164 Los Angeles Trivia Questions (Ranked from Easiest to Hardest)

Los Angeles, also known as "The City of Angels," is a sprawling metropolis and the entertainment capital of the world. Known for its sunny weather, picturesque beaches, and world-renowned landmarks, Los Angeles offers endless opportunities for exploration and entertainment. Visitors can take a stroll on the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame, admire the famous Hollywood sign or visit the iconic Griffith Observatory.

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164 Los Angeles Trivia Questions Ranked From Easiest to Hardest (Updated for 2025)‍

1. What African American author and activist was beaten by Los Angeles police in 1991? When the police officers were not convicted in their 1992 trial, despite video evidence of the incident, the ruling on this man’s charges started the Los Angeles riots.

Answer: Rodney King

2. "Best of Enemies" is an ESPN "30 for 30" documentary on the 1980s rivalry between the Boston Celtics and what other NBA team?

Answer: Los Angeles Lakers

3. In 2013, Chinese electronic manufacturer TCL bought the naming rights to the Hollywood Chinese Theatre that was previously known by what name? (From 1973 until 2001 it was known as Mann's Chinese Theatre, until reverting to its original name.)

Answer: Grauman's Chinese Theatre

4. American scooter company Bird was founded and is headquartered in what California municipality located within Los Angeles County?

Answer: Santa Monica

5. The second debate between candidates for the 2024 Republican Presidential nomination took place at the Simi Valley, California library honoring what former U.S. President?

Answer: Ronald Reagan

6. Tatyana Ali graduated from Harvard in 2002, six years after starring in what NBC sitcom about a Philadelphia youth who moved to Los Angeles?

Answer: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

7. What is the largest U.S. newspaper not published on the East Coast, having been published on the West Coast since 1881? Owned by Nant Capital, it is currently based in El Segundo, CA.

Answer: Los Angeles Times

8. What observatory, located on Mount Hollywood in its namesake park, offers views of the Los Angeles basin, and is advertised as “California’s Gateway To The Cosmos?”

Answer: Griffith Observatory

9. Among the many fossil finds at L.A.'s La Brea Tar Pits is the world's largest collection of the remains of what enormous and fearsome ancient canines, brought back by George R. R. Martin in the Song of Ice and Fire series?

Answer: Dire Wolves

10. Native to South Africa, Strelitzia Reginae is an ornamental plant more commonly known by what three-word name? This flower is common in gardens in tropical and subtropical regions and is in fact the official flower of Los Angeles.

Answer: Bird of Paradise

11. "Double Indemnity," "(500 Days of) Summer," and "The Artist" are just some of the films that have made use of the interior of what Italian neoclassical building, with its prominent wrought-iron staircases, in downtown Los Angeles? Despite its ties to "Blade Runner," it's not named after the author of "Fahrenheit 451" and "The Martian Chronicles.

Answer: Bradbury Building

12. Officially named "People of the State of California v. Orenthal James Simpson" but more commonly known as "The O. J. Simpson murder case," this famous 1995 court case occurred in what California county?

Answer: Los Angeles

13. B.A., Murdock, Face, and Hannibal show up first in the Los Angeles yellow pages if you were looking for a group of mercenaries in what ‘80s TV show?

Answer: The A-Team

14. Which of the “Golden Girls” actresses was named the honorary Mayor of Hollywood in 1955?

Answer: Betty White

15. On February 13, 2022, what Los Angeles Rams player became the eighth wide receiver to earn the honor of Super Bowl MVP?

Answer: Cooper Kupp

16. Until his death in 2022, the animal known as P-22 was a regular sight among the celebrity backyards of the Hollywood Hills. What type of animal was P-22, of which ten to fifteen live in the Santa Monica Mountains area?

Answer: Mountain Lion

17. Name the L.A.-based WNBA team that won back-to-back championships in 2001 and 2002 and whose notable superstar players included Lisa Leslie and Candace Parker.

Answer: Sparks

18. What Sheryl Crow song takes place on Santa Monica Blvd and opens with a line from a poem in which the writer opines they just “wanna have a little fun” before they die?

Answer: All I Wanna Do

19. Roja, Verde, and Rosita are part of the fleet where Angelenos can grab Roy Choi's eats at what Korean-Mexican fusion food trucks?

