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1. California's population as of April 2000 was recorded as:
a. 15,654,402
b. 33,871,648
c. 22,671,289

2. The officially designated California State Theater is the:
a. Pasadena Playhouse
b. Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles
c. Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco

3. Which of these three nominees won by a landslide and was named the California State flower on March 2, 1903?
a. Golden poppy
b. White poppy
c. Mariposa lily

4. Before becoming an elected representative, Adam Schiff was a:
a. Businessman
b. Prosecutor
c. Dentist

5. The Rose Bowl in Pasadena is home field for what football team?
a. UCLA Bruins
b. USC Trojans
c. Notre Dame Fighting Irish

6. California was admitted into the Union on what date?
a. September 24, 1882
b. September 9, 1850
c. September 4, 1856

7. The highest mountain in California is:
a. Mammoth Mountain
b. Mt. Baldy
c. Mt. Whitney

8. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, located in California's 29th Congressional District, landed a spacecraft on Mars in 1997. What was the name of the planetary rover?
a. Sojourner
b. Trailblazer
c. Scavenger

9. Which two Supreme Court Justices were born in California?
a. Justice Scalia and Justice Thomas
b. Justice O'Connor and Justice Ginsburg
c. Justice Kennedy and Justice Breyer

10. What is the California State Animal?
a. Grizzly Bear
b. Bruin
c. Polar Bear

11. Which two were both born in California?
a. Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Sandy Koufax
b. Ronald Reagan and Willie Mays
c. Richard Nixon and Joe DiMaggio

12. Which university is located in Pasadena?
a. California State University, Los Angeles
b. California Institute of Technology
c. Woodbury University

13. What is Adam Schiff's wife's name?
a. Eve
b. Laura
c. Barbara