Q 01/05

Which Los Angeles County city, home to the ocean liner Queen Mary, is the county's second most populous?

A) Redondo Beach

B) Long Beach

C) Hermosa Beach

D) Manhattan Beach

Answer · why

B) Long Beach

Long Beach is also the largest city in California that is not a county seat. The Queen Mary, an Art Deco liner from 1936, is docked there permanently.

Q 02/05

Which resort town in Los Angeles County is the only incorporated city on Santa Catalina Island?

A) Two Harbors

B) Lomita

C) Avalon

D) Artesia

Answer · why

C) Avalon

Avalon is also the southernmost city in Los Angeles County. Chewing gum magnate William Wrigley Jr. took control of the island in 1919 and built the t...

Q 03/05

Which Los Angeles County city hosts the annual Tournament of Roses Parade and the college bowl game that follows it?

A) Monrovia

B) Glendora

C) Sierra Madre

D) Pasadena

Answer · why

D) Pasadena

Pasadena held its first rose parade in 1890, sponsored by a local social club called the Valley Hunt Club. The city is also home to the science univer...

Q 04/05

Which Los Angeles County city, known for Rodeo Drive, is almost entirely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles?

A) Beverly Hills

B) Hidden Hills

C) Agoura Hills

D) Westlake Village

Answer · why

A) Beverly Hills

Beverly Hills covers under six square miles. It touches only Los Angeles and one smaller neighbouring city, so it sits like an island inside its giant...

Q 05/05

Which Los Angeles County city, famous for its amusement pier, is the western terminus of historic Route 66?

A) Redondo Beach

B) Santa Monica

C) Rancho Palos Verdes

D) Manhattan Beach

Answer · why

B) Santa Monica

Santa Monica is bounded by Los Angeles on every side except the west, where it meets the Pacific Ocean. Its pier was built in 1909.