San Francisco Bay Area (Redo - Please ignore the last one!) by HallR

Champion(s):

RichmondJ


Runner(s)-Up:

ChernicoffS
Even the president of the United States sometimes must have to stand naked. —Bob Dylan


Quiz Description

This Quiz is about things related to the San Francisco Bay Area from a variety of subjects. All cities mentioned are located in Northern California. Note: Please ignore the earlier quiz, I didn't give enough time before grading, so I'm posting the same one again. Sorry about the inconvenience.

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1 RichmondJ 481 98 15
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3 FrankensteinP 380 90 00
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9 BruceM 298 66 00
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Questions:

Who are two of the "Big Four" railroad magnates who were instrumental during the early days of San Francisco

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Stanford, Huffington, Hopkins & Crocker

What 1979 San Francisco set film portrays the real life figures of Frank Morris, and the brothers Clarence and John Anglin?

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Escape from Alcatraz

What author once quipped about her childhood hometown of Oakland, "there is no there there"?

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Gertrude Stein

What nuclear physicist has a national laboratory named after him located in Livermore?

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Ernest Lawrence

What major corporation was founded in 1935 by two recent engineering graduates in a Palo Alto garage?

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Hewlett Packard (HP)

What Hayward High School graduate is currently the Head Coach of the Oakland Raiders?

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Jack Del Rio

What Palo Alto based all-female pop-punk band released such albums as, "American Teenage Rock N' Roll Machine" and "Gold Medal"?

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The Donnas

The plays "A Long Day's Journey Into Night" and "The Iceman Cometh" were written in what Eugene O'Neill home located in Danville?

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Tao House

What San Rafael located structure was the last commission of famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright?

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Marin Civic Center

What huge mammals gather in a large colony at Ana Nuevo State Park in San Mateo county every winter?

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Elephant Seals

What Walnut Creek based major food processing company's name is believed to have been derived from a Monterey hotel in the 1880s?

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Del Monte

What annual San Francisco footrace takes place over a 7.43 mile course during the third weekend of May?

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Bay to Breakers