Marin County Trivia

Sure, you might know San Francisco-- but can you answer these questions about the county on the other side of the Golden Gate?

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Hint	Answer
Native peoples who inhabited Marin County prior to European settlement	Miwok
Highest point in Marin County	Mt. Tamalpais
English explorer who first landed in Marin, and for whom the county's main thoroughfare is named	Sir Francis Drake
Latin name the above explorer gave to Marin upon seeing its coastal cliffs	Nova Albion
Capital city of Marin County; home to one of the area's oldest Spanish missions	San Rafael
Architect who designed Marin's iconic civic center	Frank Lloyd Wright
Sport developed in Marin County during the 1970s and 80s	Mountain biking
Only county with which Marin shares a land border	Sonoma County
Fault line that cuts through Marin, giving the county its distinctive shape	San Andreas Fault

Hint	Answer
Name of the bay formed by the above fault line	Tomales Bay
Blockbuster director whose famous ranch is located in Marin	George Lucas
Name of the aforementioned ranch	Skywalker Ranch
Coastal redwood forest named for a famous American naturalist	Muir Woods
Island that served as the "Ellis Island of the West"	Angel Island
"American Taliban" fighter who grew up in Marin County	John Walker Lindh
"All Eyez on Me" rapper who attended high school in Marin	Tupac Shakur
Infamous California prison located on the Marin side of the San Rafael bridge	San Quentin
Comedian who died in Tiburon, and for whom a tunnel in Marin County is named	Robin Williams

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