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<h1>The Ultimate State Quiz - California</h1><p>See what you know about the Golden State</p>
<p>Quiz created by: <a href="http://www.amiwrong.com/authors/mrbadgerhawkeye.shtml">Mr. Badger Hawkeye</a></p><br>1. What is the largest city in Northern California (as of September 17, 2009)?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Oakland</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) San Francisco</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Sacramento</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) San Jose</div>
<br>2. The state of California is divided into how many counties?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 100</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 58</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 67</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 49</div>
<br>3. How many teams from the four major professional sports leagues (MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL) play in the state of California?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 19</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 24</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 15</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 12</div>
<br>4. What borders California to its southeast?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Baja California</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Nevada</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Pacific Ocean</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Arizona</div>
<br>5. Who discovered gold at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California on January 24, 1848?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Bret Harte</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) James Wilson Marshall</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Samuel Brannan</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) John Sutter</div>
<br>6. The first Franciscan mission in California was established in 1769 in what California city?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Los Angeles</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) San Jose</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) San Francisco</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) San Diego</div>
<br>7. Proposition 13, a measure which greatly reduced property taxes, was passed by California voters in what year?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 1978</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 1970</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 1986</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 1994</div>
<br>8. What is the official state freshwater fish of California?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) golden trout</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) rainbow trout</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) King salmon</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) largemouth bass</div>
<br>9. What actor served as a U.S. Senator from California from 1965 to 1971?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) George Murphy</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Melvyn Douglas</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Ronald Reagan</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Dan Dailey</div>
<br>10. What city served as the seat of government when California was under Mexican rule from 1777 to 1835?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Vallejo</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) San Jose</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Sacramento</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Monterey</div>
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