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1.  This father-to-be hopes to sit on the throne of the California State Government. Name this ever-ambitious office seeker who attended Notre Dame des victoires Elementary School.

2.  With a cross at its summit, this mountain is the highest natural point in San Francisco. The 36 Teresita MUNI bus provides public transportation to its trailhead at Robinhood Drive.

      a. Mt. Sutro  b. Twin Peaks  c. Mt. Davidson

3. “You won’t have the hardships I had. You’ll have a wonderful life. But remember to always keep a smile on your face when people say no to you, which they will.” Recent graduates from SF State University got an earful of sage-like advice from:

      a. President Robert A. Corrigan

      b. Willie Howard Mays, Jr.

      c. Mr. Morris Dees

4.  Longtime backup vocalist for the Rolling Stones, this gifted Brooklyn-born showstopper just performed in the Let the Sunshine In concert held at Davies Symphony Hall.

      a. Lisa Fischer

      b. Tina Turner 

      c. Big Mama Thornton

5.  Robin Hood’s legendary hideout in the English countryside inspired the moniker of this out-of-the-way San Francisco neighborhood.

6.  “Can a girl like her really be driving Lord Foxhaven wild with desire?” This promotional blurb graces a book at Borders Books and Music in Stonestown. The book can be found in the following section:

      a. Spine-tingling novels

      b. Build your best beach body

      c. Books that don’t require a lot of thought

      d. None of the above

7. Also at Borders: Required Summer Reading for select San Francisco schools.

      a. Beneath the Wheel by Hermann Hesse

      b. The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone

      c. Women in Love or Sons and Lovers by D.H.
      Lawrence

8.  On display at the International Terminal of the SF Airport North, Native American basketry from the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, UC Berkeley. Among the collection, a jumbo kettle of an acorn mush basket in which water was brought to boil by the immersion of:

      a. burning coals

      b. red-hot stones

      c. bits of shattered lightning bolts

9.  The Creation, recently performed at Trinity Episcopal Church by the City Oratorio Choir and Orchestra under Maestro Joshua T. Law, Emeritus Music Professor at San Francisco City College, marked the 200^th anniversary of this composer’s death:

      a. Franz Joseph Haydn

      b. Robert Schumann

      c. Felix Mendelssohn

10.      Name the composer who stipulated that his Porgy and Bess be staged with an all-black cast.

      a. Oscar Hammerstein, II

      b. Irving Berlin

      c. George Gershwin

 

 

Answers:

1.  Mayor Gavin Newsom

2. c. (Mt. Davidson parklands are along Myra Way.)

3. b. (Baseball Hall of Fame inductee for the SF Giants.)

4. a. (The event was a fundraiser for Christopher Rodriguez, who was paralyzed by a stray bullet.)

5. Sherwood Forest

6. d. (Look in the romance section for No Regrets by Michèle Ann Young.)

7. c.

8. b. (The stones were stirred constantly to avoid burning the basket.)

9. a. (March 31, 1732–May 31, 1809. Retiring after thirty-seven years of teaching, Professor Law was Bruce Lee’s classmate in their native Hong Kong.)

10. c. (In the SF Opera’s June performances of Porgy and Bess, Eric Owens played Porgy and Laquita Mitchell, Bess.)

 

Victor Turks grew up in San Francisco and lives in the Richmond with his wife, Michiko, their three boys, a pug, a cat, and a tankful of goldfish. He teaches English at City College.