Long Beach 101
Long Beach Food
Public Service
Ice Breakers
Scenarios
100
This famous retired ocean liner is one of Long Beach’s most notable attractions.
What is the Queen Mary? 
100
Reccomend your favorite Long Beach staple?
100
Working to improve communities through city government or community organizations is generally called...
Public Service
100
What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever gotten from a coworker?
100
You arrive at a City event and realize you don’t know anyone at your table. What do you do?
Challenge: introduce yourself to someone next to you
200
Long Beach is located in which California County ?
What is Los Angeles County.
200
Khmer cuisine is associated with this Southeast Asian country.
What is Cambodia?
200
Fire, Health & Human Services, Harbor, and Financial Management are examples of . . .
City Departments.
200
What is something you appreciate about the overall experience so far?
:)
200
A resident stops you and asks a City question that has absolutely nothing to do with your job. What’s your first move?
Pair up: one person plays the customer, the other practices responding calmly and professionally.
300
This major extension of Long Beach handles international trade and cargo.
What is the Port of Long Beach?
300
Name three cuisines that you can easily find represented in Long Beach.
What is Cambodian, Mexican, Filipino, Thai, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean, Italian, Mediterranean, and American?
300
Long Beach has this many elected City Council members.
9
300
What is one city job you think would be surprisingly fun for a day?
Thanks!
300
You’re Mayor of Long Beach for 24 hours and can launch one new city program—serious or ridiculous. What are you creating?
Challenge: Work with someone next to you to create this program
400
The discovery of this natural resource in 1921 helped trigger rapid growth in Long Beach and Signal Hill.
What is oil?
400
Which restaurant did Snoop Dogg open in Long Beach?
What is Dirt Dog?
400
Besides work experience, name two things LBPSC is intended to help participants develop or explore.
career development, public-service careers, professional skills, City-government knowledge, networking/peer connections.
400
What is an experience that helped you grow as a person?
Thank you!
400
You’re new, everyone seems busy, and you’re not sure what you should be working on next. What do you do?
Pair up and discuss.
500
Long Beach was incorporated in this year.
What is 1897?
500
Originally founded in Baldwin Park, this famous Southern California Restaurant now serves burgers in Long Beach ?
In-n-Out
500
These local rules can cover everything from parking and businesses to noise and public safety—and they are passed by the city’s elected leaders
What are City ordinances?
500
What is one piece of advice you have to offer for everyone ?
:)
500
A coworker responds to you in a way that feels dismissive or disrespectful. How do you handle the situation without escalating it?
Pair up: one person plays the agitated coworker, the other practices responding calmly and professionally.