Golden State of Mind
Charles Ellis and Leon Moisseiff did much of the design work, but this man was the Golden Gate Bridge's chief engineer.
Who is Joseph Strauss?
Santa Maria-style barbecue centers on this triangular cut of beef from the bottom sirloin.
What is tri-tip?
On Nickelodeon's "Drake & Josh," Drake Parker's neurotic stepbrother Josh has this last name.
What is Nichols?
At ten minutes to every hour, the Storke Tower carillon spells out UCSB's motto, which is this three-word phrase.
What is “Let There Be Light”?
In the 2007 prank known as a "Rickroll," this singer's 1987 hit "Never Gonna Give You Up" is the bait.
Who is Rick Astley?
Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, San Miguel and this fifth island make up Channel Islands National Park.
What is Santa Barbara Island?
Paso Robles is famous for bold, jammy versions of this red grape.
What is Zinfandel?
Otto, Reggie, Twister and Squid skate and surf in this fictional California beach town on Nickelodeon's "Rocket Power."
What is Ocean Shores?
In 2010, the Gauchos won the Big West men's basketball tournament title by beating this fellow Southern California school.
What is Long Beach State?
The 2014 Ice Bucket Challenge raised money to fight ALS, a disease also known by this baseball legend's name.
What is Lou Gehrig's disease?
Ojai is famous for this sweet, seedless tangerine variety, whose name suggests something small and playful.
What is the Pixie (Ojai Pixie)?
Thousands of these huge marine mammals haul out on the beach at Piedras Blancas, near Hearst Castle.
What are elephant seals?
Lauren Conrad interned at this magazine in the first season of the Hills.
What is Teen Vogue?
In 2026, Isla Vista’s community services district promoted this daytime festival as an alternative to Deltopia.
What is Soltopia?
Vine, the six-second video app, was shut down by this company that had acquired it in 2012.
What is Twitter?
At about 1,645 feet deep, Lake Tahoe is the second-deepest lake in the U.S., behind this Oregon lake.
What is Crater Lake?
Rising 576 feet beside the harbor, this volcanic plug is the landmark of Morro Bay.
What is Morro Rock?
Jack Johnson’s 2005 hit “Banana Pancakes” is on this album.
What is In Between Dreams?
In 1998, this physicist, founding director of UCSB's Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, became the campus's first Nobel laureate.
Who is Walter Kohn?
Keyboard Cat, the viral piano-playing feline, originally went by this name.
What is Fatso?
William Mulholland's Los Angeles Aqueduct, completed in 1913, carries water about 233 miles from this valley.
What is the Owens Valley?
The first woman licensed as an architect in California, she designed Hearst Castle.
Who is Julia Morgan?
At Coachella 2012, a hologram of this late rapper performed alongside Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre.
What is Tupac Shakur?
Besides its 2006 men’s soccer title, UCSB won a 1979 NCAA national championship in this sport.
What is Men's Water Polo?
The Shiba Inu in the "Doge" meme goes by this single name.
What is Kabosu?