NAMES: ________________________________________ PER: _________ WHITE HOUSE ONLINE TOUR SCAVENGER HUNT Use the White House website ( www.whitehouse.gov ;) to answer the following questions. You can link to all information directly from that page (most, though not all, is available under the “ the White House” tab; some searching on your part may be required!). 1. Choose two of the White House Rooms (i.e. the Blue Room; in the History section) and indicate which you chose and what they are used for: 1. 2. 2. Name one “Presidential First” from the White House History section: 3. How many rooms are in the White House? ________ How many doors? ________ How many windows? _________ How many staircases? ________ What are two recreation options? ____________________________________________ 4. Which First Lady set the goal of collecting works by the country’s finest artists? 5. Find three pieces of information about three different POTUSes POTUS 1: _____________________________ FACTS: 1. 2. 3. POTUS 2: _____________________________ FACTS: 1. 2. 3. POTUS 3: _____________________________ FACTS: 1. 2. 3. 6. Find one piece of information about two different FLOTUSes FLOTUS 1: _____________________________ FACT: FLOTUS 2: _____________________________ FACT: Use the White House Interactive Tour ((http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/interactivehttp://www.whitehouse.gov/about/interactivehttp://www.whitehouse.gov/about/interactive---- tourtour)) to answer Qs 88----11111111 7. What are two things the East Room has been used for? 8. What color are the walls in the Blue Room? __________________ 9. Which President used the Map Room as a situation (war) room? _______________ 10. Who created the China Room? Why does it have a red theme? 11. How many bees are in the White House beehive (use “Inside the White House”)? Where is it located? 12. Find two pictures of presidential pets in the Photo Galleries. Indicate their names and which Presidents owned them. 1. 2. 13. What are the criteria for selection to a White House internship? 1. 2. 3. 14. Find two executive orders issued by President Obama this year - write the date and the order. 1. 2. 15. Find two proclamations issued by President Obama this year - write the date and the order. 1. 2. 16. What was the topic of President Obama’s last weekly address? 17. What is the Resolute desk and who gave it to the U.S.? What year? 18. How can you get a tour of the White House? The Kitchen Garden? 19. What was the first year of the White House Easter Egg Roll? What was the theme of this year’s Easter Egg Roll? .