Answer: Kogi

20. Los Angeles culture mavens are familiar with Palestinian real estate developer Mohamed and his model daughters Bella and Gigi. What's their last name?

Answer: Hadid

21. Not featuring the Griffith Park Observatory or the Staples Center, 1982's "Blade Runner" is set in what American city?

Answer: Los Angeles

22. What actor, born in Santa Monica in 1971, made his screen debut in "The Goonies," but is best known as the title character in "Rudy" and as Samwise Gamgee in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy?

Answer: Sean Astin

23. What is the name of the type of Yucca “tree” that’s native to the American southwest and lends its name to a California National Park East of Los Angeles and Palm Springs?

Answer: Joshua

24. The three letter code of what major US airport is also an English word meaning “not sufficiently strict”?

Answer: LAX

25. What global alternative investment manager corporation, founded in 1997 with headquarters in Los Angeles, California, shares its name with the Greek god of war?

Answer: Ares Management Corporation

26. The Streisand Effect, whereby an effort to suppress information online only serves to bring more attention to it, is named after Barbra Streisand, who tried to stop the publication of pictures that showed her home located in what L.A. County city?

Answer: Malibu

27. The Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier at Long Beach will host which sport at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics?

Answer: Sailing

28. The home stadium of the NFL's Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers is named after what San Francisco-based online banking company founded in 2011?

Answer: SoFi

29. A funky Quincy Jones tune subtitled "The Streetbeater" is the theme song for what 1970s sitcom set in South Central Los Angeles?

Answer: Sanford and Son

30. What 2023 mystery-comedy set in LA starred Chris Pine (who also made his directorial debut with the film), Jennifer Jason Leigh, Danny DeVito, and Annette Bening?

Answer: Poolman

31. In 1542, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo claimed the area that is now LA for what European country? In 1781, the governor of that same country, Felipe de Neve, founded the city.

Answer: Spain

32. A section of Will Rogers Beach State Park in the Pacific Palisades that's especially popular with LGBT beachgoers is often named for what similarly-named Hollywood legend and star of 1940's "Kitty Foyle?"

Answer: Ginger Rogers

33. Hollywood's Brown Derby restaurant is said to be the birthplace of what classic salad that includes blue cheese, diced chicken, bacon bits, avocado, tomatoes, and lettuce, and no corn?

Answer: Cobb

34. L.A.'s famous Hollywood sign once contained what four additional letters, reflecting its original use as a promotion for a real estate development?

Answer: LAND

35. What is the formal name of the Los Angeles Cathedral? It is also known by the acronym COLA.

Answer: Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels

36. Cricket is under discussion to be reintroduced as an Olympic sport in the 2028 Summer Games, which are set to take place in what American city?

Answer: Los Angeles

37. From east to west, Echo Park, Silver Lake, Los Feliz, Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Brentwood, and Pacific Palisades are the neighborhoods traversed by what “dusky” Los Angeles street? Perhaps Mr. DeMille will take your close-up when you get to the beach.

Answer: Sunset Boulevard

38. What Western Conference team did the Detroit Pistons defeat in 2004 to win their third and, to date, most recent NBA Championship?

Answer: Los Angeles Lakers

39. Originally operated by its eponymous owner, and now owned and operated by the Nederlander organization, what Art Deco theatre is located at the corner of Hollywood and Vine?

Answer: Pantages

40. What mountain range in northern LA county and western San Bernardino County boasts “Mt Baldy” as its highest peak?

Answer: San Gabriel

41. For 25 years, L.A.'s Crypto.com Arena (formerly the Staples Center) was the site of home games for two NBA teams. After the 2023-24 season, which team left for its new home at the Intuit Dome in nearby Inglewood?

Answer: Los Angeles Clippers

42. The "Ten Cent Theater" of the video game "Grand Theft Auto IV" is a satirical spin on what historic downtown theater, one of the country's first movie palaces?

Answer: Million Dollar Theatre

43. With a name that rhymes with "node," not "nod," what Los Angeles contemporary art museum is located just down the street from Walt Disney Concert Hall?

Answer: The Broad

44. Almost half of the United States' fast attack submarines are of what class, the name of which they share with a major West Coast city?

Answer: Los Angeles

45. What American botanist with a “B” name developed a lot of agricultural strains over the 19th and early 20th century, including the spineless cactus and the plumcot? He is connected to a Los Angeles suburb that has the same name as his last name.

