articles will be added here as they are posted through Friday before the meet-up. There are a lot of good questions hidden in these posts! Time to study up!
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Some Fun Facts
Let’s try something NEW! Do you want your contributions in the meet-up trivia quiz? Do you know a fun fact or a piece of information you would like to share about Washington DC? Fill out this form and we’ll pull them all together for a final article or integrate into the Study Guide.
So much cool information…
Hundreds of millions of years ago, an ocean covered Washington, DC. Fossils of ancient trilobites can still be found in the area.
In 1912, the mayor of Tokyo gifted Japanese cherry trees to the city of Washington, DC, as a gesture of friendship. Today, over 1.5 million people attend the National Cherry Blossom Festival each year.
In the spring of 1999, officials investigated reports that vandals had cut down four cherry trees and five white cedars in Washington, DC. The “vandals” turned out to be a pair of beavers.
Washington, DC, is home to two endangered species, the dwarf wedgemussel, and Hay’s Spring amphipod.
In 10,000 BCE, the first humans arrived in the area now known as Washington, DC.
In 1608, John Smith, the leader of Jamestown, sailed up the Potomac River to what is now Washington, DC, and first encountered the Piscataway people. By the 1700s, most of the Piscataways were driven off their land, either by disease or by force.
The Washington Monument is two different colors. Funding dried up halfway through the project, and when construction resumed, builders used different-colored stones from a quarry.
The DC Metro is the second busiest subway system in the United States.
There is an empty crypt underneath the Capitol building. George Washington was supposed to be buried there. He is actually buried in his family vault at Mount Vernon.
An Irish architect named James Hoban designed the White House.
There are around 1,000-1,2000 items lost on the Metro every month.
There is a system of private subways that connect the Capitol buildings and the House and Senate office buildings.
The Library of Congress is the biggest library in the world.
What?
ALL Local Guides around the world are welcome to participate in the #StateChallenge!!
Everyone is invited to participate, whether they have visited the state themselves, or are daydreaming about what the featured have to offer.
If you write an article, make sure to link to it in the comments of this post AND put #StateChallenge in the title!
Submit your article by NOON Pacific Standard Time the day before the meet-up.
500 words or less is best
Link your article in the comments so we can add it to the #StudyGuide
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I’m really hoping to be there tomorrow! I was in Washington DC in 1984, but haven’t been since. I’m sure much is the same, but there are many changes as well. Maybe I’ll be able to re-visit one day, after I learn more about it tomorrow!
May I gently point out that Washington, D.C. is not a State. It is a federal district under the authority of the U.S. Congress. At this time fifty states compose the United States. The last two states to join the Union were Alaska (49th) and Hawaii (50th).
@Cercis You are so very correct! …but in the #StateChallenge we are including DC and all of the territories as well. I figured we may as well understand what the differences are during the meet-ups. We’d love for you to join us! Today is South Dakota
Let’s try something NEW! 
