Golden Gate Park - Quiz
Golden Gate Park
  • 1. What is the shape of the Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park?
A) Square
B) Rectangular
C) Circular
D) Oval
  • 2. Which event led to the excavation of the Music Concourse in 1894?
A) Golden Gate World Fair
B) Pacific Basin Exposition
C) San Francisco Centennial
D) California Midwinter International Exposition
  • 3. What is the primary focal point of the Music Concourse?
A) Spreckels Temple of Music
B) Pool of Enchantment
C) De Young Museum
D) The Bandshell fountain
  • 4. In which seasons can visitors typically find food trucks behind the Bandshell?
A) All year round
B) Summer and winter only
C) Winter and spring only
D) Fall, spring, and summer
  • 5. Where is one of the locations for bicycle and surrey rentals mentioned in the text?
A) The Music Concourse center
B) The De Young Museum lobby
C) Golden Gate Bridge entrance
D) Haight and Stanyan
  • 6. How many fountains are located in the Music Concourse area?
A) Four
B) Six
C) Eight
D) Two
  • 7. What major improvement was added to the Music Concourse starting in 2003?
A) Underground 800-car parking garage
B) An outdoor amphitheater
C) A large observation wheel
D) A new botanical garden
  • 8. Who was the San Francisco newspaper magnate the De Young Museum is named after?
A) Pierre de Meuron
B) M. H. de Young
C) Louis Mullgardt
D) M. Earl Cummings
  • 9. In what year did the De Young Museum originally open?
A) 2005
B) 1917
C) 1921
D) 1894
  • 10. How many female artists were featured in the original Fine Arts Building?
A) Forty
B) Twenty-eight
C) Fifty
D) Twelve
  • 11. Which artist is mentioned as a revolutionary featured in the De Young Museum today?
A) Louis Mullgardt
B) Helen Hyde
C) M. Earl Cummings
D) Vincent Van Gogh
  • 12. Who served as the head architect for the De Young Museum built in 1921?
A) Jacques Herzog
B) Louis Mullgardt
C) M. Earl Cummings
D) Pierre de Meuron
  • 13. What was the height of the tower at the center of the 1921 De Young Museum building?
A) 150 feet
B) 134 feet
C) 200 feet
D) 100 feet
  • 14. What was the name of the entrance feature at the 1921 De Young Museum?
A) Fountain of Art
B) Pool of Enchantment
C) The Gateway of History
D) The Grand Plaza
  • 15. Who created the sculptured Indian boys for the Pool of Enchantment?
A) M. H. de Young
B) Louis Mullgardt
C) M. Earl Cummings
D) Helen Hyde
  • 16. Which wing of the 1921 museum featured Asian collections?
A) Northeast wing
B) Central wing
C) West wing
D) East wing
  • 17. What material is the current De Young Museum building mostly constructed of?
A) Sandstone
B) Concrete
C) Copper
D) Steel and glass
  • 18. In what year did the current De Young Museum building reopen after its rebuild?
A) 2001
B) 2005
C) 1999
D) 2003
  • 19. Who were the lead architects for the museum that reopened in 2005?
A) The Midwinter Exposition Committee
B) Louis Mullgardt and M. H. de Young
C) Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron
D) M. Earl Cummings and Helen Hyde
  • 20. What atmospheric condition was the modern museum designed to be enhanced by?
A) Strong Pacific winds
B) Evening moonlight
C) San Francisco's constant fog
D) Heavy seasonal rain
  • 21. How many official homeless encampments were in the Golden Gate Park region?
A) 26
B) 16
C) 21
D) 20
  • 22. How many of the official encampments were controlled by the United States Army?
A) 20
B) 21
C) 4
D) 26
  • 23. How many people did the United States Army house in military style encampments?
A) 16,000
B) 3,000
C) 25,000
D) 20,000
  • 24. How many of the 20,000 refugees were living at the Presidio?
A) 3,000
B) 16,000
C) 20,000
D) 21,000
  • 25. What specific group had an exclusive camp within the Presidio?
A) Army carpenters
B) Homeless children
C) City officials
D) Chinese immigrants
  • 26. How many tents did the army organize into a grid?
A) 3,000
B) 16,000
C) 20,000
D) 26,000
  • 27. Where did the adults congregate to socialize in the tent neighborhoods?
A) Laundries
B) Bathhouses
C) Latrines
D) Mess halls
  • 28. When were the Presidio tent camps shut down?
A) January 1907
B) June 1906
C) May 1906
D) July 1906
  • 29. Who built the permanent earthquake shacks?
A) City architects
B) Army Union carpenters
C) The refugees themselves
D) Chinese immigrants
  • 30. How much did residents pay per month to cover the cost of the earthquake shacks?
