Puzzles

Find these words:

• Rockaway
• Sharp Park
• Pedro Point
• Shelter Cove
• Mori
• Pacifica Pier
• Fairmont
• Westview
• Pacific Manor
• Edgemar
• Vallemar
• Linda Mar
• Sweeney Ridge
• Milagra
• Garter Snake
• Mission Blue
• Wildflowers
• Salada Beach
• Laguna
• Golf Course
• MacKenzie
• Clubhouse

• The quarter-mile fishing pier named for Rev. Herschell Harkins
• The valley neighbourhood where the surfers’ beach lies
• The north Pacifica district with the MacKenzie golf course
• The headland at Pacifica’s southern edge
• The Golden Gate park where a hearse went over the bluff
• Where the Portola party first saw San Francisco Bay
• The cove with the old quarry and the Tree Lighting
• The Mexican-era house on San Pedro Creek
• The land grant Francisco Sanchez received in 1839
• The open space with the old Nike missile site
• The small cove beside Pedro Point
• The steelhead stream that reaches the sea at Linda Mar

From the summit of this range we saw the magnificent estuary which stretched towards the southeast.

1. What does “Pacifica” mean in Spanish?

   • Foggy
   • Pacific coast
   • Peaceful
   • Beautiful

2. In what year did Pacifica incorporate as a city?

   • 1932
   • 1906
   • 1957
   • 1974

3. Who was Pacifica’s first elected mayor?

   • Jean Fassler
   • Alister MacKenzie
   • Stefano Mori
   • Francisco Sanchez

4. Which expedition first sighted San Francisco Bay from the hills of Sweeney Ridge, in 1769?

   • The Portola expedition
   • The Fremont survey
   • The Anza expedition
   • The Vizcaino voyage

5. Which Ohlone village stood on San Pedro Creek, where the Sanchez Adobe stands today?

   • Timigtac
   • Chutchui
   • Tucutnut
   • Pruristac

6. Which Ohlone village stood on Calera Creek near Rockaway Beach?

   • Pruristac
   • Ichxenta
   • Achasta
   • Timigtac

7. Who built the Sanchez Adobe, completed in 1846?

   • Edward Kirkpatrick
   • Stefano Mori
   • Gaspar de Portola
   • Francisco Sanchez

8. What was the Mission Dolores outpost in the San Pedro Valley called?

   • San Carlos Borromeo
   • La Purisima
   • Santa Clara de Asis
   • San Pedro y San Pablo Asistencia

9. What is Pacifica State Beach called among surfers?

   • Linda Mar Beach
   • Sharp Park Beach
   • Mavericks
   • Rockaway Beach

10. Which fast-food restaurant at Pacifica State Beach is reputed to be the world’s most scenic?

    • Taco Bell
    • Burger King
    • A&W
    • McDonald’s

11. What famous film’s final cliff scene was shot at Mori Point?

    • Harold and Maude
    • Vertigo
    • The Graduate
    • Chasing Mavericks

12. Who designed the Sharp Park Golf Course, which opened in 1932?

    • John McLaren
    • Willis Polk
    • Alister MacKenzie
    • Jack Fleming