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100

Hooray for Hollywood, the "capital" of the movie industry! The first motion picture theater opened here on April 2, 1902.

What is Los Angeles?

100

The Oval Office is just one of 135 rooms in this home.

What is The White House?

100

This state is directly north of California.

What is Oregon?

100

This state has a polar climate.

What is Alaska?

100

This major city is known as the ‘Big Apple.’

What is New York City or Manhattan?

200

This "City of Brotherly Love" is the first capital of the United States.

What is Philadelphia?

200

This "lady of freedom" was a gift from France to the United States in 1886.

What is The Statue of Liberty?

200

If you drive directly east from San Diego, you will enter this state upon leaving California.

What is Arizona?

200

The year-round mild climate in this region of California allows for a large amount of food production, including grapes and almonds.

What is the Central Valley?

200

This major "City of Angels" is the second most populous city in the country and is found on the west coast.

What is Los Angeles?

300

Gold was found in the valley near this state capital in 1848.

What is Sacramento?

300

Ding! Ding! It's cracked in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

What is The Liberty Bell?

300

This is the tallest mountain in the contiguous United States, located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California.

What is Mt. Whitney?

300

After wildfires deforest hilly areas in California, heavy rains can cause these.

What are landslides (or mudslides)?

300

This city, located on a bay, famously connects to other regions of the state via the Bay Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge.

What is San Francisco?

400

This is the capital of the Lone Star state.

What is Dallas?

400

Face it! Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt and Lincoln appear on this giant rock.

What is Mount Rushmore?

400

California lies in this time zone.

What is the Pacific Time Zone?

400

Aloha! This is the archipelago state because it is made up of a chain of islands.

What is Hawaii?

400

This "city of sin" in the desert is known for its casinos and shows.

What is Las Vegas?

500

This city, the capital of the United States, is situated between Virginia and Maryland.

What is Washington, D.C.?

500

This monument at the southern tip of Point Loma commemorates the first European landing at San Diego Bay on September 28, 1542.

What is the Cabrillo National Monument?

500

The name of this body of water on the western edge of the United States means "calm" or "peaceful."

What is the Pacific Ocean?

500

This is the term for easterly winds that come from the desert over San Diego.

What are the Santa Ana winds?

500
The grape strike, started by the UFW under Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta, began in this California farming community.

What is Delano?

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