A) Five dollars
B) Ten dollars
C) Two dollars
D) Three dollars
  • 31. For how many months did residents pay for the earthquake shacks?
A) 25
B) 36
C) 12
D) 20
  • 32. What is the approximate size of Golden Gate Park in acres?
A) 500 acres
B) 1,017 acres
C) 100 acres
D) 2,000 acres
  • 33. Who was the landscape architect who first proposed a plan for the park in 1865?
A) Leland Stanford
B) John McLaren
C) William Hammond Hall
D) Frederick Law Olmsted
  • 34. What was the park site called before its development?
A) Outside Lands
B) Sunset Dunes
C) The Golden Gate Flats
D) The Western Expansion
  • 35. In what year did the park officially open?
A) 1903
B) 1860
C) 1882
D) 1870
  • 36. Who was the engineer that designed the Central Park-style layout for the park?
A) Frederick Law Olmsted
B) Frank M. Pixley
C) William Hammond Hall
D) John McLaren
  • 37. What is the annual estimated number of visitors to Golden Gate Park?
A) 5 million
B) 24 million
C) 10 million
D) 50 million
  • 38. Who apprenticed in Scotland and was John McLaren's associate?
A) Frank M. Pixley
B) John McLaren
C) William Hammond Hall
D) Frederick Law Olmsted
  • 39. What kind of seeds did John McLaren grow for two years to hold the sand together?
A) Eucalyptus seeds
B) Monterey pine seeds
C) Wildflower seeds
D) Bent grass seeds
  • 40. Where did John McLaren live within the park?
A) The Beach Chalet
B) The Conservatory of Flowers
C) The Dutch Windmill
D) McLaren Lodge
  • 41. What year did the park earn the designation of National Historic Landmark?
A) 2004
B) 1943
C) 1981
D) 1871
  • 42. What was the name of the individual who built shanties on the beach near the park?
A) Frank M. Pixley
B) William Hammond Hall
C) Leland Stanford
D) Gus Mooney
  • 43. What function did the windmills at the western end of the park serve?
A) Aired out the dunes
B) Ground grain
C) Generated electricity
D) Pumped water
  • 44. At what age did John McLaren die?
A) 60
B) 96
C) 92
D) 70
  • 45. Which government program took over park duties during the Great Depression?
A) Works Progress Administration
B) National Park Service
C) California Conservation Corps
D) San Francisco Parks Department
  • 46. Which of these features was created by the WPA in Golden Gate Park?
A) The Japanese Tea Garden
B) The Conservatory of Flowers
C) The Arboretum
D) The AIDS Memorial Grove
  • 47. How many miles of roads did the WPA reconstruct in the park?
A) 5 miles
B) 13 miles
C) 30 miles
D) 20 miles
  • 48. What kind of stables did the WPA build in the park?
A) Public riding stables
B) Maintenance equipment stables
C) Carriage stables
D) Police Department horse stables
  • 49. Who created the sculptures for the horseshoe pits?
A) Gary Snyder
B) Michael Bowen
C) Scott McKenzie
D) Jesse S. 'Vet' Anderson
  • 50. Which sculpture at the horseshoe pits eventually crumbled?
A) A horseshoe trophy
B) A white horse
C) A casting rod
D) A gentleman tossing a shoe
  • 51. Where does the park's landscape water currently come from?
A) San Francisco Bay
B) Ocean desalination plants
C) Westside Basin Aquifer
D) Sierra Nevada snowmelt
  • 52. What caused billowing piles of foam in the 1950s?
A) Volcanic ash
B) Industrial runoff
C) Artificial detergents
D) Algae blooms
  • 53. What specific event marked the beginning of the Summer of Love?
A) The Great Gathering
B) Haight-Ashbury Music Festival
C) The Flower Power Parade
D) Human Be-In
  • 54. Where was the Human Be-In held?
A) Polo Fields
B) Stow Lake
C) The Panhandle
D) Hippie Hill
  • 55. Who organized the Human Be-In?
A) Michael Bowen
B) Allen Ginsberg
C) Scott McKenzie
D) Timothy Leary
  • 56. Who coined the phrase 'Turn on, tune in, drop out'?
A) Allen Ginsberg
B) Gary Snyder
C) George Harrison
D) Timothy Leary
  • 57. Which district was the epicenter of the Summer of Love?
A) Haight-Ashbury
B) Golden Gate Park
C) North Beach
D) The Mission
  • 58. Which location was a central meeting place during the Summer of Love?
A) The Polo Fields
B) The Arboretum
C) Anglers Lodge
D) Hippie Hill
  • 59. Which artist performed a free concert during the Summer of Love in the park?
A) Bob Dylan
B) Jimi Hendrix
C) Joan Baez
D) Janis Joplin
  • 60. In what year did Queen Elizabeth II visit Golden Gate Park?
