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Hollywood Los Angeles
  • 1. What is the address of the AFI Conservatory?
A) 2021 N Western Avenue
B) 5960 Sunset Boulevard
C) 6363 Sunset Boulevard
D) 855 N Vermont Avenue
  • 2. Where is the Emerson College ELA-Hollywood Center located?
A) 5960 Sunset Boulevard
B) 6690 Sunset Boulevard
C) 6363 Sunset Boulevard
D) 2021 N Western Avenue
  • 3. Which college is located at 855 N Vermont Avenue?
A) Los Angeles Film School
B) Los Angeles City College
C) Los Angeles Recording School
D) AFI Conservatory
  • 4. What is the address of the Los Angeles Film School?
A) 6690 Sunset Boulevard
B) 5960 Sunset Boulevard
C) 6363 Sunset Boulevard
D) 855 N Vermont Avenue
  • 5. Which school is located at 6690 Sunset Boulevard?
A) Los Angeles Film School
B) AFI Conservatory
C) Los Angeles Recording School
D) Emerson College ELA-Hollywood Center
  • 6. Since 2004, when have the Academy Awards usually been held?
A) Late February/early March
B) Late May/early June
C) Late March/early April
D) Late November/early December
  • 7. When were the Academy Awards held prior to 2004?
A) Late February/early March
B) Late December/early January
C) Late March/early April
D) Late January/early February
  • 8. At which venue have the Oscars been held since 2002, excluding 2020?
A) Kodak Theatre
B) Dolby Theatre
C) Los Angeles Union Station
D) Hollywood Bowl
  • 9. Where were the Academy Awards held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic?
A) Hollywood Boulevard
B) Kodak Theatre
C) Dolby Theatre
D) Los Angeles Union Station
  • 10. Which television station broadcasts the Hollywood Christmas Parade in the Los Angeles area?
A) KTLA
B) ABC
C) NBC
D) WGN
  • 11. In what year was the 75th edition of the Hollywood Christmas Parade held?
A) 2012
B) 2002
C) 2006
D) 2004
  • 12. In what year did the Hollywood Half Marathon begin?
A) 2006
B) 2002
C) 2004
D) 2012
  • 13. During which month does the Hollywood Half Marathon take place?
A) December
B) April
C) February
D) March
  • 14. What is the primary cause supported by the Hollywood Half Marathon?
A) Public school arts programs
B) Animal rescue organizations
C) Local youth homeless shelters
D) Film preservation societies
  • 15. Which of the following is NOT a distance featured in the Hollywood Half Marathon event?
A) 5K
B) 10K
C) Half Mile
D) Half Marathon
  • 16. How many homeless individuals were reported in Hollywood in 2022?
A) 2,000
B) 1,374
C) 1,000
D) 1,500
  • 17. In what year did KNX leave CBS Columbia Square?
A) 1996
B) 2012
C) 2005
D) 2011
  • 18. On what date did KTLA begin operating in Hollywood?
A) December 22, 1947
B) January 22, 1962
C) December 1, 1947
D) January 22, 1947
  • 19. What was the first network television series filmed in Hollywood?
A) The Public Prosecutor
B) KTLA News
C) Sunset Boulevard
D) The Tonight Show
  • 20. To which organization did KCET sell its studios in 2011?
A) NBC
B) Fox
C) CBS
D) Church of Scientology
  • 21. Where did KCET relocate in 2012?
A) Studio City
B) Miracle Mile
C) West Los Angeles
D) The Pointe in Burbank
  • 22. In what year did KNBC move from the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Vine Street?
A) 1947
B) 2005
C) 1962
D) 1996
  • 23. What was the original text of the sign erected in the Hollywood Hills in 1923?
A) HOLLYWOOD HILLS
B) WELCOME TO HOLLYWOOD
C) HOLLYWOODLAND
D) HOLLYWOOD
  • 24. When was the Capitol Records Building on Vine Street built?
