SF History
This historical event in 1848 established San Francisco as the premier city of the West.
What is "The Gold Rush?"
This band scored one of it's biggest hits by writing a song about the rain on a certain continent. The song was covered by nerd rock legends Weezer in 2018.
What is Toto?
Born in 1774, John Chapman, better known by his nickname, was an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced these fruit trees to Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, as well as the northern counties of present-day West Virginia.
What are apple trees?
This Northern California landmark was completed in 1937. At the time it was the longest bridge span in the world at 1.7 miles.
This 2008 film helped resurrect the once troubled career of Robert Downey Jr. While it starred Downey Jr., Gwenth Paltrow and Terence Howard, the real star was the fancy pants red and gold suit worn by it's lead character.
What is "Iron Man?"
In this year the San Francisco Giants one their first World Series Title since moving to San Francisco from New York.
A) 1993
B) 2010
C) 2014
D) The Summer of Love
What is 2010?
If you like Nibblin' on sponge cake and watchin' the sun bake, you might want to visit one of the Margaritaville restaurants founded by this Yacht Rock tour de force.
Who is Jimmy Buffett?
Unlike all other fruits, this delicious summer fruit has it's seeds on the outside of its skin.
What are strawberries?
The letters making up this Southern California landmark are 45-feet tall and a bright white in color. While made famous in movie after movie, the landmark was orignally built by Los Angeles Times publisher Harry Chandler in 1923 and was first built to advertise his real estate development area.
What is the Hollywood sign?
This 2003 animated film was about an animal child finding his way home. We must have watched it like a bizillion times. It's characters were voiced by Albert Brooks, Willem Dafoe, Jeffery Rush and Ellen Degeneres.
What is "Finding Nemo?"
This is the name of the one-time Federal Prison located in the San Francisco Bay.
What is Alcatraz?
This Yacht Rock duo had hits in the 70's and 80's such as "Rich Girl," "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)," and "Private Eyes."
Who are Hall and Oats?
Jason Schayot, then of Georgetown, Texas holds the current seed-spitting distance record of 75 feet 2 inches for this fruit. This fruit is also popular a fraternity parties where they fill it with vodka for some reason.
What is a watermelon?
This California landmark is located on the American River 36 miles outside of Sacramento in the town of Coloma. It is best known for the discovery of gold in 1848, sparking the California Gold Rush.
What is Sutter's Mill?
This 2008 movie was based on the trashy young adult series about teen vampires in love or something like that. It is most memorable for kick-starting the career of a young Kristin Stewart and having millions the world over claim to be Team Edward or Team Jacob.
What is "Twilight." (vomit emoji)
San Francisco was founded in this year by Spanish Explorer Juan de Anza.
A) 1776
B) 1802
C) 1849
D) The Summer of Love
What is 1776?
This song, covered by Aretha Franklin on her 1980 album "Aretha" was first made famous by Michael McDonald and the Doobie Brothers in 1978.
What is "What a Fool Believes?"
This fruit is popular as a morning drink when the berries are dried and roasted. However, it should be imbibed in moderation since drinking too much can make one jittery or keep you awake at night.
What are coffee beans? (actually berries).
This Northern California landmark is about 75 miles south of San Francisco. It has rides, games, beach access, and hosts summer concerts which in the past have featured Eddie Money, Quiet Riot, and Blue Oyster Cult.
What is the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk?
This plot of this 2001 ensemble cast movie was about the heist of a Vegas casino. It stared Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Matt Damon, and Andy Garcia as the casino owner. A sequel was made in 2018 with a mostly female cast, including breakout star Awkwafina.
What is "Ocean's 11"
This area of the city was was described by Benjamin Estelle Lloyd's Lights and Shades of San Francisco in 1876 "The haunt of the low and the vile of every kind. The petty thief, the house burglar, the tramp, the whoremonger, lewd women, cutthroats, murderers, all are found here."
What is the Barbary Coast?
What is "Hungry Eyes?"
This many fingered lemony citrus fruit has no juice, seeds or pulp. The oily pith in this fruit is sweet unlike other citruses which can be bitter. This fruit is either eaten whole or used for zesting.
What is a Budda's Hand?
This Northern California Landmark, constructed in 1884, contains over of 160 rooms and a labyrinth of false doors and stairs that lead nowhere. These features were built as additions by the lady of the house to confuse ghosts she thought haunted the mansion as payback after being killed by guns manufactured by her father's Winchester Repeating Arms Company.
What is the Winchester Mystery House?
This 2001 film directed by Ang Lee and starred Michelle Yeoh and Chow Yun Fat. It won several academy awards including best cinematography and is the only martial arts film to date to be nominated for Best Picture
What is "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon?"