More SF trivia. - Printable Version
+- The CardBoard (https://thecardboard.org/board)
+-- Forum: C-House! (https://thecardboard.org/board/forum-4.html)
+--- Forum: The CardBoard (https://thecardboard.org/board/forum-5.html)
+--- Thread: More SF trivia. (/thread-19433.html)
+- The CardBoard (https://thecardboard.org/board)
+-- Forum: C-House! (https://thecardboard.org/board/forum-4.html)
+--- Forum: The CardBoard (https://thecardboard.org/board/forum-5.html)
+--- Thread: More SF trivia. (/thread-19433.html)
More SF trivia. - Phogge - 04-16-2020
What was the former name of Galileo High’s football field?
What 49er DB was awarded an automatic TD on a scrimmage run in a major bowl game even though he was tackled?
What all time great dodged a tackle from a fan from the stands and scored a TD at a local college game?
What was extremely unusual about the layout of Kezar Stadium, the 49ers first home?
RE: More SF trivia. - Genuine Realist - 04-16-2020
Dickie Moegle as to the TD.
RE: More SF trivia. - La Jetee - 04-16-2020
Didn't OJ go to Galileo? Was it named after him?
RE: More SF trivia. - BostonCard - 04-16-2020
(04-16-2020, 03:03 PM)Phogge Wrote: What 49er DB was awarded an automatic TD on a scrimmage run in a major bowl game even though he was tackled?
Was he tackled by someone on the sideline?
BC
RE: More SF trivia. - Phogge - 04-16-2020
OJ Simpson Field...but no mas.
Moegle of Rice was running for a TD against Alabama in the Cotton Bowl and a Bama player came off the bench and brought him down.
RE: More SF trivia. - PVTree - 04-16-2020
Kezar: Seating only on one sideline of the field?
RE: More SF trivia. - Red80 - 04-16-2020
(04-16-2020, 03:03 PM)Phogge Wrote: What was the former name of Galileo High’s football field?
What 49er DB was awarded an automatic TD on a scrimmage run in a major bowl game even though he was tackled?
What all time great dodged a tackle from a fan from the stands and scored a TD at a local college game?
What was extremely unusual about the layout of Kezar Stadium, the 49ers first home?
Tom Harmon vs cal.
RE: More SF trivia. - Phogge - 04-17-2020
Correct on Harmon.
Good take on Kezar. However there were a few thousand seats on the Frederick Street side. A very tough ticket. As kids we sat in the Christopher Milk section in the EZ corner. Somehow my dad scored two seats on the south side for a gigantic game against the Colts in 1957. Tittle was injured late in the fourth Q and rookie John Brodie came in to direct a last minute drive and throw a game winner to Hugh Mac on an end zone crossing pattern. The Niners went to a conference playoff against the Lions and led 27-7 in the third Q. Alas the Lions fought back to win 31-27. They annihilated the Browns in the championship.
In the above para there is a clue to the answer I am looking for re Kezar.
RE: More SF trivia. - BobK - 04-17-2020
I probably went to 15 games at Kezar 1953 to about 1973. And I don’t have a clue to the answer other than we often sat looking at Poly HS.
Near the tunnel on the opposite side down low. Guess we were all lower on that side
What was Hugh Mac’s 1957 position?
RE: More SF trivia. - Phogge - 04-17-2020
Mac played RB but he also saw time as a wide out. As a running back be scampered down the NORTH sideline in the first series of the second half. He was caught by Jim David at the Lion’s nine after a 71 yard run. Detroit held and Soltau kicked a FG. 27-7. Up in the press box loading Movietone News film mags I thought the game was over. NOT.
And Bobbbbb and Q, there is another clue in the para above.
RE: More SF trivia. - Phogge - 04-17-2020
Kezar is laid out East-West. Few stadiums are. Think about Levi,Cal and Stanford. North-South. What other SF Stadium is East-West?
RE: More SF trivia. - Mick - 04-17-2020
Where was the first Burning Man held?
This Stanford grad was the inventor of radio broadcasting (broadcast first voice transmissions in 1909) and founded KCBS (originally KQW). Name him.
The California State Library recognizes three former Capitals of California aside from Sacramento. They're all in the Bay Area. Can you name two of them?
(Hint - San Francisco was considered a temporary capital in 1862 and is not a correct answer).
Jack London was a fine writer, but he was also a grape farmer. Where was his land, and which winery today uses grapes from his land for their wine?
The "Judgment of Paris" in 1976 put the Napa Valley on the winery map. Which was the local label considered to be the best of the reds?
Which San Francisco inventor invented the video tube?
Which Golden State Warrior invented, then popularized the term "my bad"?
Otis Redding wrote "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay." What dock was he referring to?
RE: More SF trivia. - terry - 04-17-2020
(04-17-2020, 10:14 AM)Mick Wrote: The California State Library recognizes three former Capitals of California aside from Sacramento. They're all in the Bay Area. Can you name two of them?
