Q 01/05

In what year was the pueblo of Los Angeles founded under Spanish governor Felipe de Neve?

A) 1781

B) 1795

C) 1804

D) 1821

Answer · why

A) 1781

Governor Felipe de Neve founded El Pueblo de la Reina de los Ángeles on September 4, 1781, with settler families recruited in Sonora; the city marks t...

Q 02/05

Which mountain range, home to Mount Wilson Observatory, rises north of Los Angeles?

A) Santa Ana Mountains

B) San Bernardino Mountains

C) San Gabriel Mountains

D) Santa Lucia Mountains

Answer · why

C) San Gabriel Mountains

The San Gabriel Mountains wall off the Los Angeles basin to the north; on Mount Wilson, 5,710 feet up, Edwin Hubble used the 100-inch telescope in the...

Q 03/05

Los Angeles ranks where among US cities by population?

A) First

B) Third

C) Second

D) Fourth

Answer · why

C) Second

It passed the previous number two for the spot in early 1984, and only New York City is larger.

Q 04/05

Which city did Los Angeles overtake in population in early 1984?

A) Philadelphia

B) Chicago

C) Houston

D) Detroit

Answer · why

B) Chicago

Chicago had been the nation's second-largest city since 1890; Census Bureau estimates released in 1984 showed Los Angeles had moved ahead of it, the s...

Q 05/05

What are the indigenous people of the Los Angeles basin before Spanish settlement called?

A) Chumash

B) Ohlone

C) Tongva

D) Cahuilla

Answer · why

C) Tongva

The Tongva, also called Gabrieleño after Mission San Gabriel, lived in villages across the Los Angeles basin and the Channel Islands; Yaanga, near tod...