1. 2018 Annual strategic planning conference
November 1-2, 2018

2. County Trivia Game How well do you know the California Counties?
Table Teams
Closed Cell Phone Game
Multiple Choice - Timed
Ready, Set, Go!

3. Which county has its own hashtag?
MONO
YUBA
INYO
YOLO

4. Which county has one of the highest number of trees per capita of any other city in the world?
SHASTA
MARIPOSA
SACRAMENTO
HUMBOLDT

5. Which county is known as “The American Riviera?”
ORANGE
MARIN
SANTA BARBARA
MONTEREY

6. Which County’s top employer is the US Navy?
VENTURA
SAN DIEGO
MENDOCINO
SAN FRANCISCO

7. What county was established in 1850 as one of the original 27 counties created by the first state legislature?
MODOC
GLENN
SISKIYOU
COLUSA

8. What county had an entire town listed for sale for $850,000, marked down from $1Million?
EL DORADO
DEL NORTE
SAN BENITO
MODOC

9. In 1903 one of the largest specimens of the fossil Ichthyosaurus (a prehistoric dolphin) ever discovered in the U.S. was found in the western part of this County.
GLENN
SAN LUIS OBISPO
PLUMAS
PLACER

10. California has had 4 Capital cities, 2 of which were in this county.
SUTTER
SOLANO
SACRAMENTO
STANISLAUS

11. This county is known as the home of the Giant Redwoods.
HUMBOLDT
MADERA
MERCED
LASSEN

12. “_____________ County diamonds,” also called “moon tears,” are semi-precious stones of volcanic origin found in this county.
FRESNO
SAN DIEGO
LAKE
TRINITY

13. The movie “Overboard” what partially filmed thin this county, along with “The Karate Kid, Part II,” “The Russians are Coming,” “Pontiac Moon” and “The Majestic.”
SAN MATEO
MARIN
CONTRA COSTA
MENDOCINO

14. This county is home to the longest single span covered bridge in existence, which was built in 1862.
SAN DIEGO
NEVADA
ALAMEDA
SAN FRANCISCO

15. This County is perhaps most renowned for being home to the smallest mountain range in the world.
INYO
SHASTA
SUTTER
SISKIYOU

16. In 1857, over $10 million in gold was shipped from this county to the U.S. mint in San Francisco.
AMADOR
CALAVERAS
EL DORADO
YUBA

17. This county is home to the largest municipal park, 3600 acres, west of the Mississippi and the Oroville Dam which is the highest landfill embankment in the world.
COLUSA
BUTTE
SOLANO
SUTTER

18. This county calls itself the “Heart of the Mother Lode.”
AMADOR
MERCED
NEVADA
EL DORADO

19. Steve Perry, Journey’s lead singer, is from this county.
SAN BENITO
SAN BERNARDINO
MADERA
KINGS

20. This county is home to the largest exposed granite monolith in the world.
BUTTE
MONO
TUOLUMNE
MARIPOSA

21. This county holds a Tarantula Festival every October, which includes a Tarantula poem context and Tarantula races!
TULARE
MADERA
SONOMA
VENTURA

22. This county is the location of newest University of California campus, founded in 2005.
SANTA CRUZ
MERCED
ORANGE
RIVERSIDE

23. This county is home to Devil’s Postpile, a rock formation that is a rare site in the geologic world and ranks as one of the world’s finest examples of columnar basalt.
MONO
TEHAMA
SONOMA
VENTURA

24. This county has a city named after Mark Twain and Bret Harte, who both wrote stories about their experiences living in this county.
SAN FRANCISCO
TUOLUMNE
SANTA BARBARA
FRESNO

25. Which county hosted the American debut concert for the Rolling Stones?
SANTA CLARA
SAN FRANCISCO
SAN BERNARDINO
LOS ANGELES

26. The 2011 film “Moneyball” was about a pair of baseball managers that built a team of undervalued talent by using a sophisticated sabermetric approach to scouting and analyzing players. The Team is found in which county?
ALAMEDA
SAN DIEGO
SAN FRANCISCO
LOS ANGELES

27. The San Francisco 49ers built their illustrious franchise in the county of San Francisco. In 2014, the 49ers moved to what county?
SANTA CRUZ
ALAMEDA
MARIN
SANTA CLARA

28. In 2011 Oprah aired an episode called “America’s Happiest City” which featured this county with the city of the same name.
SAN BERNARDINO
SAN LUIS OBISPO
FRESNO
ORANGE

29. This diverse county is home to redwood trees and is the number one dairy producer in the nation.
TULARE
TRINITY
FRESNO
KINGS

30. This county is home to Patagonia clothing, a model of corporate responsibility, and the beauty pageant that becomes the crux of the 2006 comedy, Little Miss Sunshine.
VENTURA
ORANGE
SANTA BARBARA
LOS ANGELES

31. Which county has a high school that produces about 400 barrels of oil a day on its property earning around $300,000 a year in revenue.
KERN
LOS ANGELES
FRESNO
NEVADA

32. Which county in California does not have a traffic light, a bank, a movie theatre, a dentist or a supermarket?
NEVADA
ALPINE
MONO
SIERRA

33. Which county in California has both the highest peak in the contiguous United States (Mt. Whitney) and the lowest place in North America (Death Valley)?
MONO
AMADOR
SAN BERNARDINO
INYO

34. Which county in California hosts the annual Jumping Frog Jubilee?
EL DORADO
NEVADA
CALAVERAS
COLUSA

35. Which county is home to California’s largest sand dunes that extend more than 40 miles?
RIVERSIDE
LASSEN
SHASTA
IMPERIAL

