So you think you know Burke?
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So you think you know Burke?

1. Which two Burke-area lakes are currently going through dredging and/or reconstruction?

2. What is the name of the recently released book on the history of the Braddock district?

3. What was recently discovered by the Virginia Department of Transportation at the intersection of Guinea Road and Little River Turnpike?

4. Burke Lake Park sits on a plot of land that was once purchased by the federal government for what major construction project?

5. The Silas Burke House is also known as what?

6. Supervisor Sharon Bulova (D-Braddock) does a lot of this in her spare time.

7. Burke residents attend which high school(s)?

8. The original Burke Elementary School opened in 1912 as a two-room schoolhouse on Old Burke Lake Road. Now the building serves as what?

9. Of the largest public school systems in the country, how does Fairfax County rank?

10. A task force is currently deciding on what items to place into a time capsule to be planted where?

11. How many residents live in Burke Centre?

12. This building is home to what county government office?

13. This is a view of a construction/renovation project going on where?

14. What is the land area of Burke?

15. What is the average yearly precipitation in Burke?

16. What is the average median income in Burke?

17. From what major ancestry-group do most people in Burke come from?

18. What percentage of people living in Burke were born outside of Virginia?

19. What is the average travel time to get to work in Burke?

20. When was Burke voted one of cnnmoney.com's best places to retire?

21. How many Zip codes does Burke have?

22. What percentage of adults in Burke are married?

23. What is the average family size in Burke?

24. Who is Burke named after?

25. What is the median age of a resident of Burke?

26. At what latitude and longitude is Burke located?

27. What is the nearest city to Burke with a population of over 1 million?

28. Which Confederate general led his troops in a raid of the railway station?

29. What are the five neighborhoods within Burke Centre?

30. Which church is a major sponsor of this year’s Burke Centre Fall Festival?

31. On Dec. 28, 1862, Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart sent a telegram to Union Quartermaster General Montgomery C. Meigs from Burke Station. What was the subject of the telegram?

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