Q 01/05

Berkeley, California is named after an 18th-century bishop and philosopher from which country?

A) Ireland

B) England

C) Scotland

D) Wales

Answer · why

A) Ireland

Ireland: George Berkeley, the Anglo-Irish Bishop of Cloyne, wrote 'westward the course of empire takes its way', the line trustee Frederick Billings r...

Q 02/05

In which California county is Berkeley located?

A) Contra Costa

B) Alameda

C) San Francisco

D) Marin

Answer · why

B) Alameda

Alameda County, which contains Berkeley, moved its county seat to Oakland after an 1868 earthquake destroyed its courthouse in San Leandro.

Q 03/05

Which chain's founders learned roasting from Berkeley's Alfred Peet?

A) Dunkin'

B) Starbucks

C) Caribou Coffee

D) Tim Hortons

Answer · why

B) Starbucks

Starbucks cofounder Jerry Baldwin later bought Peet's itself, several years after Alfred Peet sold the company in 1979.

Q 04/05

Which Native people lived on the site of Berkeley, leaving a shellmound at Strawberry Creek?

A) The Chochenyo Ohlone

B) The Coast Miwok

C) The Southern Pomo

D) The Northern Yokuts

Answer · why

A) The Chochenyo Ohlone

The Chochenyo Ohlone's sacred shellmound area regained a Fourth Street parking lot in 2024, after the developer that had fought to build there agreed ...

Q 05/05

Which Spanish soldier received the land grant, Rancho San Antonio, that included present-day Berkeley?

A) Luis Peralta

B) José Castro

C) Mariano Vallejo

D) Juan Bautista de Anza

Answer · why

A) Luis Peralta

Luis Peralta never lived on Rancho San Antonio himself; he divided it among his four sons, and Berkeley grew mostly on son Domingo's share.