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16 million
Number of people who visit SF each year.
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Jack Clark
He holds the San Francisco Giants record for longest hitting streak.
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Arnold Palmer
He designed the renovation for Presidio Golf Course. (one person)
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Long Tall Sally
Las song sung by the Beatles at their last concert at Candlestick Park.
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Yerba Buena
Name of SF called before it was named San Francisco.
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7 square miles
Size of SF (in square miles).
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Johnnie LeMaster
This Giants player, routinely jeered by fans for his play, appeared in a game with the word "Boo" on the back of his jersey.
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Woody Allen
What young comedian was heckled so badly during an appearance with Barbra Streisand at San Francisco's hungry i in the early 1960s that, as the San Francisco Examiner put it, "He was reduced to something pale, quivering and not quite human, his back to th
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SF Summer
This happens late August to late October.
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$5
Cost of ride an SF Cable Car? (specific amt in dollars).
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43
Number of hills make up the SF landscape.
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Dusty Baker
This Giants manager won the most games in the San Francisco era.
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Julia Child
This 6-foot-2-inch girl captained her basketball team at the Branson School in Ross in 1928 and 1929.
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February
Chinese New Year is held this month.
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St. Mary's College used to be there, but eventually left the city, first for Oakland and then for Moraga. As a couple of streets were developed, they were put in the shape of a bell. What, you've never heard of the bells of St. Mary's?
In San Francisco, a couple of streets just west of St. Mary's Park are in an unusual shape. What shape and why?
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900 ft
Height of SF's Twin Peaks.
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Masanori Murakami
This former Giant was the first Japanese player to appear in a major-league game.
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Li'l Folks
A comic drawn by Charles Schulz that was the precursor to Peanuts. When United Feature Syndicate picked up his work, it wanted to change the name. According to the museum, Schulz never liked the Peanuts title.
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Santana
His children attended our rival high school, SHC, and he lives in Marin. Well-known guitar player.
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Bay Bridge
Longest SF Landmark
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1.583 sq miles
Size of SF Golden Gate Park.
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Nelson Cruz
Giants closer Brian Wilson struck out this person for the final out of the 2010 World Series.
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Robin Williams
In the 1969 graduating class at Redwood High School in Larkspur, he was voted "Least Likely to Succeed".
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Carole Channing
Musical theatre/movie star who attended Lowell High School.
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Caffee Trieste
Director Francis Ford Coppola wrote the screenplay to the original "Godfather" movie here.
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