Washington DC Urban Challenge
June 12, 2004
Home Pictures
Official UC Washingon DC Website.
Pictures from the 2003 DC challenge.
Pictures from the 2003 Nationals in New Orleans.
Checkpoint Pictures.
Scroll over links for questions and answers (IE required).
Did McNally Import It? Interestingly, Checkpoint 3 shares its name with a Portuguese folk music form popular among university students there almost 100 years ago, which music featured the newly popular Portuguese guitar. Find it within a 1/2 mile east of race headquarters.
Checkpoint 3 Answer.
Fado.
Checkpoint 4 Question.
Rhyme Time! Checkpoint 4 is an establishment with a two-word name in which the second word rhymes with the first. Find it in Georgetown near Wisconsin.
Checkpoint 4 Answer.
Commander Salamander.
Checkpoint 5 Question.
It's Unique! Unscramble the letters below to form the whimsical one-word name of Checkpoint 5. Find it in Georgetown: MONROE BOGEY.
Checkpoint 5 Answer.
Booeymonger.
Checkpoint 6 Question.
Okay Bob, We're Bustin Out the Patented Wacky Equation!
Vegan Pop Singer who thinks turkeys are "beautiful birds"
PLUS
Philip K, Button, or Tracy
EQUALS
Checkpoint 6.
Vegan Pop Singer who thinks turkeys are "beautiful birds"
PLUS
Philip K, Button, or Tracy
EQUALS
Checkpoint 6.
Checkpoint 6 Answer.
Moby Dick.
Checkpoint 7 Question.
We Wonder if That's Ed... Find the statue of a man with a discus within 1/2 mile east of the PAHO.
Checkpoint 7 Answer.
Discus Statue in Kelly Park.
Checkpoint 8 Question.
Seriously, Be Respectful. Checkpoint 8 is the new WW2 memorial. Take a photo at the Pacific tower looking across to the Atlantic tower from outside the memorial. Do NOT enter the memorial. We just want to make sure everyone sees it. It's outstanding.
Checkpoint 8 Answer.
WW2.
Checkpoint 9 Question.
I Wonder if Andy's Still in There? Get your photo with an urn crafted in 1856. Find it in Enid's garden near the National Mall.
Checkpoint 9 Answer.
Jackson Urn near Smithsonian Castle.
Checkpoint 10 Question.
We've Read Them? Checkpoint 10 shares its name, but not its spelling, with what the following have in common:
Da Vinci Code
Angels and Demons
The Rule of Four.
Da Vinci Code
Angels and Demons
The Rule of Four.
Checkpoint 10 Answer.
Best Cellars in Dupont. (We missed this one).
Checkpoint 11 Question.
E Me! Add one or more E's (and only E's) to each group of consonants below to make a word. For example, BF becomes beef. Solve them all and count the E's. If the total is even, checkpoint 11 is Angry Inch. If the total is odd, checkpoint 11 is Madam's Organ.
BTL, KL, FNDR, LVN, RBL, B'S KNS,
MRGNCY, MMBR, DG, RCKLSS, FFCT, SVN,
BKPR, K, TRNCH, CRPT, NDL, JCT.
BTL, KL, FNDR, LVN, RBL, B'S KNS,
MRGNCY, MMBR, DG, RCKLSS, FFCT, SVN,
BKPR, K, TRNCH, CRPT, NDL, JCT.
Checkpoint 11 Answer.
Odd: Madam's Organ.
Checkpoint 12 Question.
Stop Whining! Checkpoint 12 shares its name with a one-word song title containing the following lyric: "...we'll dance the night away..." Find it west of the Duke Ellington bridge.
Checkpoint 12 Answer.
Sherry Wine and Spirits.
Checkpoint 1 Question.
Crafted for a Huge Hand! Find a giant fountain pen within 1/2 mile south of race headquarters. Get your photo with it because it is checkpoint 1.
Checkpoint 1 Answer.
Giant Pen.
Checkpoint 2 Question.
Best Stephen King Movie Ever! In the Shawshank Redemption, who is Red watching when he comments, "I love it when she does that shit with her hair!"
If Rita Hayworth, then Thinker on a Rock is checkpoint 2.
If Marilyn Monroe, then Moondog is checkpoint 2.
If Betty Grable, then House 1 is checkpoint 2.
If Veronica Lake, then Typewriter Eraser, Scale X is checkpoint 2.
Find them all in the sculpture garden near the National Mall.
If Rita Hayworth, then Thinker on a Rock is checkpoint 2.
If Marilyn Monroe, then Moondog is checkpoint 2.
If Betty Grable, then House 1 is checkpoint 2.
If Veronica Lake, then Typewriter Eraser, Scale X is checkpoint 2.
Find them all in the sculpture garden near the National Mall.
Checkpoint 2 Answer.
Thinker on a Rock.
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12 miles.
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