California

Question 1

SAN CITY, CALIFORNIA: This city is home to the NHL’s Sharks

Answer 1

San Jose

Question 2

THE DONALD: In 2014 Donald Sterling, owner of this California team, was banned from the NBA for life

Answer 2

The Clippers

Question 3

COLLEGES and UNIVERSITIES: This California University is home to the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace

Answer 3

Stanford

Question 4

U.S. BODIES OF WATER: Islands lying within this California bay include Treasure Island & Yerba Buena

Answer 4

San Francisco Bay

Question 5

COUNTIES OF CALIFORNIA: The A’s play in this city, the seat of Alameda County

Answer 5

Oakland

Question 6

COUNTIES OF CALIFORNIA: The largest county in California and the lower 48, it’s named for an Italian saint of the 15th century

Answer 6

San Bernadino

Question 7

THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH: This businessman famously made heavy duty work pants for gold rush miners using tent canvas and then denim

Answer 7

Levi Strauss

Question 8

STATE THE NATIONAL MONUMENT: Muir Woods

Answer 8

California

Question 9

IT BORDERS BOTH: California and Utah

Answer 9

Nevada

Question 10

THAT’S A FACT: The highest and lowest points in the 48 contiguous states are within 100 miles of each other in this state

Answer 10

California

Question 11

MONEY MATTERS: In 2015 a California man paid $2.5 million (or 250 million of these) for just one of these made in 1792

Answer 11

a penny