Q 01/05

After overseeing the Pentagon's construction, Leslie Groves took charge of which secret wartime program in 1942?

A) Manhattan Project

B) Operation Overlord

C) Operation Paperclip

D) Venona Project

Answer · why

A) Manhattan Project

Manhattan Project command came to him that September, and to avoid suspicion he kept supervising the building while secretly running the effort to mak...

Q 02/05

The Pentagon has Washington ZIP Codes, yet the building stands across the river from the capital in which state?

A) Maryland

B) Delaware

C) Pennsylvania

D) Virginia

Answer · why

D) Virginia

Virginia is its home, in Arlington County, yet the building has six ZIP Codes that all belong to the capital.

Q 03/05

The sand used to build the Pentagon, hundreds of thousands of tons of it, was dredged from which nearby river?

A) Anacostia

B) Potomac

C) Rappahannock

D) Shenandoah

Answer · why

B) Potomac

Potomac sand went into the building's reinforced frame, and the dredging left a lagoon beside the river entrance.

Q 04/05

What happened at the Pentagon's building site on September 11, 1941, exactly 60 years before the 2001 attack?

A) Ground was broken

B) The building was dedicated

C) The first staff moved in

D) Congress approved the funds

Answer · why

A) Ground was broken

Ground was broken on the very day the construction contracts were finalized, about three months before the attack on Pearl Harbor added urgency to the...

Q 05/05

During the Cold War, the Soviets reportedly thought which structure in the Pentagon's courtyard hid a bunker entrance?

A) A flagpole base

B) A garden fountain

C) A hot dog stand

D) A gardener's shed

Answer · why

C) A hot dog stand

A hot dog stand drew the suspicion because officers were seen going in and out at the same time each day, and the legend earned it the nickname Cafe G...