Tuesday, June 30, 2026 · america_250
America 250 · Hollywood
5 questions · 1000 points possible. Below are the prompts, hints, and target locations from this pack.
From a hand-painted sign on a hillside to the first Universal stage, the American film industry built an export empire from a few square miles of Southern California — and a couple of outliers on the East Coast.
- 01
Drop a pin on the 1923 hillside sign — originally an advertisement for a real-estate development called 'Hollywoodland.'
● Woodview Drive — Los Angeles, California, United States
- Target
- 34.1341°, -118.3215°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 02
Drop a pin on the suburb where Thomas Edison built America's first movie studio — the 'Black Maria' — in 1893.
● Park Way — West Orange, New Jersey, United States
- Target
- 40.7826°, -74.2390°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 03
Drop a pin on the Queens borough where Paramount, RKO, and Marx Brothers film studios shot through the silent era — still a working soundstage today.
● 34th Street — New York, New York, United States
- Target
- 40.7595°, -73.9243°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 04
Drop a pin on the resort town that hosts the Sundance Film Festival every January — ten days of independent cinema in the mountains.
● Kruzr Trail — Brighton, Utah, United States
- Target
- 40.6068°, -111.5950°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 05
Drop a pin on the studio complex outside Atlanta where Marvel, 'Stranger Things,' and 'The Walking Dead' have all shot — the 'Hollywood of the South.'
● Arborvale Drive — Georgia, United States
- Target
- 33.4654°, -84.4716°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts