San Francisco Trivia

To San Francisco trivia fans: With your help, The Great San Francisco Trivia & Fact Book sold out its first edition! Thanks for making the book a bestseller, and stay tuned for news of a second edition.

Test your trivia knowledge!

• What San Francisco feature was named the country’s first moving historical landmark in 1964? Click for answer
   

• Which three Alfred Hitchcock movies have scenes shot in San Francisco? Click for answer
   

• Joe DiMaggio got his start with San Francisco’s minor-league Seals in 1933. Name the other two DiMaggio brothers who also played for the Seals. Click for answer

The Great San Francisco Trivia & Fact Book celebrates the landmarks and local characters that make San Francisco the world’s best-loved city.  Whether you’re a visitor or a native, you’ll discover entertaining and amazing stories about San Francisco’s buildings and bridges, poets and athletes, festivals and fault lines. Illustrated with vintage and contemporary photos and drawings, the chapters cover architecture, sports, movies & performing arts, literature, business, history, nature, and the city’s most colorful people. Read this book and find out…

• How San Francisco became whaling capital of the world.

• How many prisoners successfully escaped from Alcatraz.

• Which minor-league player beat Joe DiMaggio for the 1935
  Pacific Coast League batting championship.

• The name of San Francisco’s crookedest street. (Hint: It isn’t Lombard!)

• Where Mark Twain met the real Tom Sawyer.

• How cable cars work.

• Which movie, set in San Francisco, featured Bogart and Bacall in their last on-screen teamup.

• Which 1960’s group coined the slogans, “Do your own thing” and “Today is the first day of the rest of your life.”

For Janet’s speeches on San Francisco, click here.