Our Guest Quizmasters

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