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When the 1953 National Boy Scout Jamboree came to town, the event created an insta-city of 50,000 Scouts and their leaders in the rolling hills of what's now Newport Center/Fashion Island, Big Canyon and Eastbluff. Guest interview: Don Webb, former Newport Beach council member and mayor who attended the Jamboree as a 14-year-old Scout.

A five-question, multiple-choice pop quiz on Newport Beach history. Here are the questions (no Googling before listening): 

• What eyesore did the  City Council nearly approve in 1956 that would have been just off the coast of Newport? 
• What year were Corona del Mar's parking issues first brought to City Hall?
• Who was Bob Henry, the namesake of the park on the Castaways bluff?
• What amazing find did workers uncovered on the banks of the Back Bay during the construction of the Newporter Inn (now the Hyatt Regency)?
• What was Newport Center/Fashion Island's working name during its planning?