What is the state
State Facts
Golden Gate Bridge
Silicon Valley
Misc
100

Animal ?

Grizzly bear

100

California is home to the worlds largest tree - what is the name of this tree ?

General Sherman

100

What type of bridge is the Golden Gate Bridge?

Suspension

100

Which company was first to setup shop in Silicon Valley

(HP)

100

These cookies were invented in San Francisco - fortunately?

 (Fortune cookies)

200

Flower ?

Poppy

200

Highest temperature recorded in California history ?

134 deg F in Death Valley back in 1913

200

Opening Day

May 27,1937

200

What date did SpaceX dock with ISS for the first time

(May 31,2020)

200

What is the Standford University campus size  in acres ?

(8,180 acres)

300

Bird ?

California Quail

300

California was admitted as the 31st US state on what date?

Sept 9, 1850

300

What was the total cost of construction ?

($35 milion)

300

Who is the wealthiest person according to 2020 Forbes Billionaries List ?

(Jeff Bezos)

300

On a clear day, how many counties (out of 58) can you see from the top of Mount Diablo ?

(40)

400

Fruit

Avocado

400

California is home to the tallest tree on earth - what is the name of the tree ?

(Hyperion, a coastal redwood)

400

Toll back in 1937 ?

($0.50)

400

Prior to the internet, Silicon Valley had this nickname - due to the panic over the personal computer replacing jobs ?

Valley of Death

400

What was the grizzly bear's name who made it to the state flag ?

(Monarch)

500

Motto

Eureka

500

California is home to both the highest & lowest points in the contiguous US - what are they ?

(Mount Whitney, Death Valley)

500

Bridge was closed only twice in history for which VIP's ?

(Franklin D Roosevelt, President Charles de Gaulle of France)

500

What was the first ARPANET message sent back in 1969?

("Lo" - was meant to be login but the UCLA site crashed)

500

In 1964 these were named as the first moving National Historic Landmark ?

(San Francisco's Cable Cars)