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San Francisco True or False?
Can you guess whether these statements about San Francisco are true or false?
Questions are about the city proper
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Last updated: September 24, 2021
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| First submitted | September 24, 2021 |
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1.
San Francisco is the oldest European settlement in California
True
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False
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San Diego is the oldest
2.
San Francisco was a more populous city than Los Angeles until the 1950s
True
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False
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Los Angeles surpassed San Francisco's population in the 1920 census
3.
San Francisco is further north than Washington, D.C.
True
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False
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4.
San Francisco has the oldest Chinatown in North America
True
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False
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5.
One in three San Franciscans is of Asian descent
True
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False
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33.9% of residents identified as "Asian" in the 2020 census
6.
San Francisco hosts the headquarters of Twitter, Facebook and Amazon
True
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False
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Facebook is headquartered in Menlo Park and Amazon in Seattle
7.
Mayor Harvey Milk was the first openly gay elected public official in the United States
True
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False
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Kathy Kozachenko was elected to the Ann Arbor city council in 1974 (Milk was the first in California)
8.
The 1906 earthquake that levelled the city was the deadliest in US history
True
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False
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9.
Clint Eastwood, Danny Glover and Steven Spielberg were all born in San Francisco
True
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False
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Spielberg was born in Ohio
10.
The Port of San Francisco is the busiest commercial harbour in California
True
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False
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It is not even the busiest harbour in the Bay Area (Oakland is)
11.
San Francisco was the first city in the United States to ban the use of plastic bags
True
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False
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It did so in 2007
12.
The United Nations charter was drafted and ratified in San Francisco
True
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False
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13.
Alcatraz is the largest federal prison in the United States, containing over 2,000 prisoners
True
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False
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Alcatraz was closed in 1963 and is now a museum
14.
The films Dirty Harry, Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Mrs Doubtfire are all set in San Francisco
True
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False
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15.
The Beatles' final full concert took place in San Francisco
True
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False
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Barring their impromptu London rooftop concert, their final concert was at Candlestick Park on August 29, 1966
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