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Pasadena California
  • 1. Who was the last Mexican owner of Rancho del Rincon de San Pascual?
A) Manuel Garfias
B) Jabez Banbury
C) Dr. Daniel M. Berry
D) Benjamin Wilson
  • 2. In what year did the American conquest of California occur?
A) 1850
B) 1873
C) 1848
D) 1874
  • 3. Who was the father of Fred Eaton?
A) Manuel Garfias
B) Dr. S. Griffin
C) Dr. Benjamin Eaton
D) Benjamin Wilson
  • 4. What was the name of the property Benjamin Wilson established?
A) Lake Vineyard
B) Rancho San Pascual
C) Indiana Colony
D) Arroyo Seco
  • 5. Which local name was Benjamin Wilson known by among the local Indians?
A) El Presidente
B) El Jefe
C) Don Benito
D) Don Manuel
  • 6. Benjamin Wilson was the grandfather of which famous person?
A) Jabez Banbury
B) George S. Patton Jr.
C) Daniel M. Berry
D) Fred Eaton
  • 7. Mount Wilson is named after which individual?
A) Dr. S. Griffin
B) Manuel Garfias
C) Dr. Benjamin Eaton
D) Benjamin Wilson
  • 8. Why did Dr. Daniel M. Berry visit Benjamin Wilson in 1873?
A) To establish a school
B) To find a mild climate for his patients
C) To mine for gold
D) To purchase land for a vineyard
  • 9. What was the code-name Dr. Berry gave to the area?
A) Muscat
B) San Pascual
C) Orange Grove
D) Altadena
  • 10. What organization did Dr. Berry form to raise funds?
A) The Arroyo Development Group
B) Southern California Orange and Citrus Growers Association
C) The Indiana Colony Cooperative
D) The Pasadena Land Company
  • 11. On what date was the Indiana Colony incorporated?
A) January 31, 1884
B) January 31, 1873
C) January 31, 1850
D) January 31, 1874
  • 12. What gift did Benjamin Wilson give to the new settlers?
A) The rights to the Arroyo Seco
B) A school house
C) A large vineyard
D) 2,000 acres of highland property
  • 13. Who opened the first school in Pasadena?
A) Colonel Jabez Banbury
B) Dr. Daniel M. Berry
C) Benjamin Wilson
D) Fred Eaton
  • 14. What were the names of Jabez Banbury's twin daughters?
A) Sarah and Susan
B) Jennie and Jessie
C) Mary and Martha
D) Anna and Alice
  • 15. Where was the first school located?
A) South Orange Grove Avenue
B) Fair Oaks Avenue
C) Arroyo Seco
D) Lake Vineyard
  • 16. What divided the Indiana Colony from Wilson's Lake Vineyard?
A) The mountain range
B) Fair Oaks Avenue
C) Arroyo Seco
D) Orange Grove Avenue
  • 17. In which county is Pasadena located?
A) Los Angeles County
B) San Bernardino County
C) Ventura County
D) Orange County
  • 18. How far is Pasadena from downtown Los Angeles?
A) 5 miles
B) 10 miles
C) 50 miles
D) 20 miles
  • 19. What is the primary cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley?
A) Pasadena
B) Arcadia
C) Monrovia
D) Altadena
  • 20. What is the original commercial district of Pasadena called?
A) Pasadena Central
B) Old Pasadena
C) Historic Pasadena
D) Downtown Pasadena
  • 21. What was the population of Pasadena at the 2020 census?
A) 138,699
B) 142,100
C) 150,000
D) 125,400
  • 22. When was Pasadena incorporated?
A) June 19, 1886
B) June 19, 1900
C) July 4, 1890
D) May 1, 1880
  • 23. To which tribe did the earliest known inhabitants of Pasadena belong?
A) Ojibwe
B) Chumash
C) Hahamog-na
D) Navajo
  • 24. What does the name Pasadena mean in the Ojibwe language?
A) Rose
B) Valley
C) Mountain
D) River
  • 25. From which state did the settlers who named Pasadena originate?
A) Texas
B) Indiana
C) California
D) New York
  • 26. What did the Spanish rename the local Tongva people after building the San Gabriel Mission?
A) Pasadeno
B) Gabrielinos
C) Hahamog-na
D) Missionaries
  • 27. In what year did Mexico become independent of Spain?
A) 1821
B) 1886
C) 1770
D) 1833
  • 28. What happened to mission lands in 1833?
A) They were given to the church
B) They were secularized
C) They were sold to the US
D) They were abandoned
  • 29. Which rancho covered present-day central Pasadena and Altadena?
A) Rancho Los Angeles
B) Rancho del Rincon de San Pascual
C) Rancho Santa Anita
D) Rancho San Rafael
  • 30. Who was Rancho del Rincon de San Pascual deeded to?
A) The Spanish Viceroy
B) Eulalia Perez de Guillén Mariné
C) American settlers from Indiana
D) The Hahamog-na tribe
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