Literature
This Spanish novel about a delusional man and his happy-go-lucky sidekick is the best selling novel of all time, with an estimated 500 million copies sold.
What is Don Quixote?
Known for the black plume atop it's head, this ground-dwelling bird was designated as California's state bird in 1931.
What is the California quail?
San Diego is home to this number of major military bases.
What is 6?
Despite its frequent association with Switzerland, the Alps, which span across 8 European countries, have the largest percentage in this nation at 28%.
What is Austria?
This type of artist recreates everyday physical sound effects in a specialized studio (footsteps on snow, doors slamming, water splashing) to be added to films in post-production.
What is a Foley artist?
Grossing more than 4.56 billion dollars (adjusted for inflation), this 1939 film is the highest grossing film of all time, also adapted from a book by Margaret Mitchell.
What is Gone with the Wind?
Located in South Dakota, the Mt. Rushmore monument features these four U.S. Presidents
Who are Lincoln, Jefferson, Washington, and Roosevelt?
Originally named "City Park," this park was built in 1868 to ensure that the public had access to green space.
What is Balboa Park?
Known for their hydrating qualities, watermelons are a fruit native to this continent.
What is Africa?
Known for it's saccharine, repetitive programming, this is the only cable TV channel with growing viewership in the U.S..
What is the Hallmark movie channel?
Known for his novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, this American writer's real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
Who is Mark Twain?
The purchase of the land that makes up this U.S. state was known as "Seward's Folly"
What is Alaska?
This current San Diego major faced major backlash for his implementation of paid parking at Balboa Park.
Who is Mayor Todd Gloria?
Lake Baikal, known as the world's deepest lake, is located in this country.
What is Russia?
Referring to a person who curates and plays music for a group of people, "DJ" is an abbreviation for what two word term?
What is disc jockey?
Considered to be his magnum opus, this Nobel Laureate's book East of Eden was recently adapted into a Netflix series.
Who is John Steinbeck?
Of California's 9 national parks, you must name at least 6 correctly.
What are
Yosemite, Death Valley, Pinnacles, Joshua Tree, Sequoia, Kings Canyon, Redwood, Lassen Volcanic, and Channel Islands National Parks?
UC San Diego's Theodore Geisel Library is named for a writer who might be better recognized by this pen name.
Who is Dr. Seuss?
These two countries make up the mountainous region known as Patagonia
What are Argentina and Chile?
What is a Caesar salad?
The third Canadian to win the prize, this Canadian poet was awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Who is Anne Carson?
Of the 5 permanently inhabited U.S. territories, you must name 4 correctly.
What are
Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa?
This 1848 Treaty resulted in San Diego County joining the United States.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
Of the 13 countries in the Caribbean, name at least 6 correctly.
What are
Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haita, Jamaica, Saint Kitts, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago.
This singer is the only woman to make the top 5 highest grossing albums of all time with her soundtrack to the 1992 film (which she also stars in) The Bodyguard
Who is Whitney Houston?