Los Angeles lies along which ocean?
AnswerPacific Ocean
LA's beaches, like Santa Monica and Venice, face the Pacific Ocean.
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7 fact-checked facts about Los Angeles, each with the reason behind it. 5 more are in today's round and join this page after it closes.
The basics
Which LA district is world-famous as a center of the film industry?
AnswerHollywood
Hollywood, a neighborhood of Los Angeles, became the center of American filmmaking in the early 1900s.
Going deeper
In which year was Los Angeles founded by Spanish settlers?
Answer1781
A group of settlers founded the town, El Pueblo de Los Angeles, in 1781 under Spanish rule.
What are LA's La Brea Tar Pits famous for?
AnswerIce Age fossils trapped in natural asphalt
Animals like mammoths and saber-toothed cats became trapped in sticky asphalt, preserving many Ice Age fossils.
What are the Santa Ana winds that affect Los Angeles?
AnswerHot, dry winds blowing from inland toward the coast
Santa Ana winds carry hot, dry air from the deserts toward the coast, often in autumn, raising fire danger.
Expert level
The Los Angeles Aqueduct, completed in 1913 under William Mulholland, brought water from which valley?
AnswerOwens Valley
The aqueduct carries water more than 200 miles from the Owens Valley, east of the Sierra Nevada, to Los Angeles.
Who built LA's Watts Towers, a set of tall mosaic-covered spires, largely by himself?
AnswerSimon Rodia
Italian immigrant Simon (Sabato) Rodia built the Watts Towers by hand over about three decades.
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