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Pop Quiz: All About the California Gold Rush

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1.   The California Gold Rush began in:
    1700s
    1800s
    1900s

2.   What athletic team is named after the California Gold Rush?
    The San Francisco 49ers
    The Los Angeles Dodgers
    The Oakland Miners

3.   The place where the first gold nugget of the California Gold Rush was found was:
    Napa Valley, California
    Sutter Mill in Coloma, California
    The football field of Pomona College

4.   The California Gold Rush helped trigger the building of which canal?
    Suez canal
    Panama canal
    Erie canal

5.   A popular method for extracting gold from riverbeds was:
    Panning
    Dogging
    Vacuuming

6.   The California Gold Rush ended in:
    1700s
    1800s
    Never

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