Q 01/05

What record high temperature did Anaheim reach on July 6, 2018?

A) 98 °F

B) 104 °F

C) 115 °F

D) 110 °F

Answer · why

C) 115 °F

The record low is 30 °F, set on February 15, 1990; winters are warm and summers essentially rainless.

Q 02/05

Settlers from which country founded Anaheim in 1857?

A) Ireland

B) Germany

C) Italy

D) Sweden

Answer · why

B) Germany

Fifty German-American families from San Francisco bought the land to grow grapes.

Q 03/05

The '-heim' in Anaheim comes from the German word for what?

A) Hill

B) Harbor

C) Heart

D) Home

Answer · why

D) Home

The 'Ana' half refers to the nearby Santa Ana River, so the name means 'home by the Santa Ana River'.

Q 04/05

The founders' families originated in which Bavarian town?

A) Rothenburg ob der Tauber

B) Garmisch-Partenkirchen

C) Aschaffenburg

D) Berchtesgaden

Answer · why

A) Rothenburg ob der Tauber

The group of 50 had been living in San Francisco and toured the state looking for land to grow grapes.

Q 05/05

What did the founders pay per acre for the land from Juan Pacífico Ontiveros' rancho?

A) $20

B) $50

C) $2

D) $100

Answer · why

C) $2

They bought about 1,165 acres of the Rancho San Juan Cajón de Santa Ana, making Anaheim the oldest American-founded city in Orange County.