For the The Culver City Historical Society picnic last week, I provided a little trivia quiz- so thought I would share.
1. The first president of the CC Historical Society was_________________.
2. The City flower is the _____________________.
3. Immediate Past President, Stu Freeman is a third generation owner of Historic Site No. 2, the ______________Building, which housed the first hospital in town. (It is now a well-known restaurant.)
4. Thomas Ince, who built the first two major Studios in Culver City was famous for his love stories. True or False
5. The sculptor of the stainless steel “Filmstrip U.S.A.,” artwork, which sits in front of the Veteran’s Memorial Building is ________________________. Which Culver City raised actor, from Dallas fame, attended the unveiling?_______________________
6. In 1949, Hacienda Street was renamed ________________________Street.
7. Our Historic Site No. 12 is the first park in Culver City-______________Park, which was renamed Dr. Paul Carlson, in the 1960s.
8. At this time, there has only been one second generation councilmember:_______________.
9. Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn met at the side entrance to MGM’s landmark _____________Building. The building was named for Louis B. Mayer’s genius head of production.
10. The Master of Ceremonies for the opening of Culver City’s Meralta Theater was________ ________ for which Thomas Ince provided the film, “The Galloping Fish.”
11. There is a marker in Vets Park that commemorates the long time head of Parks, Roy _________. (near a tree between ARC and the Teen Center.)
12. The _____________of the Veterans Memorial Building sparked Huell Howser’s interest in doing an episode on Culver City for KCET.
13. George Barris tells us that drag racing began in Culver City at which Drive-in? (Photo in the ARC)
a. The Witch Stand b. Piccadilly’s c. Foster Freeze d. Dolores
Answers:
- Cathy Zermeno
- Lantana
- Hull (Akasha)
- False- famous for his Westerns!
- Natalie Kroll; Linda Gray, who grew up in CC
- Culver Center St.
- Victory
- Jozelle Smith
- Thalberg
- Will Rogers
- Wells
- Tower
- Piccadilly’s