Answer: Luther Burbank

46. During the airing of the final episode of “Seinfeld,” a famous singer died. Legend has it that his ambulance made record time because of the empty Los Angeles streets caused by Seinfeld's conclusion. Who was this iconic crooner who scored his first number one hit in 1940?

Answer: Frank Sinatra

47. What famous Los Angeles museum, created as part of an endowment from its namesake oil baron benefactor, has gardens and views of the city, along with a large art collection?

Answer: The Getty

48. What was the name of John O'Brien's memoir, ironically about a journey from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, which was later made into an Academy Award-winning film?

Answer: Leaving Las Vegas

49. Which unusual museum at 9341 Venice Blvd in LA was founded by David Hildebrand Wilson and Diana Drake Wilson to showcase an eclectic (and questionably authentic) mix of objects purported to be from an oddly specific time in history? (Hint: The name will make you think dinos, but the exhibits traverse all fields, not just paleontology!)

Answer: Museum of Jurassic Technology

50. Stone Canyon Reservoir, in the Santa Monica Mountains north of Bel Air, is an important filming location for what classic L.A.-based thriller?

Answer: Chinatown

51. Though they played in only one season in 2009, the Los Angeles Sol was a professional women's team that was known for playing what sport within the WPS league?

Answer: Soccer

52. Legendary college basketball coach John Wooden, who won ten men's national championships in a twelve-year period, was known as the "Wizard of" what L.A. neighborhood?

Answer: Westwood

53. What actor helped to fund the construction of the iconic Los Angeles Theatre so that it would be opened in time for the premiere of the movie "City Lights" in 1931?

Answer: Charlie Chaplin

54. What contemporary art museum in LA boasts a 2,000-piece collection by artists like Cindy Sherman, Jeff Koons, Ed Ruscha, Roy Lichtenstein, and Andy Warhol? The latter’s “Single Elvis” from 1963 is one of the highlights.

Answer: The Broad

55. What Major League Soccer franchise made a big bang in 2007 when it signed superstar David Beckham to a contract that was initially reported to be worth an astronomical $250 million?

Answer: LA Galaxy

56. What NFC West team did the New England Patriots defeat on February 3, 2019 to become Super Bowl LIII champions?

Answer: Los Angeles Rams

57. The opening scene of what 1992 Quentin Tarantino movie includes eight men eating breakfast at a Los Angeles diner discussing Madonna's "Like a Virgin"?

Answer: Reservoir Dogs

58. Burt Reynolds has over 180 acting credits to his name on his IMDB page, but only one Oscar nomination. For what 1997 film did Reynolds earn this nomination? Paul Thomas Anderson directed this drama about a nightclub dishwasher in Los Angeles and Reynolds was commended for his "best and most suavely performance in many years."

Answer: Boogie Nights

59. What "Zen Master" professional sports coach was born in Deer Lodge, Montana? This man later became iconic during coaching stints in Chicago and Los Angeles.

Answer: Phil Jackson

60. What famous basketball player has a middle name of "Bean" because of his father's nickname "Jellybean" and is the all-time scoring leader for the Los Angeles Lakers?

Answer: Kobe Bean Bryant

61. You probably don’t know Patrick Soon-Shiong as the inventor of Abraxane, a lung, breast, and pancreatic cancer drug. You may, however, know him as the owner of what West Coast newspaper that he picked up from Tribune Publishing in 2018?

Answer: Los Angeles Times

62. Adrianne Curry, Yoanna House, Eva Pigford, and Naima Mora were the winners of the first four seasons of what fashionable reality show that debuted in 2003? The show has filmed most of its 20+ seasons in Los Angeles, although a handful have been in New York.

Answer: America's Next Top Model

63. What annual event, held each year on a popular island off the coast of Los Angeles, actually began as a fictional event in the 2008 comedy Step Brothers?

Answer: Catalina Wine Mixer

64. What directionally-named former Los Angeles Lakers player is the silhouetted player in the NBA logo?

Answer: Jerry West

65. The Nike Black Mamba line of shoes celebrate what famed Los Angeles Lakers icon?

Answer: Kobe Bryant

66. In 2009, the Los Angeles Philharmonic hired what charismatic Venezuelan, then only 27 years old, as its music director?

