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MELTING POT
100

This 1939 film starring Judy Garland features a yellow brick road.

The Wizard of Oz

100

NAME AN INTERSECTION.

Any valid intersection

100

NAME A BAND FROM LOS ANGELES.

Any valid Los Angeles band

100

NAME A PROFESSIONAL SOCCER TEAM WEST OF THE 405.

Any qualifying professional soccer team west of the 405

100

NAME A LANGUAGE SPOKEN IN LOS ANGELES OTHER THAN ENGLISH.

Any valid language

200

This 1960 Alfred Hitchcock thriller features one of cinema’s most famous shower scenes.

Psycho

200

This river was given its concrete makeover beginning in 1938.

Los Angeles River

200

This Los Angeles band is famous for hits including “Californication” and “Under the Bridge.”

Red Hot Chili Peppers

200

Any qualifying professional soccer team west of the 405

David Beckham

200

This Los Angeles neighborhood is famous for its Asian restaurants, 24-hour spas, and terrible parking.

Koreatown

300

This 1941 Orson Welles film follows a newspaper magnate and the mysterious word “Rosebud.”

Citizen Kane

300

This Downtown neighborhood was largely cleared of its Victorian homes to make way for high-rises.

Bunker Hill

300

Name one of three fixed-seating outdoor music venues located within Los Angeles public parks.

Greek Theatre; Hollywood Bowl; John Anson Ford Amphitheatre

300

Prior to 2003, the LA Galaxy played their home games at this Pasadena stadium.

Rose Bowl

300

This Downtown street, known as the birthplace of Los Angeles, is famous for its Mexican marketplace.

Olvera Street

400

This 1950 film features Gloria Swanson as a faded silent-film star who declares, “I’m ready for my close-up.”

Sunset Boulevard

400

In the 1950s, hundreds of Mexican-American families were displaced to make way for this stadium development.

Dodger Stadium

400

This Compton-born rapper, producer, and entrepreneur helped popularize West Coast hip-hop and co-founded Beats Electronics.

Dr. Dre

400

This is the current naming-rights sponsor of the LA Galaxy’s home stadium.

Dignity Health

400

This South Central city is known for its Black cowboy and Mexican ranchero traditions.

Compton

500

This silent-film comedian, accused of communist sympathies, ultimately relocated to Switzerland and was best known for his character nicknamed “The Tramp.”

Charlie Chaplin

500

In 1929, Los Angeles held a public ceremony celebrating the destruction of nearly two miles of this type of infrastructure, replacing it with streets and parking.

Canals

500

Completed in 1956, this Hollywood recording company’s headquarters features a rooftop beacon that spells “Hollywood” in Morse code.

Capitol Records

500

For nine seasons, the LA Galaxy shared their home stadium with this now-defunct MLS rival, named after a famous Mexican football club.

Chivas USA

500

Founded in 1781, Los Angeles was originally established by a group of 44 settlers known by this Spanish term.

Los Pobladores