36. The space shuttle often lands at Edwards Air Force Base in which county?
KERN
RIVERSIDE
MERCED
FRESNO

37. Which county was home to a drive thru Lion Zoo from , that included Lions, Giraffes, Elephants, Hippos and Rhinos?
SAN DIEGO
ORANGE
BUTTE
SAN BENITO

38. This county gets its name from the Spanish words for Feather River?
PLUMAS
SAN JOAQUIN
SIERRA
SAN BENITO

39. This county was the home of John Muir, Father of National Parks ( ) and the birthplace of New York Yankee Joe De Maggio.
ALAMEDA
SANTA CLARA
CONTRA COSTA
SAN BENITO

40. This county is the birthplace of 4-time Super Bowl MVP, Tom Brady.
ALAMEDA
SAN MATEO
SANTA CLARA
SANTA CRUZ

41. The classic 1987 movie, The Lost Boys, was primarily filmed in this county.
LOS ANGELES
SANTA BARBARA
VENTURA
SANTA CRUZ

42. All raisins produced in the U.S. grow within 60 miles of this county.
SONOMA
NAPA
FRESNO
SAN JOAQUIN

43. This county was the home of Monarch, the Grizzly Bear featured on the California State Flag.
SAN FRANCISCO
SACRAMENTO
YOLO
PLACER

44. This county has some of California’s oldest buildings including the courthouse built in 1856 and the Weaverville Drug Company which has been filling prescriptions since 1852.
SUTTER
EL DORADO
ALPINE
TRINITY

45. This county is home to the Red Bluff Round Up which is the largest 3-day rodeo in the country.
KERN
TEHAMA
RIVERSIDE
NEVADA

46. This county was the film location for the 1973 movie American Graffiti and has the city with the largest wine bottle manufacturing company in the world.
MONTEREY
VENTURA
STANISLAUS
LOS ANGELES

47. This county is the largest producer of California’s Wine Country region.
NAPA
MARIN
MENDOCINO
SONOMA

48. This county’s highest peak is Mount Shasta at an elevation of 14,179 feet.
MODOC
SISKIYOU
HUMBOLDT
SHASTA

49. This county has only one incorporated city and only one traffic signal.
TRINITY
NEVADA
SIERRA
PLUMAS

50. This county is home to the famous Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay that generates millions of dollars worth of commerce and tourism each year.
TRINITY
SHASTA
SIERRA
PLUMAS

51. This county is home to San Quentin State Prison, the oldest state prison opening in July 1852 and also the home of Skywalker Ranch.
MARIN
SACRAMENTO
SAN FRANCISCO
DEL NORTE

52. This county boasts two official slogans – “The last best place” and “Where the West Still Lives.”
NEVADA
LASSEN
MODOC
SISKIYOU

53. The Artichoke Festival calls this county home
The Artichoke Festival calls this county home. It is also the home of California’s first newspaper.
MADERA
MONTEREY
KERN
DEL NORTE

54. 300 stone-arch bridges and film director Francis Ford Coppola call this county home.
NAPA
LOS ANGELES
SANTA BARBARA
SONOMA

55. This county hosted the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley.
NEVADA
PLACER
SIERRA
ALPINE

56. The Mission Inn Hotel is in this county and has hosted 10 U. S
The Mission Inn Hotel is in this county and has hosted 10 U.S. Presidents including wedding of Pat and Richard Nixon and the honeymoon of Nancy and Ronald Reagan.
SAN DIEGO
ORANGE
RIVERSIDE
SANTA BARBARA

57. This county is home to Mission San Juan Bautista which has had an unbroken succession of pastors since its founding in 1797.
MENDOCINO
ORANGE
SAN BENITO
SAN MATEO

58. A city in this county is best known for being a center of wine grape production and known as the “Zinfandel Capitol of the World” and the Annual Asparagus Festival.
NAPA
SAN JOAQUIN
SONOMA
RIVERSIDE

59. This county is home to Westwood, California which claims to be the home of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox.
SHASTA
SIERRA
LASSEN
MODOC

60. This county is home to California’s oldest lighthouse dating back to 1856 and still in operation today.
SAN DIEGO
ORANGE
DEL NORTE
MARIN

61. Tie Breaker #1
How many National Parks are in California?
EIGHT (8)
NINE (9)
SIX (6)
ELEVEN (11)

62. How many miles of coastline are there in California?
Tie Breaker #2
How many miles of coastline are there in California?
California is the third largest state, behind Alaska and Texas, and runs almost 800 miles from north to south. It is not surprising that it offers a contrasting landscape and a diverse topography. California's general coastline is 840 miles long. Along much of the coast, the Coast Ranges rise from the shore in steep cliffs and terraces. Southern California has many wide, sandy beaches. California's topography can be characterized by defining eight main regions within the state;
840
1103
728
1058

63. How many counties are included in the Central Valley?
Tie Breaker #3
How many counties are included in the Central Valley? 19 21 16 17
The valley encompasses all or parts of 19 Northern California counties: Butte, Colusa, Glenn, El Dorado, Fresno, Kings, Madera, Merced, Placer, San Joaquin, Sacramento, Shasta, Solano, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Tulare, Yuba, Yolo, and the Southern California county of Kern.[6]

64. Tie Breaker #4
How many Counties border the Pacific Ocean? 19 21 16 17

65. Did you learn more about your California Counties?
Thank you!
Did you learn more about your California Counties?
What was the most interesting fact?
Together we are one awesome state!!!
Thank you to the Regional Project Managers and Regional Managers for input