ELECTRONICS
By 2025, this reversible connector has finally become the universal standard for everything, including your iPhone, laptop, and Nintendo Switch.
What is USB-C?
This 1958 rock and roll hit by Ritchie Valens is based on a traditional Veracruz folk song and is arguably the most famous song in history sung entirely in Spanish.
What is "La Bamba"?
Visible from the 5 Freeway, this massive black box is famous for its hands-on science exhibits and the Bubble Festival.
What is the Discovery Cube?
This Kyoto-based company started by making playing cards in 1889, but you know them for Mario, Zelda, and the Switch.
What is Nintendo?
If you don't want a tortilla, you order this item, which is just all the ingredients dumped into a cardboard container (and you get to shake it to mix it).
What is a Burrito Bowl?
If you want your PC games to look realistic with "Ray Tracing," you need to upgrade this specific component, likely buying one made by NVIDIA.
What is a GPU (or Graphics Card)?
Often sung at soccer games or parties, the chorus of this song is simply "Ay, ay, ay, ay, canta y no llores" (sing and don't cry).
What is "Cielito Lindo"?
Located at Prentice Park, this place is unique because, by its charter, it is required to house at least 50 monkeys at all times.
What is the Santa Ana Zoo?
If you see a car in the school parking lot that isn't a Tesla, it's probably a Civic or Accord made by this company.
What is Honda?
The employees are trained to ask you if you know that this green topping "costs extra" before they put it on your food.
What is Guacamole?
This type of display technology, found on high-end phones and TVs, uses organic compounds to light up each pixel individually, allowing for "true blacks."
What is OLED?
If this song by Los Tucanes de Tijuana starts playing at a Quinceañera or a backyard boogie, everyone immediately runs to the dance floor to do the signature jump-step.
What is "La Chona"?
Known locally as "Calle Cuatro," this historic downtown street is the heart of Santa Ana's culture, featuring the Frida Cinema and the annual Noche de Altares.
What is 4th Street?
This conglomerate is responsible for the PlayStation, but they also make cameras, noise-canceling headphones, and movies like Spider-Verse.
What is Sony?
This shredded beef protein is slow-cooked with seasonings like garlic and cumin; it is generally juicier and spicier than the steak.
What is Barbacoa?
This component acts as the "short-term memory" of your computer; if you have 30 Chrome tabs open and your computer freezes, you probably need more of this.
What is RAM (Random Access Memory)?
This ballad by Juan Gabriel is the ultimate tear-jerker; it is almost exclusively played at funerals or on Mother's Day to honor those who have passed away.
What is "Amor Eterno"?
Students from all over SoCal know this private Catholic high school in Santa Ana for its legendary football program, which is consistently one of the best in the nation.
What is Mater Dei?
This unique company is famous for being a world leader in two completely unrelated industries: motorcycles and grand pianos.
What is Yamaha?
To feel like a pro, you have to ask for this "secret" honey-chipotle condiment on the side and mix it with sour cream to make a dipping sauce.
What is the Vinaigrette (or Dressing)?
This tiny electronic component, which acts as a switch or amplifier, is the fundamental building block of all modern chips; a single processor contains billions of them.
What is a Transistor?
This ranchera classic by Vicente Fernández declares that even without money, he is still "The King" and his word is the law.
What is "El Rey"?
This world-class museum on Main Street, voted one of the best in Orange County, has hosted exhibits ranging from Terra Cotta Warriors to Disney archives.
What is the Bowers Museum?
This retail giant is famous for its "LifeWear," offering high-quality basics, puffy down jackets, and those viral crescent shoulder bags.
What is Uniqlo?
This secret menu item (which costs extra) involves wrapping a burrito in a second tortilla that has melted cheese between the layers, like a quesadilla.
What is a Quesarito?