How well do you know the Antelope Valley?  Take the trivia quiz to find out.

Seeing Stars

1.

Judy Garland, who grew up in Lancaster, lived in three houses.  Do you know where?

2.

As a youngster, Marion Morrison was accused of starving his horse.  What’s his “movie star” name?

3.

Don Imus got his start at which local radio station?

4.

Pearblossom Highway was made famous by what artist?

5.

What internationally famous writer stayed in the Antelope Valley long enough to write a children’s book, Crows of Pearblossom?

6.

What famous cowboy singing star was convicted of killing his wife in Rosamond?

7.

One of the Little Rascals enlivened the Antelope Valley.  She had a school named after her.  Who is she?

8.

The Blackouts and Mother of Invention were two bands made famous by which famed musician who graduated from Antelope Valley High School?

Where was the original Lassie television series filmed?

Into the Wild

11.

Where can you see some of the world’s most exotic and endangered cats?

12.

The nation’s largest, non-game wild life area is located just north of California City. What reptile can you see there?

13.

There’s an ostrich ranch in Tehachapi.  What’s its name?

14.

Where can you see Lamas in Leona Valley?

15.

Where can you hike and see remnants of the Kawaiisu summer village?

16.

Where is the largest concentration of petroglyphs in the Western hemisphere?

17.

Where will you find California’s biggest hole in the ground?  What’s mined there?

Speed and Space

18.

Land yachts were used by miners a century ago to travel across the dry lake beds.  Where can you race  one today?

19.

Where’s the “Fastest Road in the West?”

20.

What’s Pancho Barnes' maiden name?

21.

Who broke the sound barrier?

22.

Who was Edwards Air Force Base named after?

23.

What’s the alternate landing for the Space Shuttle?