California Mission Quiz

See how much you know about the Spanish missions in California!

Take the quiz below… you’ll be shown the correct answers and a short explanation after you click the Submit button.

What order founded the missions in California?

Which mission was threatened by pirates?

Which mission was founded under Mexican rule?

Who typically wore a leather jacket?

What would usually be served for breakfast at the mission?

What type of dance was popular at the missions?

What symbol of Saint James the Apostle is frequently found at the missions?

What was the primary building material at the missions?

Which mission is known as "the king of the missions"?

Which mission is known as "the queen of the missions"?

Which mission is famed for the swallows that return to nest each spring?

Which mission was called Misión Dolores (the mission of sorrows)?

Which mission was featured in the climactic scene of Alfred Hitchcock's film Vertigo (1958)?

Which mission is widely reputed to be haunted?

What was San Antonio de Pala?

Who followed Saint Junípero Serra as head of the California missions, and doubled the number?

Which mission traded with the Russian settlement at Fort Ross?

Which mission was attacked and partially burned by Kumeyaay Indians in 1775?

Which mission was built in Cañada de los Osos, the 'Valley of the Bears?'

Which of the missions below were associated with presidios?