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