Q 01/05

Which birds are famed for returning from Argentina to Mission San Juan Capistrano around Saint Joseph's Day?

A) White storks

B) Sandhill cranes

C) Cliff swallows

D) Hummingbirds

Answer · why

C) Cliff swallows

Cliff swallows fly about 6,000 miles from Goya, Argentina, to nest under the mission's eaves and arches. When the colony dwindled, the mission tried t...

Q 02/05

Which city, home to Orange County's major league baseball and hockey teams, was its most populous at the 2020 census?

A) Anaheim

B) Fullerton

C) Costa Mesa

D) Mission Viejo

Answer · why

A) Anaheim

Anaheim counted 346,824 residents in 2020, the tenth-highest total of any California city. It was founded in 1857 by fifty German families.

Q 03/05

Which hybrid berry did farmer Walter Knott bring to market at the Buena Park roadside stand that became a theme park?

A) Loganberry

B) Boysenberry

C) Marionberry

D) Olallieberry

Answer · why

B) Boysenberry

Boysenberry vines lay frail in a weed-choked field when Knott rescued them from the old farm of their breeder, Rudolph Boysen. He nursed them back to ...

Q 04/05

Which city has been the seat of Orange County's government ever since the county was created in 1889?

A) Buena Park

B) Tustin

C) Orange

D) Santa Ana

Answer · why

D) Santa Ana

Santa Ana won the seat in a July 1889 vote, weeks after residents chose to break away from their parent county. With 310,227 residents, it ranked seco...

Q 05/05

Which Orange County city, its fourth most populous in 2020, holds a trademark on the nickname Surf City USA?

A) Seal Beach

B) Huntington Beach

C) San Juan Capistrano

D) Dana Point

Answer · why

B) Huntington Beach

Huntington Beach earned the name from swells that focus on its shore and keep the surf consistent all year. With 198,711 residents in 2020, it was als...