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1. In which region of the USA the California state located?
Answer- Pacific region
2. Which state of the USA is most populous?
Answer- The California state
3. Do you know the name of the capital of California?
Answer- Sacramento
4. Which is the most populous city in California?
Answer- Los Angeles
5. When did California become a state?
Answer- September 9, 1850
6. Do you know the highest elevation in California?
Answer- Mount Whitney
7. Which place is considered the hottest and driest place in the United States?
Answer- California
8. What are the most common nicknames in California?
Answer- The Golden State
9. What is the time zone format of California?
Answer- UTC-08-00 (PST)
10. Do you know the USPS abbreviation for California?
Answer- CA
11. Which fish is most famous in California?
Answer- Golden trout
12. California’s economy is the world’s number one sub-national economy in the world. Do you know the worth?
Answer- $3.0 Trillion
13. What was discovered in 1848 at Sutter’s Mill?
Answer- Gold
14. Yerba Buena was the original name of which California City?
Answer- San Francisco
15. In 1821 California was part of which country?
Answer- Mexico
16. After which war California became part of the USA?
Answer- After the Mexican-American war
17. The explorer of the west coast (current Mexico) Francisco de Ulloa belonged to which country?
Answer- Spain
18. Who was the first European in California?
Answer- Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
19. In which book Pattie wrote his adventures in California?
Answer- The Personal Narrative
20. Where the Monterey Bay located?
Answer- On the Coast of the United State of California
21. What is the unofficial name of Alta California?
Answer- Nueva California
22. What were the primary exports of California?
Answer- Hides and tallow
23. In what century was the romance novel that California got its name from written?
Answer- 16th Century romance novel written by a Spanish author named Garcia Ordonez de Montalvo
24. Which state is in the north of California?
Answer- Oregon
25. Which people were discriminated against in the constitution developed in 1879?
Answer- Chinese
26. Which political party gained strength in California during the Great Depression era?
Answer- The Democratic party
27. The national parks of the state are devoted to what?
Answer- For the preservation of nature and natural resources
28. How many cities are there in the state?
Answer- Fifteen
29. How many state parks are there here?
Answer- 280
30. What is the average life expectancy for CA residents?
Answer- 80.8 years
31. Can you name the 4 major US TV broadcast networks with production facilities in CA?
Answer- ABX, NBC, CBS, and Fox
32. Can you name the rival LA street gang of “Crips”?
Answer- blood
33. What animal is featured on the official flag of California?
Answer- Brown Bear
34. What kind of animal is raised more in CA than in any other state in the U.S?
Answer- Turkey
35. How much of the fresh fruit produced in the US comes from California?
Answer- Half
36. If California were a country, where would its economy rank in the world?
Answer- The 9th largest
37. California has more forestland than any other state except what state?
Answer- Alaska
38. What is the south-central desert is named?
Answer- The Mojave
39. In what year did Disneyland open in California?
Answer- 1955
40. The state flower of California is what?
Answer- The poppy
41. The largest national park outside of Alaska is in California. What is it called?
Answer- Death Valley National Park
42. What does the California State Water project do?
Answer- Diverts water from northern to southern California
43. What roams around Disneyland at night to keep rodents away?
Answer- 200 feral cats
44. In California, the two most prominent rivers are the Sacramento River and what other river?
Answer- The San Joaquin River.
45. The Golden State was the first to ban what in workplaces, bars, and restaurants in 1998.
Answer- smoking
46. In the early 1800s imperial Russia established a trading post at what location?
Answer- fort ross
47. How many counties are there in California?
Answer- 58
48. What is California’s state motto?
Answer- Eureka
49. What is the most popular food in California?
Answer- Dungeness crab, shrimp, and swordfish
50. What was the strongest factor in developing California?
Answer- The 21 missions by Serra and his successors.
51. When was the worst wildfire in California
Answer- AUGUST COMPLEX (2020)
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