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Bluff Park Trivia

Bluff Park Trivia

1. What famous couple had many a secret rendezvous in the 30’s at Weathering Heights?

A1. Clark Gable and Carole Lombard

2. Identify as many styles of architecture as you can located in BluffPark.

A2. Craftsman, Queen Ann, Victorian, Mediterranean, Colonial Revival, English Tudor, Moderne, Mission Revival

3. Name as many movies stars as you can who lived in the area. (5)

A3. Fatty Arbuckle, Theda Bara, W.C. Fields, Clark Gable, Carole Lombard

4. What was the original name of 1st. street?

A4. Park Blvd.

5. What year did we become a Historic District?

A5. July, 1982

6. Who had the house built that is now part of the LB Museum?

A6. Elizabeth Milbank Anderson

7 Name the street boundaries of our District?

A7. Junipero, Loma, Ocean, Broadway

8. What was the structure at Redondo & Ocean, now a Buddhist Temple?

A8. Carmel of St. Joseph Cloister

9. The Long Beach Breakwater was completed in what year? And why?

 A9. Built in the late 1940’s to create harbor for the ships

10. What was visible on the Bluff during WW11 and was removed in the 50’s?

A10. Gun Emplacements

11.What music group proposed a free concert on the Bluff that the city nixed?

A11. The Beach Boys

12. Name the cross streets where the Red Line had a turn-a-round.

A12. Loma and 1st st.