NewsTracker Answers for week of July 27, 2020

Q: California last week reached a No. 1 status that no state wants. It passed New York for highest total of Covid-19 cases nationwide with over 414,000. Click California on this map.

Circle the area on this map


Q: With 39.7 million people, California is America's most populous state by far. Which is No. 2?

A. New York

B. Florida

C. Texas

D. Pennsylvania


C. Texas has 29 million residents, the second-largest total.

Florida is third, New York is next and Pennsylvania has the No. 5 spot.


Q: California touches the Pacific Ocean and three states. Which of these is not on its border.

A. New Mexico

B. Oregon

C. Nevada

D. Arizona


A. New Mexico is two states east of California, separated by Arizona.


Q: The capital of California is . . .

A. Los Angeles

B. San Francisco

C. Fresno

D. Sacramento


D. LA is its biggest city and may seem like the cultural and tourism capital, but Sacramento in north-central California is the real capital where legislators meet and Gov. Gavin Newsom works. Its name is Spanish for "sacrament."


Q: What is the state animal, shown on California's flag?

A. Condor

B. Grizzly bear

C. Eagle

D. Sea lion


B. The grizzly bear was designated official state animal in 1953.

Before becoming extinct in the state nearly 100 years ago as the human population grew, the species thrived in numbers that may have been larger than anywhere else in the United States. A bear is the sports mascot at three University of California campuses.