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Los Angeles

Neighborhoods, film culture, landmarks, sport and the Pacific

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5 chapters · 30 cards
  1. 01
    Land and water5 cards · ~1 min
  2. 02
    History and neighborhoods6 cards · ~1 min
  3. 03
    Arts and landmarks5 cards · ~1 min
  4. 04
    Food and everyday life4 cards · ~1 min
  5. 05
    Movement and civic life10 cards · ~2 min

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01
Prompt: This separate city west of Los Angeles contains the pier at Colorado Avenue's ocean end.
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Los Angeles · RECALLThis separate city west of Los Angeles contains the pier at Colorado Avenue's ocean end.Think it. Then flip it.
02
Prompt: The Los Angeles Zoo and Travel Town occupy this large park in the eastern Santa Monica Mountains.
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Los Angeles · RECALLThe Los Angeles Zoo and Travel Town occupy this large park in the eastern Santa Monica Mountains.Think it. Then flip it.
03
Prompt: Natural asphalt trapped Ice Age animals at this fossil site in urban Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles · RECALLNatural asphalt trapped Ice Age animals at this fossil site in urban Los Angeles.Think it. Then flip it.

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  1. 01This separate city west of Los Angeles contains the pier at Colorado Avenue's ocean end.RECALL
    Santa Monica

    Santa Monica is incorporated separately from Los Angeles.

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  2. 02The Los Angeles Zoo and Travel Town occupy this large park in the eastern Santa Monica Mountains.RECALL
    Griffith Park

    The park was named for its land donor.

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  3. 03Natural asphalt trapped Ice Age animals at this fossil site in urban Los Angeles.RECALL
    La Brea Tar Pits

    Excavations continue to recover fossils.

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  4. 04Southern Californians use this phrase for late-spring and early-summer coastal low cloud.RECALL
    June Gloom

    The marine layer helps produce the cloud cover.

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  5. 05These dry winds blow from inland toward coastal Southern California and can heighten fire danger.RECALL
    Santa Ana winds

    Air warms as it descends toward lower elevations.

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  6. 06The Walk of Fame and the Chinese Theatre anchor this Los Angeles neighborhood.RECALL
    Hollywood

    Hollywood became part of Los Angeles in 1910.

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  7. 07Abbot Kinney Boulevard and surviving canals belong to this Los Angeles beach neighborhood.RECALL
    Venice

    Abbot Kinney developed the area as a resort.

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  8. 08This pedestrian market street is part of El Pueblo near Los Angeles's founding plaza.RECALL
    Olvera Street

    The Avila Adobe stands on the street.

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  9. 09Angelenos commonly use this shortened name for the San Fernando Valley.RECALL
    The Valley

    The Santa Monica Mountains separate it from much of the basin.

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  10. 10This Los Angeles district near downtown's civic center has a long Japanese American community history.RECALL
    Little Tokyo

    The Japanese American National Museum stands here.

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  11. 11This Los Angeles neighborhood takes its name from a reservoir named for water official Herman Silver.RECALL
    Silver Lake

    The neighborhood lies east of Hollywood.

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  12. 12This Los Angeles hillside sign originally spelled HOLLYWOODLAND to advertise housing.RECALL
    Hollywood Sign

    The sign was erected in 1923.

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  13. 13This Los Angeles astronomy landmark opened in 1935 on Mount Hollywood's southern slope.RECALL
    Griffith Observatory

    The building contains a planetarium.

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  14. 14This Los Angeles arts foundation funds conservation and operates museums in Brentwood and Pacific Palisades.RECALL
    J. Paul Getty Trust

    The institution supports conservation and research.

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  15. 15Chris Burden's Urban Light installation stands outside this Wilshire Boulevard art museum.RECALL
    Los Angeles County Museum of Art

    The institution is commonly abbreviated LACMA.

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  16. 16Frank Lloyd Wright designed this Los Angeles house for Aline Barnsdall using stylized floral motifs.RECALL
    Hollyhock House

    The house stands in Barnsdall Art Park.

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  17. 17Wilshire Center and Korean restaurants overlap in this dense Los Angeles neighborhood west of downtown.RECALL
    Koreatown

    The neighborhood includes many communities beyond Korean Americans.

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  18. 18This downtown Los Angeles food hall opened on Broadway in 1917.RECALL
    Grand Central Market

    The market occupies the Homer Laughlin Building.

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  19. 19Los Angeles claims the origin of this roast-meat sandwich served with jus for dipping.RECALL
    French dip sandwich

    Philippe's and Cole's have competing origin claims.

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  20. 20This demonym names a resident of Los Angeles.RECALL
    Angeleno

    The word derives from the city's name.

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  21. 21This Los Angeles boulevard includes the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood and reaches Pacific Coast Highway.RECALL
    Sunset Boulevard

    The route crosses several different communities.

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  22. 22Los Angeles's former Staples Center carries this name and hosts the Lakers and Kings.RECALL
    Crypto.com Arena

    The arena opened in 1999.

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  23. 23This baseball team moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in 1958.RECALL
    Los Angeles Dodgers

    Its ballpark opened in 1962.

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  24. 24This NFL franchise returned to Los Angeles from St. Louis in 2016.RECALL
    Los Angeles Rams

    The franchise previously played in Cleveland.

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  25. 25This NFL team moved from San Diego to the Los Angeles area in 2017.RECALL
    Los Angeles Chargers

    The franchise first played in Los Angeles in 1960.

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  26. 26Angelenos call parts of this highway the Hollywood Freeway and Ventura Freeway.RECALL
    U.S. Route 101

    The route extends far beyond Los Angeles.

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  27. 27The Theme Building's space-age arches stand at this airport abbreviated LAX.RECALL
    Los Angeles International Airport

    The airport lies near Westchester.

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  28. 28This named fare card works across Los Angeles Metro and other participating local transit agencies.RECALL
    TAP card

    TAP stands for Transit Access Pass.

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  29. 29This Los Angeles freeway runs through Sepulveda Pass between the basin and the San Fernando Valley.RECALL
    The 405

    The interstate is a bypass route related to I-5.

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  30. 30The Clippers moved into this Inglewood arena in 2024.RECALL
    Intuit Dome

    The venue was built as a dedicated Clippers home.

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