A) 1999
B) 1949
C) 1956
D) 1960
  • 25. In what year was the Hollywood Walk of Fame created?
A) 1985
B) 1956
C) 1960
D) 1958
  • 26. When did the Hollywood extension of the Metro Rail Red Line open?
A) August 2025
B) January 2001
C) June 1999
D) February 1960
  • 27. What structure previously occupied the land where the Hollywood & Highland Center mall now stands?
A) Capitol Records Building
B) CBS headquarters
C) Hollywood Hotel
D) A real estate office
  • 28. In what year was the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District listed in the National Register of Historic Places?
A) 1960
B) 1985
C) 2001
D) 1994
  • 29. What happened in 1994 involving the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and other towns named Hollywood?
A) The towns sued the Chamber for property damage
B) The Chamber failed to trademark the name
C) The Chamber successfully forced them to pay royalties
D) The Chamber annexed all other Hollywood-named towns
  • 30. What was the former purpose of the Columbia Square complex?
A) Academy Awards venue
B) Hollywood headquarters for CBS
C) Real estate development office
D) Metro rail terminal
  • 31. Which cable networks consolidated their offices at Columbia Square in 2014?
A) CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News
B) ABC, NBC, and CBS
C) MTV, Comedy Central, BET, and Spike TV
D) HBO, Showtime, and Starz
  • 32. When did Paramount Skydance Corporation move their corporate headquarters to Hollywood?
A) August 2025
B) July 2014
C) June 1999
D) February 1960
  • 33. What was the main reason for the decline of the Hollywood neighborhood in the 1980s?
A) The collapse of the real estate market
B) A massive earthquake
C) Crime, drugs, and poverty
D) The construction of the Metro subway
  • 34. On what date was Hollywood incorporated as a municipality?
A) February 7, 1910
B) October 1911
C) January 30, 1904
D) November 9, 1903
  • 35. Who held most motion picture camera patents in the early 1900s?
A) D. W. Griffith
B) Thomas Edison
C) John Muir
D) The Nestor Film Company
  • 36. Where were Thomas Edison's patent-holding companies located?
A) New York
B) California
C) Hollywood
D) New Jersey
  • 37. Who was the first director to make a motion picture in Hollywood?
A) Helen Muir
B) D. W. Griffith
C) John Muir
D) Thomas Edison
  • 38. Which company was the first film studio established in Hollywood?
A) Warner Bros.
B) Biograph Company
C) Paramount
D) Nestor Film Company
  • 39. In what year was the Nestor Film Company established in Hollywood?
A) 1910
B) 1912
C) 1930
D) 1911
  • 40. What nickname was given to Hollywood because of its glittering movie industry image?
A) Prospect City
B) The Roadhouse
C) Tinseltown
D) The Water City
  • 41. What nickname was used for Hollywood to describe it as a 'dream factory'?
A) The merger district
B) Dream factory
C) The patent escape
D) Film capital
  • 42. How many films per year was Hollywood able to produce by the 1930s?
A) 100
B) 88
C) 1910
D) 600
  • 43. Who was the real estate developer who bought the E.C. Hurd ranch?
A) Harrison Gray Otis
B) Harvey H. Wilcox
C) H. J. Whitley
D) Ivar Weid
  • 44. Who donated land to help in the development of Hollywood?
A) H. J. Whitley
B) Ivar Weid
C) Daeida Wilcox
D) E.C. Hurd
  • 45. How many acres did Harvey H. Wilcox purchase on February 1, 1887?
A) 200 acres
B) 120 acres
C) 480 acres
D) 100 acres
  • 46. What was the population of Los Angeles in 1900?
A) 102,479
B) 250,000
C) 10,000
D) 50,000
  • 47. What was the name of H. J. Whitley's 1918 development?
A) Whitley Ranch
B) Ocean View Tract
C) Whitley Heights
D) Hollywood Hills
  • 48. Which prominent businessman assisted H. J. Whitley in his development plans?
