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| Section of the city considered to be "Little Italy" and the birthplace of the Beat Generation? |
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| Mark Twain is credited with saying, "The coldest winter he ever spend was a_____". |
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| The Summer I spent in San Fransisco |
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| "Wall Street of the Wall" |
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The City Hall dome is modeled after_____
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| The Hippy movement was born in this district. |
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| The population of San Francisco City and County is (approx.) |
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| The military base was first established to protect Mission Dolores. |
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| Gift to City by the Spreckles Family which stands as a memorial to those Californians who died in World War I. |
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| The California Palace Legion of Honor |
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| What is the oldest complete building in San Francisco_____. |
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| The Chief Engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge was_____ and built in the year 1937. |
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| San Francisco's most devastating turn of century earthquake hit on what date, year and time:_____. |
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| This large red brick structure was formerly a woolen mill and a chocolate factory:_____. |
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| In 1846, Captain Jon Montgomery raised the U.S. flag here:_____. |
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| These dramatic ruins beneath the Cliff House, built in 1896, were known as the_____. |
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| Formerly known as the Bank of Italy and the worlds's largest commercial bank. |
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| The UN Charter was written in this building _____ and signed in this building _____ in the year ______. |
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| Opera house, Herbst theater, 1945 |
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| SF was formally called: _____. |
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| This is next to Fisherman's Warf, multimillion complex, Victorian shopping arcade _____. |
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| Scottish gardener responsible for creating Golden Gate Park _____. |
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| Last name of "Godmother" or "Grandmother" of SF. |
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| Alma de Bretteville Spreckles |
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| Large glass structure located in GG Park houses exotic and endangered plants from all over the world _____. |
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| _____ Invented Cable Cars in the year _____. |
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| During WW II, the Japanese Tea garden was known as _____. |
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| World's Largest diameter tunnel blasted through _____ in order to complete the _____. |
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| Yerba Buena Island, Bay Bridge |
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| Lincoln Park Gold Course was formerly a _____. |
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| Large mammals that inhabit the floating docks around Pier 39 _____. |
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| Oldest scientific institution in the West is _____. |
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| California Academy of Sciences |
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| Landmark building was the gateway to SF before the building of the Golden Gate & Bay Bridges: _____. |
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| Why did the Chinese originally come to SF? |
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| Morton Street, once known as the most notorious Red Light District in the city, now called: _____. |
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| First mission was founded at _____. |
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| Highest point in the City: _____. |
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| "Crookedest" street in the world:_____. |
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| Coit Tower can be found on:_____. |
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| # of cable car lines remaining in the City: _____. |
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| Tallest Building in SF: _____. |
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| Petite and eccentric women, passion for chasing the fire engines, donated $50,000 for a memorial to the S.F. Volunteer Fireman. |
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| When was Alcatraz Island first used as a prison? _____ & what does Alcatraz mean in English? _____. |
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First used as a Military Prison during the Civil War or 1934,
Pelican Island |
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| Fine examples of SF Victorian architecture can be found around this 12 acre park: _____. |
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| Monument in the middle of Union Square celebrates the victory of: _____ at _____. |
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| Admiral Dewey at Manilla Bay |
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| Early Native American tribes who were the original inhabitants of SF Bay Area were a _____ and the _____. |
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| California State Motto is _____ which, translated from the Greek, means _____ . |
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| "Ellis Island of the West" is known as: _____. |
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| Castro District is home to which community: _____. |
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| SF occupies an area of approximately: ______. |
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| The Franciscan Padre who provided the leadership for establishing California's 21 mission was: _____. |
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| Structure located at the Grant Avenue entrance to Chinatown is called _____ and the sign hanging from it translates from Chinese as _____. |
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| Pagoda Gate & All things under heaven are Just |
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| Mexican period ended in Northern California with a Yankee uprising in 1846 called the: _____. |
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| California became # _____ state in the Union, in the year _____. |
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| Name three types of Victorian Architecture found in SF _____, _____, _____. |
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| Itallianate, Eastlake or Stick Style, Queen Anne |
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