1. The creator of the century-old Peter Pan—the ageless boy wonder—was good friends with
Sherlock Holmes’s originator and sought the latter’s advice on staging the magical drama peo-
pled by the likes of Wendy, Tink, Captain Hook, and Lost Boys frolicking in Neverland. Name the authors.
a. H.G. Wells, Sir James Matthew Barrie
b. J.M. Barrie, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
c. Jules Verne, Robert Louis Stevenson
2. Rounding out the spring semester at SF City College, this legendary saxophonist joined forces with the student jazz ensemble under the direction of David Hardiman, Jr. at the Diego Rivera Theater on campus.
a. Ernie Watts
b. John Coltrane
c. Sonny Rollins
3. The annual Black & White Ball showcased the vocal talents of Tony Bennett and k.d. Lang.
Throughout his long life, the eighty-three-year-old Bennett:
a. saw combat action in Europe during WWII
b. marched in Selma, Alabama, to encourage
c. the black vote tries his hand as an artist, setting up his easel in whatever city he happens to be performing.
d. all of the above
4. 49er tight end Vernon Davis championed the visual arts in a panel discussion recently held at the de Young Museum to promote the arts in SF public schools. The personable Davis pledged to:
a. advance the 49ers to Super-Bowl status next season
b. fund a scholarship for deserving art students
c. bring Leonardo da Vinci’s greatness to an area museum soon
5. He grew up in a tough L.A. neighborhood. Many kids whom no one else would want were put in his classroom, but these were the kind of kids he enjoyed teaching. Now he’s SFUSD Superintendent. His name?
6. Coach Carl Rose of Berkeley’s Strawberry Canyon Track Club sponsors elite runners to
compete in Bay to Breakers. He recruits runners from:
a Ethiopia
b. The Copper Canyon in Mexico
c. Kenya
7. Name the pianist from Mississippi known as the William Faulkner of Jazz. “I’m the one they call the Seventh Son” recently performed at Yoshi’s.
8. This Native American Californian went into hiding for forty years to escape extermination, eventually finding a safe haven at the UCSF Medical School on Parnassus, thanks to kindly anthropologists.
a. Chief Sitting Bull
b. Geronimo
c. Ishi
9. Faithfully chronicling local lore items over the years, this native son honed his journalistic skills at USF. He was just honored as San Franciscan of the Year at the Italian Athletic Club in North Beach. His name?
10. Which painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau depicts the Goddess of Love and Beauty as part of the Birth of Impressionism exhibition at the de Young in Golden Gate Park?
a. The Birth of Venus
b. Aphrodite Kallipygos
c. The Remorse of Orestes
Answers
1. b
2. a (Watts appeared in the 1982 Rolling Stones film Let’s Spend the Night Together)
3. d
4. b
5. Carlos Garcia
6. c (Kenyans won the 2010 Bay-to-Breakers in both women’s and men’s divisions)
7. Mose Allison
8. c
9. Carl Nolte
10. a
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.