(Hint - San Francisco was considered a temporary capital in 1862 and is not a correct answer).
Based on dim memories of helping my children with 4th grade homework, I'm going to guess San Jose, Vallejo, and Benicia.
RE: More SF trivia. - Mick - 04-17-2020
(04-17-2020, 10:30 AM)terry Wrote:(04-17-2020, 10:14 AM)Mick Wrote: The California State Library recognizes three former Capitals of California aside from Sacramento. They're all in the Bay Area. Can you name two of them?
(Hint - San Francisco was considered a temporary capital in 1862 and is not a correct answer).
Based on dim memories of helping my children with 4th grade homework, I'm going to guess San Jose, Vallejo, and Benicia.
Correct!
RE: More SF trivia. - terry - 04-17-2020
(04-17-2020, 10:14 AM)Mick Wrote: Jack London was a fine writer, but he was also a grape farmer. Where was his land, and which winery today uses grapes from his land for their wine?
There's a Jack London historic site in the Sonoma Valley . . . not sure which winery.
RE: More SF trivia. - pefloresjr - 04-17-2020
The dock of the bay was at the houseboats in Sausalito technically on Richardson Bay.
Cheers,
Pete F.
RE: More SF trivia. - BobK - 04-17-2020
Pac Bell is East West. Actually Stanford stadium is more East west than north south
Who wore black after Otis Redding died besides me?
RE: More SF trivia. - BostonCard - 04-17-2020
(04-17-2020, 11:47 AM)BobK Wrote: Pac Bell is East West. Actually Stanford stadium is more East west than north south
Who wore black after Otis Redding died besides me?
There being a "sunny side" and a "shady side" would be consistent with the field being at least somewhat E/W oriented. Looking at google maps, it looks like the axis is NW/SE. If it were a runway, I think Stanford stadium would be runway 33.
BC
RE: More SF trivia. - Phogge - 04-17-2020
Cox Stadium is East West.
Levi has a sunny side and a shady side. It's N-S oriented.
I think Stag's leap won the contest but Mondavi 1969 Cab had won an earlier French tasting.
How about Philo Farnsworth for the video tube. I think a German invented the cathode ray tube.
What State conference site was previously owned by a famous cult? How is it related to radio history?
RE: More SF trivia. - Mick - 04-17-2020
(04-17-2020, 10:36 AM)terry Wrote:(04-17-2020, 10:14 AM)Mick Wrote: Jack London was a fine writer, but he was also a grape farmer. Where was his land, and which winery today uses grapes from his land for their wine?
There's a Jack London historic site in the Sonoma Valley . . . not sure which winery.
His land was in Glen Ellen. The grapes from that land source some of the Kenwood wines.
(04-17-2020, 06:16 PM)Phogge Wrote: I think Stag's leap won the contest but Mondavi 1969 Cab had won an earlier French tasting.
How about Philo Farnsworth for the video tube. I think a German invented the cathode ray tube.
Philo T. Farnsworth, indeed.
Stag's Leap won the Judgment in Paris, according to the nine French judges, one American judge and one British judge. It was a very big deal. What was unique was that the contest was organized by Steve Spurrier, a British wine snob merchant, who preferred French cabs. He invited the Californians where Stag's Leap won the blind taste test in the cabernet sauvignon category, and another Californian entrant, Chateau Montelena from Calistoga won Best White with their Chardonnay. Mike Grgich was their winemaker.
Three of the top four whites were American (Chalone and Spring Mountain were the other two whites).
The contest was repeated in San Francisco nearly two years later. American wines won the top red and top white again (Stag's Leap and Chalone). It was repeated eight years later at the French Culinary Institute, a 10th anniversary of sorts. Top two wines were again American (Clos du Val and Ridge Vineyards). At a Wine Spectator blind taste test of ten wines (six Californian and four French), Californian wines took the top four spots (Heitz, Mayacamas, Ridge, Stag's Leap and Clos du Val). And finally, in a 30th anniversary event in 2006, American wines took the top five spots (Ridge, Stag's Leap, Mayacamas, Heitz and Clos du Val)
The last three answers are as follows:
- Where was the first Burning Man held? Baker Beach, 1986
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Man
This Stanford grad was the inventor of radio broadcasting (broadcast first voice transmissions in 1909) and founded KCBS (originally KQW). Name him.
- Charles David "Doc" Herrold, first started to broadcast from San Jose, CA in 1912. Enrolled at Stanford in 1895 to study Physics and Astronomy for three years. Fell ill, didn't graduate. H
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herrold
Doc Herrold's lab in San Jose -->
![[Image: 700px-Charles_Herrold_laboratory_circa_1912.jpg]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Charles_Herrold_laboratory_circa_1912.jpg/700px-Charles_Herrold_laboratory_circa_1912.jpg)
Which Golden State Warrior invented, then popularized the term "my bad"?
- Manute Bol, after one of Don Nelson's many harangues.