Recent Guest Quizmasters
- Hon. Ralph Northam, Governor of Virginia
- Hon. Larry Hogan, Governor of Maryland
- Sen. Charles Schumer of New York
- Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland
- Sen. Chris Von Hollen of Maryland
- Sen. Angus King of Maine
- Hon. Elaine Chao, US Secretary of Transportation
- Hon. Terry McAuliffe, former Governor Virginia
- Sam Davis, Managing Editor, Baltimore Sun
- Eugene Robinson, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, Washington Post
- Carol Loennig, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, Washington Post
- Chuck Todd, host of “Meet the Press”
- Andrea Mitchell, NBC News
- Jessica Kartalija, WJZ News Anchor
- Gordon Reid, President, Giant Food, Inc.
Fiftieth Anniversary Guest Quizmasters
- Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer
- Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
- Hon. Janet Napolitano - Sec. of Homeland Security
- Hon. Robert Gates – Secretary of Defense
- Hon. Timothy Geithner - Secretary of the Treasury
- Hon. Ken Salazar - Secretary of the Interior
- Hon. Hilda Solis - Secretary of Labor
- Hon. Gary Locke – Secretary of Commerce
- Hon. Shaun Donovan - Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- Hon. Steven Chu - Secretary of Energy
- Hon. Ray LaHood - Secretary of Transportation
- Admiral Mike Mullen – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Hon. Susan Rice - Ambassador to the United Nations
- Hon. Ben Bernanke - Chairman, Federal Reserve Board
- Sen Jim Webb - US Senator from Virginia
- Sen Carl Levin - US Senator from Michigan
- Sen. Ben Cardin - US Senator from Maryland
- Sen. Barbara Mikulski - US Senator from Maryland
- Sen. Mark Warner - US Senator from Virginia
- Astronaut Tim Creamer - recorded in space
- Katharine Weymouth - Publisher, the Washington Post
- David Rubenstein - Chairman of the Board, The Kennedy Center
- Dean Baquet - Chief of the Washington Bureau, New York Times
- Jim Riggleman - Manager, Washington Nationals
- Jorge Dezcallar de Mazarredo - Ambassador from Spain
- Claudia Fritsche - Ambassador from Liechtenstein
- Carolyn Barlow - leader of the Annapolis Midshipmen
- Jose Alvarez - CEO, Stop and Shop and Giant Food
- Douglas Shulman - Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service
- David Ferriero - Archivist of the United States, National Archives
- Lynda Carter – Actress
- Dr. Wayne Clough - Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
- Gen Jack Dailey - Director of the National Air and Space Museum
- Thomas Donahue - President, US Chamber of Commerce
- Mary Elcano - Acting President, American Red Cross
- Jose Miguel Insulza - Secretary-General, Organization of American States
- John Berry - Director of the National Zoo
- Michael Kahn - Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Theatre
- Ted Leonsis - owner of the Washington Capitols
- Dr. Donald Mote - President, University of Maryland
- Rusty Powell - Director, National Gallery of Art
- Dr. Earl Richardson – President, Morgan State University
- Cal Ripken - Hall of Fame baseball player
- Leonard Slatkin - Conductor, National Symphony
- Joseph Sweeney - President, AFL-CIO
- Joe Urschel - Director, The Newseum
- Michael Wilson - Ambassador of Canada
- Dr. Elias Zerhouni - Director of the National Institutes of Health
- Septime Webre - artistic director of the Washington Ballet
- Molly Smith - artistic director of Arena Stage
- Dr. Jim Garvin - chief scientist at NASA/Goddard
- Dr. John Mather - winner of the Nobel Phyics Prize
- Jim Vance – Anchor, NBC4 News
- Doreen Gentzler – Anchor, NBC4 News
- Chris Matthews - “The Chris Matthews Show”
- The late Tim Russert - Moderator, “Meet the Press”
- Norah O’Donnell - MSNBC
- David Gregory – Moderator, “Meet the Press”
- Brian Williams - Anchor - NBC Nightly News
- Aaron Williams - Director of the Peace Corps
- Justin Wilson - Mayor of Alexandria, VA