California
California is the birthplace of the internet. In 1969, the first message sent through the internet was from a UCLA site and read "Lo" but the sender meant to say what before the system crashed?
A) LOL
B) Login
C) Low Battery
D) Lo (there was no mistake, these people were actually smart)
B) Login
What type of fruit trees grew on the land that Disneyland was built on?
A) Orange Trees
B) Plum Trees
C) Fig Trees
D) Avocado Trees
A) Orange Trees
A) 10%
B) 20%
C) 50%
D) 100%
B) 20%
According to the American Psychological Association, the three main goals of parenting does NOT include
A) ensuring children’s mental and physical health
B) preparing children for adulthood
C) preventing negative habits
D) transmitting cultural values
C) preventing negative habits
The Sun and the moon often appear the same size in the sky even though the moon is 400 times smaller because
A) the moon is 400 times closer to the Earth
B) the sun shrinks during the winter (hence the cold)
C) the dense atmosphere prevents the outer rim of the sun, where the light is less bright, from being visible from Earth
D) it is impossible to know because astronomy is hard
A) the moon is 400 times closer to the Earth
The tallest tree in the world is 275 feet tall and lives in this national park.
A) Yosemite National Park
B) Joshua Tree National Park
C) Redwood National Park
D) Sequoia National Park
D) Sequoia National Park
When Walt Disney purchased the land that Disneyland would be built upon, how large was it?
A) 130 acres
B) 140 acres
C) 150 acres
D) 160 acres
D) 160 acres
The founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, Bill W, demanded what during his final days.
A) Peace
B) Morphine
C) Alcohol
D) His Children
C) Alcohol
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children should watch no more than __ hours of TV per day after two years of age, and none before that age.
A) 5 hours
B) 4 hours
C) 3 hours
D) 2 hours
D) 2 hours
Every year, the moon moves 3.8cm
A) away from the earth
B) towards the earth
C) towards the sun
D) around itself (like it rotates 3.8cm around its axis)
A) away from the earth
California is the most populous state of the US with almost 40 million residents. This means that one in every __ people in the US live in California.
A) 8
B) 9
C) 10
D) 11
A) 8
What day of the week did Disneyland open on?
A) Monday
B) Wednesday
C) Friday
D) Sunday
D) Sunday
What fun drink originally contained alcohol?
A) Milkshakes
B) Pepsi
C) Fruit Punch
D) Orange Juice
A) Milkshakes
Around how many American parents admit at least one instance of using strict verbal discipline with their children, such as calling names or swearing at them
A) 100%
B) 90%
C) 50%
D) 15%
B) 90%
In 2008, we discovered what on the moon
A) the largest crater on the moon's surface
B) water
C) life
D) evidence of moonquakes (like earthquakes, but on the moon)
B) water
California was named after Queen Califia who was
A) A real person
B) A fictional Native American queen
C) A character in a book
D) The first woman of royalty to visit the future state
C) A character in a book
Sound engineers recorded Big Thunder Mountain Railroad to use in the mine-car chase in which movie
A) The Fox and The Hound
B) Dumbo
C) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
D) The Great Locomotive Chase
C) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Women absorb more alcohol and metabolize it more slowly then men because
A) Women are more depressed which slows down their metabolism
B) Women has a lower muscle to fat ratio
C) Women have weird hormones
D) Women are simply better at getting drunk
C) Women have weird hormones
Despite the saying "there is no book on how to parent", millennial moms spend how much money on parenting books annually.
A) $230 million
B) $100 million
C) $50 million
D) $1 million
A) $230 million
There are only __ moons in our solar system that are bigger then our moon
A) 4
B) 5
C) 6
D) 7
A) 4
Every year, this city holds an Avocado Festival to celebrate California being the avocado capital of the world.
A) Fallbrook
B) San Fransisco
C) Sacramento
D) Chico
A) Fallbrook
When Autopia opened in 1955, it did not have the center rail to guide cars. Frequent collisions by tiny uninsured drivers forced designers to install the rail in what year
A) 1956
B) 1960
C) 1965
D) 1970
C) 1965
A 12 oz beer has the same amount of alcohol as
A) 1 ton of olive oil
B) 5 oz Wine
C) 4 oz Malt Liquor
D) 2 shots
B) 5 oz Wine
A 2012 study of 181 mothers found that mothers who most strongly viewed children as sacred
A) had more children
B) were more likely to be depressed
C) died earlier
D) raised children who preformed higher academically
B) were more likely to be depressed
The moon's distance from the earth is about
A) 220,000 miles
B) 230,000 miles
C) 240,000 miles
D) 250,000 miles
C) 240,000 miles