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This large animal is not as
cuddly as he may appear,
but he is the California
State Mammal and makes
an appearance on the
California flag and seal.
What is the Grizzly Bear?
This extinct cat, which
makes an appearance in
the Ice Age movies, is the
California State Fossil.
What is the
Saber-Toothed Tiger?
This California State Tree is
also the world’s tallest.
What is the
Giant Redwood?
The California State Motto,
“Eureka!” refers to the
discovery of this State
Mineral.
What is Gold?
This long-lived herbivore,
spends most of its life
underground and is the
State Reptile of California.
What is the Desert Tortoise?
This recent governor is the
only California governor who
was recalled.
Who is Gray Davis?
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Who is Joseph Graham
“Gray” Davis, Jr.?
He was California’s first
Republican governor and
founded a university in
memory of his son, who died
of typhoid fever at age 15.
Who is Leland Stanford?
This Republican governor
acted in 53 movies and
served as President of the
Screen Actors Guild before
entering politics.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
Sorry if you thought it was Schwarzenegger, but if you knew it was Reagan,
good job on my trick question!!!
This man became
California’s second foreignborn governor, as a result of
a two month campaign
involving more than 130
candidates.
Who is Arnold
Schwarzenegger?
This man was California’s
first governor, elected prior
to the state’s admission to
the union. He resigned from
office Jan. 8, 1851, about
four months after California
became a state.
Who is Peter H. Burnett?
The Raisin Capital
of the World.
What is Fresno County?
This county is the home of
Disneyland and Knott’s Berry
Farm. It’s name is a fruit, a
color and doesn’t rhyme with
anything.
What is Orange County?
This one-city county is the
home of the world’s largest
landlocked harbor.
What is San Francisco
County?
This county covers nearly 3
million acres and is the
largest county in the United
States.
What is San Bernardino?
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This county is the
smallest in California, has no
high school, ATMs, dentists,
banks, traffic lights or 4-H
clubs!
What is Alpine County?
The percentage of the U.S.
crops of almonds,
artichokes, dates, figs,
raisins, kiwifruit, nectarines,
olives, cling peaches,
persimmons, pistachios,
dried plums and walnuts
grown in California.
What is 100?
California leads the nation in
the production of this cool
treat, with a peak
consumption during July in
August.
What is ice cream?
This vegetable contains
fewer calories than it takes
to consume it. 2/3 of the 2
billion pounds produced in
the U.S. each year comes
from California.
What is celery?
California growers produce
65% of a the domestically
grown, commercially sold
crop of this commodity each
year. One might call it a
“budding” industry.
What are cut flowers?
This fruit comes from China
by way of Spanish explorers.
95% of the total U.S. crop is
grown in California. 5% of
the California crop is used to
make McDonald’s Sweet &
Sour Sauce.
What are apricots?
These are the houses that
make up the California
State Legislature.
What are the Assembly and
Senate?
These are the three
branches of the United
States and California state
government.
What are Legislative,
Executive and Judicial?
This is the number of
people who serve in the
California State Assembly.
What is 80?
This is the number of
people who serve in the
California State Senate.
What is 40?
Of the 435 members of the
United States House of
Representatives, this is the
number who are
representing California.
What is 53?
This Pulitzer Prize winningauthor of The Grapes of
Wrath and Of Mice and
Men was born in Salinas,
California, where there is a
museum in his honor.
Who is John Steinbeck?
This man was born in
Bavaria, but opened his first
factory in San Francisco,
where he manufactured
pants made of blue denim
with copper rivets at the
stress points.
Who is Levi Strauss?
This astronaut, born in
Encino, California, was the
first American woman in
space.
Who is Sally Ride?
This San Francisco born
photographer was famous
for his black and white
photos, particularly those of
Yosemite.
Who is Ansel Adams?
This San Francisco born
actor and Oscar-winning
director has appeared in
more than 56 movies and
directed 24, and still found
time to serve a term as
Mayor of Carmel, CA.
Who is Clint Eastwood?