Answer: Gustavo Dudamel

67. HBO's recent Perry Mason reboot and a 1999 Michael Connelly novel revolve around murders on what really quite safe downtown L.A. Funicular?

Answer: Angels Flight

68. A widower architect is a co-lead of what classic ABC sitcom, set in a suburb of Los Angeles with an alliterative title, created by Sherwood Schwartz?

Answer: The Brady Bunch

69. What incoherent-sounding Netflix series, which premiered in 2017, stars Kathy Bates as the owner of a Los Angeles cannabis dispensary?

Answer: Disjointed

70. What 1994 film featuring interwoven short stories of crime in Los Angeles features, among other things, Christopher Walken as a soldier who is given a gold watch by his cellmate in a POW camp, and gives that watch to his cellmate’s son, who is played by Bruce Willis?

Answer: Pulp Fiction

71. Serving five terms from 1973 to 1993, Tom Bradley was the first Black mayor of what second-most-populous American city?

Answer: Los Angeles

72. Played by Issa Rae and Yvonne Orji respectively, Issa and Molly are best friends dealing with the ups and downs of life in South Los Angeles in what HBO sitcom?

Answer: Insecure

73. What was the two-word floral nickname given to Elizabeth Short who was found mutilated in Los Angeles in 1948? A 1987 novel by American writer James Ellroy that is based on Short’s murder has this nickname as its title.

Answer: Black Dahlia

74. What neighborhood in Los Angeles has canals like the Italian city it was named after?

Answer: Venice

75. La Opinion, the largest Spanish-language newspaper in the United States, is produced in what largest city in California?

Answer: Los Angeles

76. Located in Los Angeles, Beth Chayim Chadashim became the first LGBT place of worship for followers of which religion when it opened in 1972?

Answer: Judaism

77. What Yakima native and Eastern Washington University alum won the MVP award of Super Bowl LVI with the champion Los Angeles Rams?

Answer: Cooper Kupp

78. What private rail company, which already runs passenger trains in Florida, proposed to build a bullet train between Las Vegas and Los Angeles?

Answer: Brightline

79. In 1955, the movie "Rebel Without a Cause" featured the Griffith Observatory in a couple of sequences, bringing attention to the L.A. landmark. Subsequently, a bronze bust of what movie star was placed on the observatory grounds?

Answer: James Dean

80. The opening number to what Hollywood musical was filmed at the highway interchange connecting the Century Freeway 105 to the 110? The movie famously did NOT win the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2017.

Answer: La La Land

81. A 1927 Gothic-Tudor style mansion in LA's Holmby Hills, complete with pipe organ, zoo, tennis court, and koi pond, has been known by what name since its most famous occupant purchased it in 1974?

Answer: Playboy Mansion

82. Where is the busiest facility operated by L.A.'s Department of Recreation and Parks, attracting 28,000 to 30,000 visitors a day to the park and adjacent establishments?

Answer: Venice

83. In 1992, PepsiCo bought a controlling stake in, and radically expanded the presence of, what sit-down restaurant appropriately headquartered in Los Angeles?

Answer: California Pizza Kitchen

84. A flock of Canada Geese got themselves into a sticky, and deadly, situation when they landed in what Los Angeles landmark in 2023?

Answer: La Brea Tar Pits

85. The official seal of the City of Los Angeles contains the coat of arms of Mexico, and the lion and castle from the coat of arms of what other country?

Answer: Spain

86. A set of concrete and wire towers, decorated with glass and other found objects and built by Simon Rodia, stand in what L.A. neighborhood, for which they're typically named?

Answer: Watts

87. What Los Angeles-based writer is famed for his mysteries featuring private detective Philip Marlowe, who Humphrey Bogart played in "The Big Sleep"?

Answer: Raymond Chandler

88. Breaking ground on November 2016, what stadium is the home of the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers, and was the hosting venue of Super Bowl LVI in 2022 and WrestleMania 39 in 2023?

Answer: SoFi Stadium

89. In what year was the first full major league season that the Dodgers played in Los Angeles?

Answer: 1958

90. What U.S. city has played a significant role in the history of Evangelical Christianity, including being the location of Aimee Semple McPherson's Foursquare Church and the early 20th century Azusa Street Revivals?

Answer: Los Angeles

91. The flag of the city of Los Angeles has three jagged stripes: the red represents wineries, the golden yellow represents orange groves, but what does the green stripe represent?

