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The Chico Test:

1) Who was Chico’s founder?

<ul class="list-unstyled"> <li>A. Jack Sidwell</li> <li>B. Jim Tidwell</li> <li>C. John Bidwell</li> <li>D. Chico Marx</li> </ul> </ul>

2) What was Chico State first called?

<ul class="list-unstyled"> <li>A. Chico Normal School</li> <li>B. California State University at Chico</li> <li>C. Chico University</li> <li>D. Party U</li> </ul>

3) Statewide, Chico has the third-biggest _____ ?

<ul class="list-unstyled"> <li>A. CSU enrollment</li> <li>B. City park</li> <li>C. Police force</li> <li>D. Mayor</li> </ul>

4) Which movie was filmed here?

<ul class="list-unstyled"> <li>A. The Adventures of Robin Hood</li> <li>B. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves</li> <li>C. Robin Hood: Men in Tights</li> <li>D. Boyz n the Hood</li> </ul>

5) Why do locals say “a’mond” instead of “almond”?

<ul class="list-unstyled"> <li>A. Speech impediment tracing back six generations</li> <li>B. Cat got the tongue of the city's founder</li> <li>C. Rampant illiteracy despite the university's best effort</li> <li>D. Growers “shake the L out of the trees” at harvest</li> </ul>

6) Where is the Senator?

<ul class="list-unstyled"> <li>A. On Main Street</li> <li>B. On Broadway</li> <li>C. Off Highway 99</li> <li>D. In the capital</li> </ul>

7) In Chico, “Esplanade” rhymes with _____?

<ul class="list-unstyled"> <li>A. Tapenade</li> <li>B. Lemonade</li> <li>C. Tom Brady</li> <li>D. Tree street</li> </ul>

8) Who campaigned here in 2016?

<ul class="list-unstyled"> <li>A. Donald Trump</li> <li>B. Hillary Clinton</li> <li>C. Bernie Sanders</li> <li>D. Sarah Palin</li> </ul>

9) Which tribe calls Chico its home?

<ul class="list-unstyled"> <li>A. Northern Pauite</li> <li>B. Mechoopda Maidu</li> <li>C. Winnemem Wintu</li> <li>D. The one called Quest</li> </ul>

10) The streets whose order spells CHICO are ____?

<ul class="list-unstyled"> <li>A. Chestnut, Hazel, Ivy, Cherry, Orange</li> <li>B. Cypress, Humboldt, Idyllwild, Cedar, Orient</li> <li>C. Citrus, Hobart, Invader, Columbus, Olive</li> <li>D. Columbia, Harvard, Iona, Cornell, Oberlin</li> </ul>

Answer key

1-C, 2-A, 3-B, 4-A, 5-D, 6-A, 7-B, 8-C, 9-B, 10-A

Scoring

10: Must have grown up here!

7-9: Not bad for a freshman!

3-6: You've got some learnin' to do …

0-2: Umm, it's Chico, not Chino.

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