| Hint | City | % Correct | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Home to Disneyland | Anaheim | 90%
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| S | Has a border with Tijuana, Mexico | San Diego | 87%
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| L | Center of the entertainment world | Los Angeles | 86%
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| B | Where the original University of California campus is located | Berkeley | 81%
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| C | NWA came straight outta here | Compton | 79%
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| N | Center of California's most famous wine region | Napa | 77%
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| F | Largest city in the Central Valley | Fresno | 76%
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| O | Lost its NFL team in 2019 and its MLB team in 2024 | Oakland | 76%
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| M | Many of its celebrity beachfront homes were destroyed in the 2025 Palisades Fire | Malibu | 71%
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| P | Where the Rose Bowl is located | Pasadena | 68%
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| K | "Royal" city on US-101 near Monterey | {King} City | 60%
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| H | Largest city on the coast of Orange County | {Huntington} Beach | 55%
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| E | The seat of Humboldt County, it name is also California's motto | Eureka | 49%
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| V | Officially known as San Buenaventura | Ventura | 49%
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| J | Shares its name with a nearby National Park | Joshua Tree | 46%
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| R | Most populous city in the Inland Empire | Riverside | 39%
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| D | Immediately south of San Francisco | {Daly} City | 34%
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| G | Adjacent to Burbank and Hollywood | Glendale | 31%
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| I | Where the Coachella Festival is held | Indio | 26%
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| T | Desert city with almost thirty palm trees | Twentynine Palms | 25%
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| U | County seat of Mendocino County on the Russian River | Ukiah | 10%
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| W | Where Richard Nixon grew up, after being born in nearby Yorba Linda | Whittier | 10%
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| Y | Home to the French Laundry, a Michelin three star restaurant | {Yount}ville | 10%
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| Z | Of all the official place names in the U.S., this one is alphabetically last | Zzyzx | 10%
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| Q | Neighbor of Lancaster and Palmdale | {Quartz} Hill | 9%
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