Answer: Olives

92. What is the railroad in Los Angeles that originally opened in 1901 and, at 298 feet, is known as "the shortest railway in the world"?

Answer: Angels Flight

93. The bus station on the eastern side of Union Station (L.A.'s train station) was named for what Rapid Transit District board member who was an advocate for bus transit?

Answer: Nick Patsaouras

94. Los Angeles was the only bid left for the 1984 Summer Olympics following the withdrawal of which Middle Eastern capital city prior to selection in 1978?

Answer: Tehran

95. Ten segments of what iconic (and infamous) structure were installed on Wiltshire Boulevard in 2009, and then painted by artists including Kent Twitchell and Thierry Noir?

Answer: Berlin Wall

96. What Helmut Jahn-designed building, which has been described as resembling a Phillips-head screwdriver, is the tallest building in California outside of Los Angeles or San Francisco?

Answer: One America Plaza

97. The "Martha Stewart Dog" and "Rosie O'Donnell Long Island Dog" are just two of the specialty hot dogs sold by what colorful Fairfax spot popular among Hollywood celebs?

Answer: Pink's Hot Dogs

98. What 1939 Nathanael West novel, about a jaded Los Angeles scene painter, is one of the earliest works to critique the culture of Hollywood and the film industry?

Answer: The Day of the Locust

99. Open from 1949 to 1995, what was the West Coast's most well-known country music club, located in North Hollywood and named after a type of horse?

Answer: The Palomino

100. Since its opening in 2001, the Oscars ceremony has taken place at what theatre located in the Ovation Hollywood (formerly the Hollywood and Highland) shopping and entertainment complex?

Answer: Dolby Theatre

101. Located on Wilshire Boulevard, LACMA is the largest art museum in the western U.S. The "LA" stands for "Los Angeles" and the "MA" for "Museum of Art," but what does the "C" stand for?

Answer: County

102. What was the name of the earthquake that struck the San Fernando Valley on January 17, 1994, at 4:31 a.m., causing more than $20 billion in damages?

Answer: Northridge

103. Founded in 1865, Los Angeles' first college, St. Vincent's, is known by what name today?

Answer: Loyola Marymount University

104. Sharing a first and last name with a 19th century composer, who was the first mayor of Los Angeles after California became part of the U.S.?

Answer: Stephen C. Foster

105. Which poet raised by a single mom in Watts became the first National Youth Poet Laureate in 2017 and became a sensation when she read her poem “The Hill We Climb” at Joe Biden’s inauguration in 2021?

Answer: Amanda Gorman

106. What century-old movie theatre in the Los Feliz neighborhood was purchased by Quentin Tarantino in 2021, renovated, and reopened in 2023?

Answer: Vista

107. In what L.A. area city would you find Zuma Beach, located at 30000 Pacific Coast Highway?

Answer: Malibu

108. Opening in 1963 and currently the oldest children’s theater in Los Angeles, the Bob Baker Theater specializes in performing live theater shows using what specific stringed “M” toys?

Answer: Marionettes

109. Sharing its name with a class one might take in high school, what 2024 FX reality series follows a group of Los Angeles teens to see how Instagram, Snapchat, and the like affect their lives?

Answer: Social Studies

110. Some locals swear that which eatery on California Blvd has the “most LA” of all meat patty sandwiches? As its name suggests, the joint’s dessert game is equally strong.

Answer: Pie 'n Burger

111. Known as "The House That Nat Built" and "the world's first circular office building," an iconic tower at 1750 Vine Street in Hollywood was built for (and named for) what company?

Answer: Capitol Records

112. The only actual location referenced in Sheryl Crow's hit "All I Wanna Do" is a boulevard that shares what name with the LA County beach town where it ends at Ocean Avenue?

Answer: Santa Monica

113. Johnny Weissmuller, Alexander Skarsgård, and Christopher Lambert have all played big-screen versions of what character who's the namesake of a certain San Fernando Valley neighborhood?

Answer: Tarzan

114. Which LA pro football team that first suited up in 1960 actually bolted through 56 seasons in San Diego before moving back to LA in 2017?

Answer: Chargers

115. Called Vaquero Hill in the 19th century and the “Taj Mahal of Tile” as a nickname, what LA historic, architectural landmark and its garden sit inside Malibu Lagoon State Beach? It was built by the family of a Southern Californian dairy empire.

