Q 01/05

Which city is the most populous in the Bay Area, with close to a million residents?

A) San Francisco

B) Oakland

C) San Jose

D) Fremont

Answer · why

C) San Jose

San Jose passed San Francisco as the Bay Area's most populous city at the 1990 census. It began in 1777 as a small farming pueblo, the first civilian ...

Q 02/05

Which martial arts film star was born in San Francisco in 1940 during his father's opera tour?

A) Bruce Lee

B) Jackie Chan

C) Jet Li

D) Donnie Yen

Answer · why

A) Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee was born in San Francisco but raised in Hong Kong, where his father, a Cantonese opera singer, got him into films as a child actor.

Q 03/05

Which treat is the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park said to have first served in America?

A) Mochi ice cream

B) Fortune cookies

C) Bubble tea

D) Egg tarts

Answer · why

B) Fortune cookies

Fortune cookies were reportedly first served in America by the garden's caretaker, Makoto Hagiwara, in the early 1900s. San Francisco's Court of Histo...

Q 04/05

Which frozen treat did 11-year-old Frank Epperson invent by accident in the Bay Area in 1905?

A) Snow cone

B) Ice cream bar

C) Popsicle

D) Frozen custard

Answer · why

C) Popsicle

The Popsicle began when Epperson left a soft-drink mix and its stirring stick outside on a freezing night. He first sold the pops at an Alameda amusem...

Q 05/05

Which noisy animals have crowded the floating docks at San Francisco's Pier 39 since arriving in 1989?

A) Harbor seals

B) Sea otters

C) Brown pelicans

D) Sea lions

Answer · why

D) Sea lions

Sea lions began hauling out on the marina's K-Dock in late 1989, and by January 1990 they were arriving in droves and had taken the dock over from the...