Q 01/05

What did the sign originally spell out when it was erected in 1923?

A) BEACHWOOD

B) HOLLYWOOD

C) HOLLYWOOD HILLS

D) HOLLYWOODLAND

Answer · why

D) HOLLYWOODLAND

HOLLYWOODLAND blinked through the night in three beats, HOLLY, then WOOD, then LAND, before the whole word lit up at once, picked out in thousands of ...

Q 02/05

The Hollywood Sign was put up in 1923 as an advertisement for what?

A) A real estate development

B) A Los Angeles newspaper

C) A Packard car dealership

D) A new film studio

Answer · why

A) A real estate development

A real estate development was the product: hillside lots sold on spacious homes and cleaner air than the city below. The Depression sank the developer...

Q 03/05

On which mountain does the Hollywood Sign stand?

A) Mount Hollywood

B) Mount Lee

C) Cahuenga Peak

D) Mount Wilson

Answer · why

B) Mount Lee

Mount Lee got its name in 1939, when the new owner of the summit renamed the mountain after his late father, Don Lee, who had made his fortune as Cali...

Q 04/05

In which 2004 disaster film do tornadoes tear the Hollywood Sign apart?

A) Independence Day

B) The Perfect Storm

C) The Day After Tomorrow

D) Into the Storm

Answer · why

C) The Day After Tomorrow

The Day After Tomorrow sends a swarm of twisters through Los Angeles while a TV reporter watches the letters fly from a helicopter; nine years later S...

Q 05/05

Which wild animal, tagged P-22, was photographed prowling beneath the Hollywood Sign for National Geographic in 2013?

A) A black bear

B) A mountain lion

C) A bobcat

D) A grey wolf

Answer · why

B) A mountain lion

A mountain lion: P-22 had crossed two of the busiest freeways in Los Angeles to reach the hills around the sign, and photographer Steve Winter spent 1...