Answer: Adamson House

116. Set to begin shutting down in 2026, the Ivanpah Solar Plant is located between Las Vegas and Los Angeles in what large desert?

Answer: Mojave

117. Actor and musician Richard Harris had a 1967 hit singing about what Los Angeles location, where, for some reason, someone "left a cake out in the rain?"

Answer: MacArthur Park

118. Writing in the Los Angeles Times, critic Charles Champlin complained that “the…rating is grievously wrong and misleading…'Jaws' is too gruesome for children and likely to turn the stomach of the impressionable at any age.” The Motion Picture Association of America defended its lenient rating by pointing out that “nobody ever got mugged by a shark.” What was the movie's rating?

Answer: PG

119. Long used as a background track for NBC's Olympic television coverage is "Olympic Fanfare and Theme," a song originally written for and performed at the opening ceremony of the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984. Which cinematic conductor wrote the piece and led its performance in LA?

Answer: John Williams

120. With a population of just 500-600 birds, all of which come from a group captively bred in Los Angeles and San Diego, what species is far more rare than a FLORIDIAN RACCOON?

Answer: California Condor

121. Who is the only baseball team to win multiple World Series in the 1980s? In 1981, this team surprisingly trounced the New York Yankees, while a later Series saw one of the most famous pinch hit home runs of all time?

Answer: Los Angeles Dodgers

122. In the early 2000s, trucker hats were all the rage, worn by celebs like Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Justin Timberlake, and Ashton Kutcher. Which Los Angeles brand, not founded in Germany or the Netherlands like you might guess, popularized this trend?

Answer: Von Dutch

123. David Ho, a virologist and research scientist based out of Los Angeles, CA, is at the forefront of research of what destructive illness?

Answer: AIDS

124. 2121 Avenue of the Stars in Los Angeles, formerly known as Fox Plaza, might be most famous as what office tower taken over by terrorists in the action classic "Die Hard"?

Answer: Nakatomi Plaza

125. "Los Angeles By Night" is a colorway for a basketball sneaker sold on Nike's website that is part of what star player's line of shoes?

Answer: LeBron

126. The Walt Disney Concert Hall is home to the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. What world-renowned architect designed the unusual structure?

Answer: Gehry

127. Opened in 2019, Jasper Dickson and Amy Luftig Viste ran the first of what type of operation to open in L.A. since Prohibition?

Answer: Winery

128. Tom Bradley served how many four-year terms as Mayor of Los Angeles?

Answer: Five

129. In what West Hollywood nightclub did Elton John make his U.S. debut in 1970?

Answer: Troubadour

130. Which former Los Angeles Mayor, who served from 1993-2001, passed away in 2023?

Answer: Richard Riordan

131. What year was the Dodgers’ first season in Los Angeles after moving from Brooklyn? They actually won the World Series in their second season in LA.

Answer: 1958

132. In 1869, the first railroad in Southern California was built, from what bay to downtown Los Angeles, 21 miles away?

Answer: San Pedro

133. Mexican-Americans in L.A. waged a ten year "Battle of" what neighborhood, in opposition to the (eventually successful) acquisition and clearance of the area to build Dodger Stadium?

Answer: Chavez Ravine

134. What self-taught Irish-American engineer oversaw the building of the Los Angeles Aqueduct? There is a street in the Santa Monica Mountains named after him.

Answer: Mulholland

135. Released by author Susan Orlean in 2018, "The Library Book" is a nonfiction account of a catastrophic fire that occurred in April 1986 in the public library of what West Coast American city?

Answer: Los Angeles

136. A series of anti-immigrant riots that took place in Los Angeles in 1943 are named for what kind of wide-legged suits, then associated with Mexican and Filipino Angelenos?

Answer: Zoot Suits

137. What is the name of the train that Amtrak runs between Seattle, Washington, and Los Angeles, California?

Answer: Coast Starlight

138. LA is home to the largest Spanish language newspaper in the U.S., which printed its first edition in 1926 by Ignacio E. Lozano Sr.? What’s the paper’s name?

Answer: La Opinión

139. J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, one of the world's top museums devoted to art from the Middle Ages to today, is located in Los Angeles. In what town would you find its sister institution, the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa, dedicated to Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities?

