California Trivia Quiz Questions
- How long after gold was discovered in 1848 at Sutter's mill in California did it take the United States to acquire the State?
- The bandleader Lawrence Welk had vanity license plates in California that said what?
- The California current is in which ocean?
- Skateboards originated in California as an alternative to what?
- The San Andreas fault is in which state?
- What state was windsurfing or boardsailing invented?
- What is California's State Capital?
- Joe who joined The Eagles on Hotel California as a guitarist?
- What is the postal abbreviation for the state of California?
- Where in California is Disneyland located?
- In 1976 Michelle Pfeiffer was voted what in California?
- Waiting 22 years to score their first chart-topping single since
1966 who is this California group?
- Which one of the Monkees hails from Tarzana, California?
- What ocean forms the California coast line?
- Which state is known as the Golden State?
- Which U of C campus expelled Andrew "Naked Guy" Martinez for not
wearing clothing?
- In 1966, why did Roberta Gibb Bingay wear a hooded sweatshirt
when she ran the Boston Marathon?
- What country supplies most of the 30% of the worlds prunes
not supplied by California?
- What state did Dr. Dre and 2 Pac finally find love?
- In an ounce of seeds from the giant sequoia tree, the largest of
all living things, how many seeds are there?
- California's 4,700 year old bristlecone pine tree was named after
what biblical figure?
- In Castroville, California, who was crowned the first Artichoke
Queen in 1947?
- The Oscar for Best Supporting Actress from 1978 to 1981 all
had the same initials - M.S.. Who were those actresses?
- A California animal breeder was once sued by what actress after
naming a two-headed goat after her?
- What were the three states gained by the USA after the Mexican
war?
- The highest percentage of residents born in other countries
reside in what state?
- What city in California did Yahoo! magazine call the most wired
city in America for three years running?
- What element is named after a state?
- In what state is the Palomar telescope located?
- Until California courts ordered all ties severed, what singer was
under the complete control of therapist Eugene Landy?
- Which of the 50 states takes in the most tourist dollars?
- Grown in Beverly Hills before it became home to the rich and
famous what major vegetable crop was grown there?
- The first state to pass a right-to-die law was which state in
1976?>
- What was Judge Roy Bean's brother Josh know for?
Answers to Trivia Quiz #185 - California Trivia Answers
- Nine days.
- A1ANA2.
- Pacific.
- Surfing.
- California.
- California.
- Sacramento.
- Walsh.
- CA.
- Anaheim.
- Miss Orange County.
- The Beach Boys.
- Mickey Dolenz.
- Pacific.
- California.
- Berkeley.
- Women were not allowed to run in the race until 1972.
- France.
- California.
- 8,000.
- Methuselah.
- Marilyn Monroe.
- Maggie Smith (for California Suite), Meryl Streep, Mary
Steenburgen, and Maureen Stapleton.
- Hedy Lamarr.
- California, Texas, and New Mexico.
- California.
- San Francisco.
- Californium.
- California.
- Brian Wilson.
- California.
- Lima Beans.
- California.
- He was the first mayor of the city of San Diego, California.