San Jose
Engineering
Geography
California
Riddles
100

What year was the City of San Jose founded? 

1777

100

This concrete arch-gravity dam is in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River at the boundaries of Arizona and Nevada 

 Hoover Dam

100

What are the Earth's five Oceans? 

What is the ;Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Artic, and Antarctic Ocean? 

100

PCH is also known as what highway

California State Route 1 

100

The more you have of it, the less you see

Darkness

200

Name two museums located next to the Plaza De Cesar Chavez  

San Jose Museum of Art, The Tech Museum

200

A pull force that acts to lengthen an object 

Tension

200

After Alaska, Which US state has the longest coastline? 

Florida

200

What is the most active fault line in California 

San Andreas Fault Line

200

Those who have it least don't know that they have it. Those who have it most wish they had less of it, but not too little or none at all. what is it?

Age

300

What road do you need to take to get to the Lick Observatory

Mt Hamilton Rd

300

A force divided by the area on which the force is acting 

Pressure

300

Where is the area commonly known as the Bermuda Triangle?

North Atlantic Ocean, between Florida and Puerto Rico 

300

What is the  2nd Largest Populated city in California 

San Diego:1.41 million

300

Only one Color, but not one size, stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies. Present in Sun, but not in rain

Shadow

400

what expressway passed through Santa Clara, San Jose, and Campbell

San Tomas Expressway

400

Equation for Newtons Second Law 

F=m*a

400

Name three U.S. states that have a coastline on the Gulf of Mexico?

Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, & Florida

400

California has how many male professional teams 

18

Football: Chargers, Rams, 49ers

Soccer:  Galaxy, Los Angeles FC, Earthquakes

Baseball: Angels, Dodgers, A's, Padres, Giants

Basketball: Warriors, Clippers, Lakers, Kings

Hockey: Ducks, Kings, Sharks

400

What is always in front of you but can't be seen?

The future

500

This year, Christmas in the Park Drive Thru will be held at what SJ park? 

Lake Cunningham Park 

500

System that controls water levels by removing or relocating water elsewhere 

Drainage

500

What is the name of the highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world?

Angel Falls

(Venezuela) 

500

What  Town is considered California's geographical center

North Fork 

500

A family lives in a large tower apartment building, 10 floors high. Every day their son takes the elevator from the family’s apartment on the 10th floor to the ground floor and goes to school. When he returns in the afternoon, he uses the elevator to get to the fifth floor, and then uses the stairs for the remaining five floors. Why?

Because he cant reach the buttons higher than 5

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