Statistics for Geography of California

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What is the capital of California?	Sacramento	97%
What major city is located just 20 miles north of the Mexican city of Tijuana?	San Diego	95%
What valley marks the lowest elevation in North America?	Death Valley	94%
What famous fault line runs along most of California's coast?	San Andreas	86%
In which county would you find the cities of Anaheim and Santa Ana?	Orange	82%
In what national park would you find Half Dome and El Capitan?	Yosemite	79%
What river makes the entire border with Arizona?	Colorado River	74%
What mountain range is mostly in California, but has a neighboring state as part of its name?	Sierra Nevada	73%
What desert, south of the above, is the driest desert in North America?	Mojave	71%
What city in the San Francisco Bay area is more populous than San Francisco itself?	San Jose	69%
What city is home to the flagship campus of the University of California?	Berkeley	66%
What northwestern national park is famous for its giant trees?	Redwood	65%
What beach area of Los Angeles got its name because of its canals?	Venice Beach	65%
What is North America's largest alpine lake, found on the border of California and Nevada?	Lake Tahoe	64%
What phenomenon occurs every ten years or so when desert plants spring into blossom following a rare rainy period?	Super{bloom}	48%
Located in the range above, what is the tallest mountain in the contiguous United States?	Mount Whitney	39%
What volcanic mountain range is Mount Shasta a part of?	Cascades	32%
What bay can be found about 40 miles south of San Francisco Bay?	Monterey Bay	32%
What island chain is off the coast of Los Angeles county?	Channel Islands	26%
What large valley is responsible for about 50% of U.S. production of fruits and vegetables?	Central Valley	25%