SF TV Shows/Movies
The heir to this kingdom was raised in a San Francisco firehouse.
What is Genovia
This town in Pennslyvania is home to the Halperts.
What is Scranton
This economist won the 2022 Nobel Prize and chaired the Federal Reserve.
Who is Ben Bernanke
This transportation agency's name is shortened to BART.
What is Bay Area Rapid Transit
This gaming system was first released in Japan, and in the U.S. a few months later.
What is the Game Boy
This Hitchcock film (that features a women falling) opened at San Francisco's legendary Castro Theater during its restored re-release in October of 1997, it did more business there than any other theater in the U.S. that weekend.
What is Vertigo
In this workplace romcom, the main character was fired for his mission statement about how impersonal the work had become.
What is Jerry McGuire
This Canadian economist won the Nobel Prize in 2021 and is known for his work on the minimum wage increase in NJ.
Who is David Card
This bus line was recently put back into service to serve commuters from The Richmond to FiDi.
This artist named an album after the year they were born. List two songs from this album.
Who is Taylor Swift
According to the theme song of this Disney show, if you could see into the future you might think life would be a breeze.
Finish the lyrics.
"Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television, North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe, ..."
Ryan started the fire
This economist and her significant other are the 6th couple to win a joint Nobel Prize, and the second and most recent to do so in economics.
Who is Esther Duflo (will take Abhijit Banerjee)
This is the number of Caltrain stations served daily.
How many is 28
This 1989 film includes a road trip from Chicago to New York.
What is When Harry Met Sally
Referred to as the defective detective, this character is the namesake of a murder mystery show set in the City by the Bay.
Who is Monk
This song, written in tribute to a mini horse, is five-thousand times sadder than "Candle in the Wind."
What is "5,000 Candles in the Wind"
This economist wrote "Thinking Fast and Slow", and won the 2002 Nobel Prize, despite saying he never took an economics course.
Who is Daniel Kahneman
This is the amount of miles of standard-gauge track laid for the seven light rail lines known as the Muni Metro system.
What is 71.5 miles
This often purchased item cost 25 cents in 1989.
What is the postage stamp
This film, set in San Francisco, was the highest grossing film in 1990.
What is Mrs. Doubtfire
For 100 points each, and 500 for all four - name the Roy siblings.
Who are Siobhan, Kendall, Roman, and Connor
This economist, 2008 Nobel Prize winner and notable columnist for the NY Times, coined the term "leprechaun economics".
Who is Paul Krugman
This is the inspiration for the "Clipper" card that facilities payment on Bay Area Transit.
What are 19th-century "clipper" ships? (The fastest way between the East Coast and SF at one point!)
This is the day that a divisive structure between East and West Berlin fell.
What is November 9th, 1989