| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Biggest city | Los Angeles | 98%
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| Capital city | Sacramento | 96%
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| Border states | Arizona | 94%
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| Border states | Nevada | 94%
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| Border states | Oregon | 93%
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| Former prison island | Alcatraz | 90%
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| Major city bordering Mexico | San Diego | 87%
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| National Park that contains the hottest and lowest spot in the United States | Death Valley | 81%
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| Body of water the Bay Area refers to | {San} {Francisco} Bay | 79%
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| NBA team originally from Minnesota | Los Angeles Lakers | 75%
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| Major Bay Area flagship university | UC {Berkeley} | 73%
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| Mountain range of the above | Sierra Nevada | 61%
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| President born in California | Richard Nixon | 60%
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| Pioneer party who resorted to cannibalism | {Donner} Party | 57%
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| Tallest mountain in the contiguous United States | Mount Whitney | 57%
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| Famous music festival in the desert | Coachella | 55%
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| State flower | Poppy | 49%
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| State bird | Quail | 29%
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| Ski resort that hosted the Winter Olympics | Squaw Valley | 25%
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| Tallest dam in the United States | {Oroville} Dam | 12%
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