Opinion: Civics quiz!
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The mysterious Booster known only as L.A. City Nerd has concocted a five-question civics quiz for the readers of LAist. In the interests of Fair Use, I’ll post only, uh, three:
1. Before the 2005 opening of LAPD’s Mission Division in the San Fernando Valley, what was the last LAPD Division to be added? 2. At the turn of the 20th Century, where was the only place within a mile of the coast in California that blacks were allowed own property? 4. What monument in Boyle Heights did then-First Lady Hillary Clinton visit in her ‘Save America’s Treasure’s’ campaign in 1998, the first such project in Los Angeles for the campaign?
Don’t cheat; leave your answers in the comments, and we’ll award at least a symbolic taco to the winner.
Given that Southern Californians don’t as a rule obsess about all levels of politics and governance (despite the best efforts of the best intentioned), I’ve thought for years that it’d be fun to include a rapid-fire Civics Quiz in any on-the-record conversation with a notable human who lives south of the Tehachapis. How would it go? Something like this:
City or not?
Studio, Culver, Panorama?
Moorpark, Monterey Park, Montebello?
San Pedro, San Fernando, Santa Fe Springs?
West Toluca, West Covina, West Magazine?
Longest river -- Los Angeles, San Gabriel, Santa Ana?
Largest population city:
Palmdale or Pomona?
Pasadena or Santa Clarita?
Torrance or Glendale?
Last presidential election when the county tipped Republican.
Quick: Name five U.S. congresspersons who represent pieces of L.A. county.
Number of daily newspapers the city supported in 1957. Bonus points for naming them all.
Number of members of the L.A. City Council, County Board of Supervisors, and L.A. Unified School District Board.
Number of Hall of Famers on the 1988 Dodgers. Number of potential Hall of Famers on the 2002 Angels.
Starting with the 1930s, which decade featured the county’s highest percentage population growth? The lowest?
Vinny or Chickie Baby? (That’s the tiebreaker.)
Remember -- no looking.