Statistics for U.S. State General Knowledge #1 - California

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Abbreviation	CA	98%
Capital	Sacramento	98%
3,972,000	Los Angeles	94%
865,000	San Francisco	93%
1,395,000	San Diego	90%
Official nickname	The Golden State	89%
Neighboring country	Mexico	86%
Neighboring states	Nevada	86%
Neighboring states	Oregon	85%
Neighboring states	Arizona	83%
National parks	Death Valley	83%
One of the hottest places on Earth	Death Valley	83%
County just south of the biggest city	Orange County	78%
Hollywood actor who was 33rd Governor and later became POTUS	Ronald Reagan	74%
1,027,000	San Jose	74%
Southern part of the Bay Area	Silicon Valley	74%
What happened in 1906?	Earthquake	73%
Governor from 2003-2011	Arnold Schwarzenegger	72%
Co-founder of Apple, died in 2011	Steve Jobs	71%
Police brutality against him started the 1992 L.A. riots	Rodney King	70%
National parks	Yosemite	70%
NBA	Los Angeles Lakers	66%
First European nation to colonize California	Spain	66%
1955: This famous resort opens his gates in Anaheim	Disneyland	64%
This "Rock" might be the next President of the U.S.?	Dwayne Johnson	64%
This began in 1848	Gold Rush	64%
Home of the U.S. film industry	Hollywood	64%
Largest lakes	Lake Tahoe	64%
520,000	Fresno	62%
Most famous bridge	Golden Gate Bridge	62%
He was Jack in Titanic	Leonardo diCaprio	62%
NFL	San Francisco 49ers	61%
One of the most successful golfers of all time	Tiger Woods	60%
Mountain range where the above lies in	Sierra Nevada	59%
Most famous prison	Alcatraz	58%
Actress, Friends	Jennifer Aniston	57%
MLB	Los Angeles Dodgers	57%
NHL	Los Angeles Kings	57%
NFL	Los Angeles Rams	57%
NBA	Sacramento Kings	57%
They sang about a hotel in California	The Eagles	57%
In which city does the Rose Bowl take place?	Pasadena	54%
Film star and sex symbol of the 50s	Marilyn Monroe	52%
Only president born in California	Richard Nixon	52%
Califonia suffered from this between 2011 and 2017	droughts / wildfires	51%
NBA	Golden State Warriors	51%
NFL	Los Angeles Chargers	50%
MLB	San Francisco Giants	50%
Current Governor of California	Gavin Newsom	49%
Highest mountain	Mount Whitney	49%
NFL	Oakland Raiders	49%
This former NFL player was released from prison in October 2017	O.J. Simpson	49%
MLB	Los Angeles Angels	48%
NBA	Los Angeles Clippers	48%
MLB	San Diego Padres	48%
MLB	Oakland Athletics	46%
National parks	Joshua Tree	45%
National parks	Redwood	45%
Famous road along the coast	State Route 1	44%
Party which failed to reach California and died in 1846	Donner Party	42%
Year of Statehood	1850	41%
NHL	San Jose Sharks	41%
NHL	Anaheim Ducks	39%
Longest river	Colorado River	39%
The Fast and the Furious-Star, died in a car accident	Paul Walker	36%
First railroad which connected California with the rest of the country	{Transcontinental} Railroad	35%
One of the most iconic Western actors	Clint Eastwood	33%
Longest Interstate in the state	I-5	33%
He led the Patriots to their unbelievable comeback in Super Bowl LI	Tom Brady	33%
Famous for his yellow journalism, there‘s a castle on the Central Coast too	William R. Hearst	33%
They came straight outta Compton	N.W.A	32%
National parks	Sequoia	32%
Which city marks the end of Route 66?	Santa Monica	30%
U.S. senators for California (D)	Dianne Feinstein	29%
District of SF and origin of the hippie culture	Haight-Ashbury	27%
U.S. senators for California (D)	Kamala Harris	27%
What was found near Los Angeles in the 1920s?	Oil	26%
Which country‘s culture would you encounter in Solvang?	the Danish	25%
Italian-American baseball center fielder known for his hitting streak	Joe DiMaggio	24%
Wrote about "Okies" who searched better lives in California	John Steinbeck	24%
National parks	Channel Islands	23%
State motto	Eureka!	22%
Largest lakes	Salton Sea	19%
"Royal road" connecting the 21 missions	El Camino Real	17%
National parks	Lassen Volcanic	17%
National parks	Pinnacles	17%
Lowest point	Badwater Basin	16%
National parks	Kings Canyon	15%
First road to connect the western and eastern coast	{Lincoln} Highway	6%
Alphabetically last "town" in the U.S.	Zzyzx	5%