The Ultimate State Quiz - California
See what you know about the Golden State
Quiz created by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye
1. What is the largest city in Northern California (as of September 17, 2009)?
(#) Oakland
(#) Sacramento
(#) San Francisco
(#) San Jose
2. The state of California is divided into how many counties?
(#) 100
(#) 49
(#) 58
(#) 67
3. How many teams from the four major professional sports leagues (MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL) play in the state of California?
(#) 12
(#) 15
(#) 24
(#) 19
4. What borders California to its southeast?
(#) Arizona
(#) Baja California
(#) Nevada
(#) Pacific Ocean
5. Who discovered gold at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California on January 24, 1848?
(#) John Sutter
(#) Samuel Brannan
(#) James Wilson Marshall
(#) Bret Harte
6. The first Franciscan mission in California was established in 1769 in what California city?
(#) San Francisco
(#) San Diego
(#) San Jose
(#) Los Angeles
7. Proposition 13, a measure which greatly reduced property taxes, was passed by California voters in what year?
(#) 1970
(#) 1994
(#) 1986
(#) 1978
8. What is the official state freshwater fish of California?
(#) King salmon
(#) rainbow trout
(#) golden trout
(#) largemouth bass
9. What actor served as a U.S. Senator from California from 1965 to 1971?
(#) Melvyn Douglas
(#) Dan Dailey
(#) Ronald Reagan
(#) George Murphy
10. What city served as the seat of government when California was under Mexican rule from 1777 to 1835?
(#) San Jose
(#) Sacramento
(#) Monterey
(#) Vallejo
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