Marin County Mentioned!
My hometown
What is Larkspur?
This bebop saxophonist is also known as Yardbird, or just Bird
Who is Charlie Parker?
"Uh oh, Ghandi has nukes"
What is Civilization?
The Western half of this empire fell in the 5th century, giving rise to kingdoms of the Goths and Gauls
What is the Roman Empire?
What a cute summer flic :) hey what's he doing to that peach...
What is Call Me by Your Name?
The tallest mountain in Marin, and where Percy and Annabeth held up the sky in the Titan's Curse
What is Mount Tamalpias?
This fundamental chord progression goes D-7, G7, Cmaj7 when it's in the key of C
What is a 2-5-1?
"Phoenix heaven, he's low!"
What is Valorant?
The transition from hunting and gathering to farming and civilization
What is the Agricultural Revolution?
What is Booksmart?
Driving up to the Headlands will get you a great view of this bridge
What is the Golden Gate Bridge?
The most common song form in jazz; it has 32 bars and most of them are the 'A' section
What is AABA?
"Animals... 5"
What is Codenames?
Republicans controlled the South during this post-war era; when it ended, the Jim Crow period began
What is Reconstruction?
What if Jesus was evil and a bad boyfriend
What is Dune: Part Two?
Marin claims to have invented this sport, which I played in high school
What is mountain biking?
There's many fake ones, but this official volume has lead sheets for hundreds of jazz standards
What is the Real Book?
"I'm attacking with a 7"
"It's a bomb, you blow up"
What is Stratego?
These two decades saw a post-war economic boom, and the creation of the suburbs
What are the 1940s and 50s?
This also happened to me when I visited the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
What is Us?
Multiple Marin institutions bear the name of this English pirate; some were changed to reference less problematic individuals
Who is Sir Francis Drake?
The process of exchanging four bar solos, often between the drummer and a horn player
What is trading fours?
"Man, I have a 'Q' left over... gonna rearrange all my words"
What is Bananagrams?
Ancient Mesopotamians built these giant structures to reach the gods, which possibly inspired the Tower of Babel story
What are ziggurats?
Sucks to B.U.
What is the Social Network?