Mexican Desserts
This popular fried dough pastry is coated in cinnamon and sugar and often served with a hot chocolate or dulce de leche dipping sauce.
What is a churro?
This rich, popular Beverly Hills high school shopper famously declared, "As if!"
Who is Cher Horowitz? (Clueless, 1995
Outside the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), tourists love taking photos in front of this glowing installation of 202 restored 1920s street lamps.
What is Urban Light?
This landmark 1982 album by Michael Jackson features hits like "Billie Jean" and "Beat It" and became the best-selling album of all time.
What is Thriller?
Introduced by Sony in 1979 and dominating the '80s, this pocket-sized portable cassette player came with lightweight headphones and changed how people listened to music on the go.
What is the Walkman?
This rich, baked egg custard dessert is flipped upside down on a plate so a sweet liquid caramel topping flows over the top.
What is flan?
Who is Cole Sear? (The Sixth Sense, 1999)
Perched above the Pacific Palisades, this re-created Roman country house holds antiquities.
What is the Getty Villa?
Michael debuted his signature moonwalk dance during a 1983 television special celebrating the 25th anniversary of this legendary Detroit record label.
What is Motown?
Released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985, this futuristic light gun let players shoot targets on the television screen in games like Duck Hunt.
What is the NES Zapper?
Meaning "three milks" in Spanish, this open sponge cake is soaked in a sweet blend of evaporated milk, condensed milk, and heavy cream.
What is a tres leches cake?
This eccentric, fedora-wearing criminal mastermind in a 1995 neo-noir crime thriller loved leaving behind gruesome reminders of the seven deadly sins.
Who is John Doe? (Se7en, 1995)
Designed by Frank Gehry, this shiny metallic concert hall in Downtown L.A. is home to the LA Philharmonic.
What is the Walt Disney Concert Hall?
Before launching his massive solo career, Michael fronted a popular family group alongside his brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon, known by this numeric name.
Who are the Jackson 5?
Created by Texas Instruments and released in the late 1970s but iconic in the '80s, this handheld electronic toy helped children learn phonics and spelling with a synthesized robotic voice.
What is the Speak & Spell?
These traditional Mexican sweet bread rolls feature a distinctive crunchy, patterned sugar-paste topping that looks like a seashell.
What is a concha?
This sharp-witted Texas oil-field worker turned unorthodox sports agent shouted, "Show me the money!"
Who is Jerry Maguire? (Jerry Maguire, 1996)
This Brentwood art museum sits on a hill and is famous for its architecture, gardens, and sweeping views of the city.
What is the Getty Center?
In 1985, Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie co-wrote this charity single to raise money for African famine relief, recorded by the supergroup USA for Africa.
What is "We Are the World"?
Before cell phones took over, this small pocket receiver beeped or vibrated to alert users to call a number or read a short numeric message.
What is a pager (or beeper)?
These chewy, bite-sized Mexican candies are made primarily from shredded tropical fruit meat and thick sweetener, specifically using this main star ingredient: coconut.
What are cocadas?
This ambitious junior law associate accepted a job at a high-paying New York firm, only to discover his bosses worked for the literal devil.
Located in the Exposition Park rose garden, this massive museum features a real space shuttle and dinosaur fossils.
What is the California Science Center?
In 1988, Michael moved into a massive 2,700-acre California estate named after the fictional island where children never grow up in Peter Pan.
What is Neverland Valley Ranch?
Launched in 1985, this animatronic talking teddy bear used a cassette deck hidden in his back to move his mouth and eyes while reading stories.
Who is Teddy Ruxpin?