Q 01/05

Which sport did California make its official state sport in 2018?

A) Skateboarding

B) Surfing

C) Beach volleyball

D) Snowboarding

Answer · why

B) Surfing

Surfing was born in Hawaii, but California made it the state sport in 2018; the neoprene wetsuit was developed there, opening up water once thought to...

Q 02/05

Which deal in Congress admitted California as a free state?

A) Missouri Compromise

B) Compromise of 1850

C) Kansas-Nebraska Act

D) Wilmot Proviso

Answer · why

B) Compromise of 1850

The Compromise of 1850 brought California in as the 31st state and upset the Senate's balance between free and slave states; in return the South got a...

Q 03/05

Which peak is the highest point in California and the contiguous United States?

A) Mount Whitney

B) Half Dome

C) Mount Shasta

D) Mount San Gorgonio

Answer · why

A) Mount Whitney

Mount Whitney was named in 1864 by a California Geological Survey party for Josiah Whitney, the state geologist who sponsored it; three men from nearb...

Q 04/05

Which university's 1951 industrial park helped seed Silicon Valley?

A) UC Berkeley

B) Stanford

C) Caltech

D) UCLA

Answer · why

B) Stanford

Stanford opened part of its grounds to technology companies to raise income for the university; Varian Associates moved in first, and Hewlett-Packard ...

Q 05/05

Which San Francisco neighborhood was the center of the 1967 Summer of Love?

A) North Beach

B) Haight-Ashbury

C) The Castro

D) Nob Hill

Answer · why

B) Haight-Ashbury

Haight-Ashbury drew tens of thousands of young people in 1967, many protesting the Vietnam War and mainstream materialism; the hippie district was lat...