Answer: Malibu

140. The site of the first oil well in Los Angeles, drilled by Edward L. Doheny in 1892, is now a swimming center in what park?

Answer: Echo

141. What is the name of the man-made cave in Griffith Park that was used for, among other things, the entrance to the Bat Cave in the 1960s "Batman" television series?

Answer: Bronson Cave

142. Although its "black-billed" species can be found throughout the American west, Canada, and Alaska, the "yellow-billed" species of what thieving bird can only be found in California's Central Valley?

Answer: Magpie

143. Jack Nicholson reprises his role as Los Angeles private investigator Jake Gittes in 1990's "The Two Jakes," a sequel to what critically-acclaimed 1974 film?

Answer: Chinatown

144. In what stadium was the first Super Bowl held? This stadium was commissioned in 1921 to honor the veterans of World War I, and has hosted the Olympics twice.

Answer: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

145. In 1912, Glenn Martin founded his namesake company in Los Angeles. There, he had built his first plane in a rented church and was encouraged to use an innovative design by what famous aviator?

Answer: Orville Wright

146. From 1992 to 2009, Finnish composer and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen was the music director of what West Coast American orchestra?

Answer: Los Angeles

147. What Los Angeles-born and mononymic singer garnered a gold record with the single "Coffee" from his 2015 album Wildheart?

Answer: Miguel

148. The Muse of Music, the granite and concrete statue at the Hollywood Bowl, was designed by sculptor George Stanley, who also designed what other Tinseltown icon?

Answer: Academy Award

149. What Spanish explorer established the first European outpost in what would become Los Angeles in 1769, though the area had been first explored by Europeans over two centuries earlier?

Answer: Gaspar de Portolá

150. "Dumb Starbucks," a new coffee shop claiming to be protected by parody law, caught the attention of the Los Angeles press in 2014, though it proved to be a bit for what Comedy Central show?

Answer: Nathan for You

151. The first discovery of gold in California was made not at Sutter's Mill but at what canyon near Mission San Fernando in 1842?

Answer: Placerita

152. The LA Kings won their first NHL Stanley Cup in 2012. Which team did they beat in the finals in six games

Answer: New Jersey Devils

153. What 1971 novel was inspired by author Charles Bukowski's years working as a sorter and carrier for the U.S. Postal Service in Los Angeles?

Answer: Post Office

154. The Pobladores ("townspeople") is the name given to the 44 original settlers from Sonora, Mexico who established a new settlement that flourished decades later upon completion of the Santa Fe railroad line. By what name is this settlement known today?

Answer: Los Angeles

155. Built in the first two decades of the 20 century, the Los Angeles Aqueduct carried water from what valley in Eastern California, leading to the destruction of the valley's agricultural communities?

Answer: Owens Valley

156. Which Spanish colonial Governor founded the settlement now known as Los Angeles with 44 settlers on 4 September 1781?

Answer: Felipe De Neve

157. Bangles, weighted bands designed for any workout, are produced by what Los Angeles fitness company that was featured on the A”B”C show “Shark Tank?”

Answer: Bala

158. What American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor, comedian, and former member of the Monty Python comedy troupe was born in Minnesota, spent his teen years in Los Angeles, and is now only a citizen of the United Kingdom?

Answer: Terry Gilliam

159. Aside from being a tabloid publication, TMZ also stands for what area of Southern California where movies can be shot without having to pay union employees added "on location" payments?

Answer: Thirty Mile Zone

160. What restaurant group, named for the Japanese chef who started it in Los Angeles in the 1980s, opened its first luxury hotel inside Caesars Palace in 2013?

Answer: Nobu

161. LA’s famed Bradbury Building was originally meant to be designed by Sumner Hunt, but Lewis L. Bradbury tossed out his design and hired one of the architect’s draftsmen to do the job instead. What was this architect’s name?

Answer: George Wyman

162. What was the name of the dam that failed catastrophically on March 12, 1928? The dam collapsed less than two years after it had been completed.

Answer: St. Francis Dam

163. Although it wasn't formally incorporated until 1911, in what year was Las Vegas founded, after 110 acres were auctioned off by the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad?

Answer: 1905

164. What “I” company, founded in Los Angeles in 1971 offers global analysis on thousands of different industries? Their name is a compound word that sounds like a planet full of long-legged wading birds.

Answer: Ibisworld

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