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Think you know the City by the Bay?
Here are some trivia questions to see if you can make the cut. They all have something obvious in common, but in true Palace Games style there’s a little bit more going on here as well.
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1. Whose statue resides outside of the main entrance to Oracle Park, home of the San Francisco Giants? His jersey number is reflected in the stadium’s official address.
2. What is the pseudonym of Hungarian-American Erich Weisz? He very notably (in Palace Games circles) visited San Francisco in 1915, along with many other innovators.
3. What local city saw an influx of painters and sculptors after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake? It’s now considered one of the most socially progressive cities in the US.
4. What is the common name of the company that owns Discovery Kingdom, an animal theme park near San Francisco? Its name has origins in the political history of Texas.
5. Which album by the San Francisco band Grateful Dead features songs like Friend of the Devil, Sugar Magnolia, and Truckin’? It shares a title with an Oscar-winning film.
6. Who played Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games movies and later directed Cocaine Bear? She earned her MFA at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.
7. The Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco was built for the 1915 PPIE. The “I” and “E” stand for “International” and “Expo,” but what two words are represented by the “P”s?
8. What annual event celebrating “radical inclusion” occurs annually in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert? The gathering’s origins trace back to Baker Beach in San Francisco.
9. Mac OS X 10.6, unveiled in SF in 2009, was named for what feline? The release focused on improvements rather than new features (as subtly reflected in its naming).