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Gauge Your Knowledge About the Happening City of Los Angeles

Play this quiz and get to know why Los Angeles is a traveler's delight!
Prabhakar Pillai
Los Angeles has more to it than being the home of Hollywood. Test your knowledge about this bustling city by a short and sweet quiz.
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Los Angeles hosted the Summer Olympics in 1932 and 1984. Four Summer Olympics have taken place in USA. The other 2 venues were St. Louis in 1904 and Atlanta in 1996.
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The Wilshire Grand Center is 1,100 feet tall making it the tallest building in Los Angeles as well as in the state of California. Interestingly, 7 of the 10 tallest buildings in the state are situated in LA.
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Famous museums in LA include Getty Center, the Natural History Museum and Griffith Observatory, among others.
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As per estimates, more than 50 million folk visited Los Angeles in 2019. The iconic destination had roughly 42.5 million domestic visitors and 7.5 million international visitors in that year .
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Los Angeles translates to 'the angels' in Spanish. The city is also known by it's initials - L.A. Incidentally, a sobriquet for Los Angeles is 'City of  Flowers and Sunshine'.
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L.A is the largest city in the state of  California. It also has the largest population among cities in California. The famous city boasts of nearly 4 million residents.
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L.A is known for the Hollywood entertainment industry. Other attractive facets of this city are its warm and sunny climate as well as diverse communities.
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LA has 2 National Football League (NFL) teams - the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers. The Rams were the first ever team in the NFL to compete in Los Angeles.
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After the Mexican War of Independence, the city became a part of Mexico in 1821. Los Angeles subsequently became part of the United States in 1848.
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The first permanent motion picture theater in LA was Tally's Electric Theater, opened in 1902. Incidentally, it was also the first movie theater of California.
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LA originally stood for Los Angeles International Airport. Later it expanded to 3 letters with LA changing to LAX. The latter is also the official designation for the Port of Los Angeles in shipping, as well as LA's Union Station in railroad transportation.
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This distinction belongs to Los Angeles Harbor Light lighthouse which emits an emerald-colored light. The landmark is located at San Pedro Breakwater in Los Angeles Harbor.
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