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Los Angeles Quiz
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Los Angeles was founded on September 4, 1781 and would become one of the nation's biggest cities.
Take O'Reilly's History Quiz to learn more.
1. Los Angeles was founded on September 4, 1781, and was called what by the Spanish governor of Alta California?
Los Angeles de Alta California
Mission San Gabriel
Mission San Juan
El Pueblo de la Reyna de Los Angeles
San Francisco
2. The Treaty of Cahuenga signed on July 13, 1847, gave the United States what territory?
California
Alaska
Washington
Idaho
Texas
3. Los Angeles has a knack for keeping itself relevant. For example was known by what moniker during the California Gold Rush?
Fruit Queen of the Angeles Valley
Queen of the Cow Counties
Dessert Queen
Tin Pan Queen
Queen of the Rising Sun
4. What allowed for the quadrupling of the Los Angeles population in the mid-nineteenth century?
Gold
Pony Express
Wagon Trains
Railroads
Steamships
5. Los Angeles was once the West's wealthiest county due to what?
Agriculture
Tourism
Finance
Banking
Film
6. What produce was exported from Los Angeles for the first time on February 14, 1886?
Avocado
Almond
Apricot
Orange
Apple
7. William Mulholland constructed what to bring more water to the city of Los Angeles?
Los Angeles Aqueduct
Hoover Dam
Lake Mead
The Hollywood sign
Lake Powell
8. The completion of what transportation route opened up the Los Angeles to shipping?
Suez Canal
Straights of Malacca
Northwest Passage
Panama Canal
Cape of Good Hope
9. In the early twentieth century, what led filmmakers to Los Angeles?
Sunshine
Tax breaks
Actors
Gold Rush
Relaxed labor laws
10. Who was the first person to film a movie in Los Angeles?
Lionel Barrymore
Orson Welles
Jack Warner
Louis Mayer
D.W. Griffith
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