A) Harrison Gray Otis
B) Ivar Weid
C) Harvey H. Wilcox
D) E.C. Hurd
  • 49. What was the original use of the building converted into a livery stable in Hollywood?
A) A grocery market
B) A newspaper office
C) Citrus fruit-packing house
D) A hotel
  • 50. What did H. J. Whitley build to improve transportation to the Cahuenga Pass?
A) A road
B) A railway
C) A subway tunnel
D) A bridge
  • 51. In what year did the Hollywood secession campaign begin?
A) 1998
B) 2002
C) 2005
D) 2021
  • 52. What drove the peak in Hollywood filming during 2021?
A) A surge in theater attendance
B) The streaming wars
C) The end of the COVID-19 pandemic
D) New tax incentives
  • 53. Which of the following locations is mentioned as a competitor for film production due to tax incentives?
A) Florida
B) Georgia
C) New York
D) Texas
  • 54. What was the number of on-location shoot days in 2021?
A) 37,709
B) 25,500
C) 19,694
D) 40,000
  • 55. What was the number of on-location shoot days by 2025?
A) 22,000
B) 19,694
C) 15,000
D) 37,709
  • 56. By what percentage did local filming activity decrease between 2021 and 2025?
A) Nearly 60%
B) Nearly 48%
C) Nearly 40%
D) Nearly 25%
  • 57. By 2024, by what percentage were shooting days down compared to 2022 levels?
A) 30%
B) 40%
C) 48%
D) 20%
  • 58. What legislative act was passed in June 2025 to address the filming decline?
A) The Hollywood Recovery Act
B) Assembly Bill 132
C) Assembly Bill 202
D) Senate Bill 500
  • 59. To what amount was the annual cap for the California Film & Television Tax Credit Program increased?
A) $500 million
B) $1 billion
C) $250 million
D) $750 million
  • 60. Which project defined the geographic boundaries of Hollywood?
A) The Whitley Heights Commission
B) The Los Angeles Urban Planning Bureau
C) Mapping L.A.
D) The Hollywood Historical Society
  • 61. What style of village was Whitley Heights designed to be?
A) Colonial-style
B) Mediterranean-style
C) Victorian-style
D) Modernist-style
  • 62. What is the Köppen climate classification for Hollywood?
A) Cfa
B) Csb
C) Bsh
D) Csa
  • 63. What is the all-time record high temperature in Hollywood?
A) 112 °F
B) 105 °F
C) 100 °F
D) 115 °F
  • 64. What was the estimated population of Hollywood in 2008?
A) 77,818
B) 92,000
C) 65,500
D) 85,489
  • 65. What was the largest ethnic group in Hollywood in 2000?
A) Non-Hispanic White
B) Black
C) Latino or Hispanic
D) Asian
  • 66. What is the primary country of birth for the foreign-born residents of Hollywood?
A) Philippines
B) El Salvador
C) Guatemala
D) Mexico
  • 67. What percentage of housing units were occupied by renters in 2000?
A) 50.5%
B) 75.0%
C) 85.2%
D) 92.4%
  • 68. Which of these is a neighborhood area within Hollywood?
A) Downtown L.A.
B) Beverly Hills
C) Little Armenia
D) Santa Monica
  • 69. What is the median age of Hollywood residents?
A) 25
B) 40
C) 35
D) 31
  • 70. Which wind phenomenon increases the risk of wildfires in Hollywood?
A) Mountain drafts
B) Trade winds
C) Santa Ana winds
D) Pacific breezes
  • 71. Which health center is operated by the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services in Hollywood?
A) Sunset Health Clinic
B) Hollywood General Hospital
C) Wilton Medical Center
D) Hollywood-Wilshire Health Center
  • 72. What kind of votes do Neighborhood Councils cast?
A) Advisory
B) Judicial
C) Binding
D) Legislative
  • 73. What percentage of Hollywood residents aged 25 and older held a four-year degree in 2000?
A) 15%
B) 42%
C) 28%
D) 50%
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