Los Angeles History
Before becoming part of the United States, Los Angeles changed national control in 1821 when California became part of this newly independent country.
What is Mexico?
In Gen Z slang, this word means someone has exceptional style, especially when putting together an outfit.
What is “drip”?
This river is commonly considered the dividing line between the eastern and western United States.
What is the Mississippi River?
In what English city were the Beatles formed?
What is Liverpool
This killer escaped from custody twice and was executed in Florida in 1989.
Who was Ted Bundy?
This 1943 series of confrontations involved U.S. servicemen attacking Mexican American youths recognizable by their distinctive clothing.
What were the Zoot Suit Riots?
This photo-sharing app became popular for encouraging users to post one unfiltered photo at a randomly selected time each day.
What is BeReal?
This river carved the Grand Canyon and provides water to several southwestern states.
What is the Colorado River?
This Seattle band helped bring grunge into the musical mainstream.
What is Nirvana?
This Milwaukee murderer was convicted of killing 15 people after human remains were discovered in his apartment in 1991.
Who was Jeffrey Dahmer?
This African American neighborhood became known as the “Harlem of the West” because of its thriving jazz scene along Central Avenue.
What is South Central Los Angeles?
This slang phrase is used to accuse someone of lying or exaggerating.
What is “cap”?
This Great Lake is the only one located entirely within the United States.
What is Lake Michigan?
This composer continued writing music after experiencing severe hearing loss and composed nine numbered symphonies.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
This FBI database allows law-enforcement agencies to compare violent crimes that may have been committed by the same offender.
What is ViCAP?
This 1920s downtown hotel became famous for hosting the first Academy Awards ceremony.
What is the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel?
Popularized online, this phrase refers to imagining yourself as the central figure in your own cinematic story.
What is “main character energy”?
This river forms part of the border between Texas and Mexico before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico.
What is the Rio Grande?
In musical notation, this Italian term instructs performers to gradually become louder.
What is crescendo?
Known as the “Killer Clown,” this Illinois contractor performed at community events under the name Pogo.
Who was John Wayne Gacy?
What street is often described as the birthplace of the city.
What is Olvera Street? (Also accept El Pueblo de Los Ángeles Historical Monument)
This slang word, derived from “charisma,” describes someone’s ability to attract or charm a romantic interest.
What is “rizz”?
Completed in 1825, this canal connected the Hudson River with Lake Erie and helped make New York City a commercial center.
What is the Erie Canal?
This record label, founded by Berry Gordy, helped launch artists including the Supremes, the Temptations, and Stevie Wonder.
What is Motown?
This type of profiling examines where crimes occur to estimate where an offender may live or work.
What is geographic profiling?