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What is New York?
Harvey Milk was born in this state.
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What is be elected to public office?
Harvey Milk was the first openly gay person to do this in the state of California.
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What is California?
San Francisco is a city in this state.
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Who is Gus Van Sant?
The film Milk was directed by him.
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What is Pink Triangle Park?
This park located at the intersection of Castro, Market and 17th streets features fifteen triangular granite columns, each representing 1,000 LGBT people estimated to have been killed during the Holocaust.
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Who is Dan White?
Harvey Milk was assassinated by this other City Supervisor on November 27th, 1978.
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What are gay rights, government response to individual needs, preservation of the unique character of the city's neighborhoods, and programs that benefited minorities, workers and the elderly.
Name one theme of Harvey Milk's political agenda.
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What is the Castro?
District 5, which Milk represented, included this San Francisco neighborhood which was home to a growing homosexual community.
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What is Proposition 8?
The film was released two weeks before the vote on this controversial California legislation which would ban same-sex marriage.
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Who is Minerva McGonagall?
Harvey Milk's mother has the same first name as this character from Harry Potter.
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What is the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
In 2009, Harvey Milk was awarded this major medal, given to those with “an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors"
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What is City Supervisor?
Milk held this elected office in the city of San Francisco.
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What is Castro Theatre?
This historic building is the most famous movie palace in the Castro.
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What are Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor in a Leading Role?
Name one of the two categories for which Milk won an Academy Award in 2009.
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What is Castro Camera?
Milk opened this store on Castro Street. It later became his campaign headquarters.
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What is the Korean War?
Harvey Milk served in this war as a member of the United States Navy.
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What is the Mayor of Castro Street?
Milk's popularity in his own largely gay district earned him this political-sounding nickname despite not winning his first election.
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What is 1970?
San Francisco's first modern pride celebration occurred in this year.
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Who are Robin Williams, Richard Gere, Daniel Day-Lewis, James Woods and Al Pacino?
Name one of the actors considered for the role of Harvey Milk before Sean Penn got the job.
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What is the Human Rights Campaign (HRC)?
Milk's former campaign headquarters is now occupied by this organization's Action Center and Store.
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What is Judaism?
Harvey Milk practiced this religion.
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What is three?
Milk was elected after running for office this many times.
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Who is George Moscone?
This mayor of San Francisco was assassinated by the same man and on the same day as Harvey Milk.
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What is Samoa?
This Pacific Island nation banned the film Milk.
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What is the AIDS Memorial Quilt?
Cleve Jones was inspired by Milk to create this memorial, which honors the lives of people who died of AIDS-related causes.
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