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