A) 1993
B) 2003
C) 1973
D) 1983
  • 61. Which U.S. President attended the dinner for the Queen in 1983?
A) Gerald Ford
B) Ronald Reagan
C) George H.W. Bush
D) Jimmy Carter
  • 62. What was the reason for the protests during the Queen's visit?
A) Traffic congestion
B) Britain's role in The Troubles in Northern Ireland
C) The cost of the visit
D) Environmental concerns
  • 63. In what year did the FBI reveal an assassination plot against the Queen during her 1983 visit?
A) 2003
B) 1983
C) 2023
D) 2013
  • 64. Which music festival is hosted annually in Golden Gate Park alongside Outside Lands?
A) Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
B) Bumbershoot
C) Austin City Limits
D) South by Southwest
  • 65. By what vote margin did the Board of Supervisors decide to keep JFK Drive car-free?
A) 9-2
B) 8-3
C) 6-5
D) 7-4
  • 66. What percentage of voters affirmed the car-free status of JFK Drive in 2022?
A) 75%
B) 65%
C) 55%
D) 50%
  • 67. What is the new name for the car-free section of JFK Drive?
A) Park Plaza
B) Sunset Boulevard
C) JFK Promenade
D) Golden Gate Walkway
  • 68. How tall is the dragon installation found on the JFK Promenade?
A) 20-ft
B) 15-ft
C) 30-ft
D) 25-ft
  • 69. In what year was the California Academy of Sciences founded?
A) 1916
B) 2008
C) 1989
D) 1853
  • 70. Which famous evolutionist corresponded on the early organization of the Academy?
A) Charles Darwin
B) Makoto Hagiwara
C) George Turner Marsh
D) John McLaren
  • 71. Which of the following buildings from the original Academy was conserved after the 1989 earthquake?
A) Mechanical Arts Building
B) Rainforest Exhibition
C) Steinhart Aquarium
D) Planetarium
  • 72. How deep is the soil on the Academy's living roof?
A) Two feet
B) Three inches
C) Ten inches
D) Six inches
  • 73. What percentage of electricity is collected by the glass panels on the living roof?
A) Exactly 1%
B) More than 50%
C) More than 5%
D) More than 10%
  • 74. What certification was granted to the California Academy of Sciences by the U.S. Green Building Council?
A) Green-certified
B) LEED-silver
C) LEED-platinum
D) LEED-gold
  • 75. The Japanese Tea Garden is rumored to be the introduction site of which item to America?
A) Fortune cookie
B) Sushi
C) Zen garden
D) Bonsai tree
  • 76. Who originally created the 'Japanese Village' exhibit for the 1894 Midwinter Exposition?
A) George Turner Marsh
B) Ruth Asawa
C) John McLaren
D) Makoto Hagiwara
  • 77. In what year was the Japanese Tea Garden formally reinstated with its original name?
A) 1942
B) 1894
C) 1953
D) 1952
  • 78. Who designed the plaque that honors the Hagiwara family?
A) John McLaren
B) George Turner Marsh
C) Takano Hagiwara
D) Ruth Asawa
  • 79. During World War II, what was the Japanese Tea Garden renamed?
A) Oriental Tea Garden
B) Victory Garden
C) Zen Tea Garden
D) Pacific Tea Garden
  • 80. What happens to the Academy's interior temperature due to the living roof?
A) It is heated by the soil
B) It requires more air-conditioning
C) It remains unaffected
D) It is naturally cooled
  • 81. When did the Conservatory of Flowers first open?
A) 1883
B) 1933
C) 1902
D) 1879
  • 82. What disaster caused the Conservatory of Flowers to close in 1995?
A) An earthquake
B) A severe storm
C) A boiler explosion
D) A fire
  • 83. Which gallery in the Conservatory features plants from South American tropics near the equator?
A) Potted Plants Gallery
B) Lowlands Gallery
C) Highlands Gallery
D) Aquatic Plants room
  • 84. Where is the Beach Chalet located within the park?
A) At the park entrance
B) Next to the North Windmill
C) At the far western end
D) Near Strawberry Hill
  • 85. Who provided $20,000 to erect the South Windmill?
A) John McLaren
B) Charles Crocker
C) Samuel G. Murphy
D) Alpheus Bull Jr.
  • 86. Which plants are featured in the Highlands Gallery?
A) Tropical plants from the equator
B) Aquatic plants from the Amazon
C) Native plants from South to Central America
D) Victorian potted plants
  • 87. What material were the sails of the North Windmill made from?
A) Redwood
B) Iron
C) Oregon pine
D) Oak
  • 88. What percentage of the glass at the Conservatory was shattered during the 1995 storm?
A) 40%
B) 60%
C) 10%
D) 25%
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