Trivia Quiz #185 - California Trivia Quiz Questions with Answers

California Trivia Quiz Questions

1. How long after gold was discovered in 1848 at Sutter's mill in California did it take the United States to acquire the State?
    
2. The bandleader Lawrence Welk had vanity license plates in California that said what?
    
3. The California current is in which ocean?
    
4. Skateboards originated in California as an alternative to what?
    
5. The San Andreas fault is in which state?
    
6. What state was windsurfing or boardsailing invented?
    
7. What is California's State Capital?
    
8. Joe who joined The Eagles on Hotel California as a guitarist?
    
9. What is the postal abbreviation for the state of California?
    
10. Where in California is Disneyland located?
     
11. In 1976 Michelle Pfeiffer was voted what in California?
     
12. Waiting 22 years to score their first chart-topping single since
    1966 who is this California group?
     
13. Which one of the Monkees hails from Tarzana, California?
     
14. What ocean forms the California coast line?
     
15. Which state is known as the Golden State?
     
16. Which U of C campus expelled Andrew "Naked Guy" Martinez for not
    wearing clothing?
     
17. In 1966, why did Roberta Gibb Bingay wear a hooded sweatshirt
    when she ran the Boston Marathon?
     
18.  What country supplies most of the 30% of the worlds prunes
    not supplied by California?
     
19. What state did Dr. Dre and 2 Pac finally find love?
     
20. In an ounce of seeds from the giant sequoia tree, the largest of
    all living things, how many seeds are there?
     
21. California's 4,700 year old bristlecone pine tree was named after
    what biblical figure?
     
22. In Castroville, California, who was crowned the first Artichoke
    Queen in 1947?
     
23.  The Oscar for Best Supporting Actress from 1978 to 1981 all
    had the same initials - M.S.. Who were those actresses?
     
24. A California animal breeder was once sued by what actress after
    naming a two-headed goat after her?
     
25. What were the three states gained by the USA after the Mexican
    war?
     
26. The highest percentage of residents born in other countries
    reside in what state?
     
27. What city in California did Yahoo! magazine call the most wired
    city in America for three years running?
     
28. What element is named after a state?
     
29. In what state is the Palomar telescope located?
     
30. Until California courts ordered all ties severed, what singer was
    under the complete control of therapist Eugene Landy?
     
31. Which of the 50 states takes in the most tourist dollars?
     
32. Grown in Beverly Hills before it became home to the rich and
    famous what major vegetable crop was grown there?
     
33. The first state to pass a right-to-die law was which state in
    1976?>
     
34. What was Judge Roy Bean's brother Josh know for? 

Answers to Trivia Quiz #185 - California Trivia Answers

1. Nine days.
2. A1ANA2.
3. Pacific.
4. Surfing.
5. California.
6. California.
7. Sacramento.
8. Walsh.
9. CA.
10. Anaheim.
11. Miss Orange County.
12. The Beach Boys.
13. Mickey Dolenz.
14. Pacific.
15. California.
16. Berkeley.
17. Women were not allowed to run in the race until 1972.
18. France.
19. California.
20. 8,000.
21. Methuselah.
22. Marilyn Monroe.
23. Maggie Smith (for California Suite), Meryl Streep, Mary
    Steenburgen, and Maureen Stapleton.
24. Hedy Lamarr.
25. California, Texas, and New Mexico.
26. California.
27. San Francisco.
28. Californium.
29. California.
30. Brian Wilson.
31. California.
32. Lima Beans.
33. California.
34. He was the first mayor of the city of San Diego, California.