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MKQ
WELCOME Wonders of Modesto
For your pleasure and enjoyment on this Friday
night date, we (whoever you want to blame) bring
you QUIZ time. You have heard of IQ well, this
test measures MKQ Modesto Knowledge Quotient.
You will be tested on your familiarity with
Modesto landmarks and people who have lived in
Modesto. Take the test seriously as you will be
graded and rewarded or punished accordingly.
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What is the Modesto
connection?
Perhaps Modesto's most famous native son and 2005
AFI Lifetime Achievement recipient, George Lucas,
was born in Modesto on May 14, 1944 and attended
John Muir Elementary School, Roosevelt Junior
High School and Thomas Downey High School and
MJC. He is, of course, best known for the "Star
Wars" films and his special effects house,
Industrial Light and Magic.
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What is this famous Modesto landmark?
The McHenry Mansion is a restored historic
residence built in the Victorian-Italianate style
and located in the historic downtown of Modesto,
California. Robert McHenry (July 23, 1827 June
24, 1890) who built the home at the expense of
10,000 in 1882-83, was a prominent local rancher
and banker. The luxurious mansion was converted
to apartments from 1923 to 1972.2 The Gallo
Brothers, Julio and Ernest, saved the house from
demolition and donated it to the City of Modesto
on April 14, 1976. The house has been restored to
look like it did at the turn of the century.
Admittance is free of charge and tour guides are
present.
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Who is this and what is her Modesto connection?
Carol Elaine Channing (born January 31, 1921) is
an American singer, actress, and comedienne. She
is the recipient of three Tony Awards (including
one for lifetime achievement), a Golden Globe and
an Oscar nomination. Channing is best remembered
for originating, on Broadway, the musical-comedy
roles of bombshell Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen
Prefer Blondes, and matchmaking widow Dolly
Gallagher Levi in Hello, Dolly! On May 10, 2003,
she married Harry Kullijian (December 27, 1919
December 26, 2011), her junior high school
sweetheart, who reunited with her after she
mentioned him fondly in her memoir. She and
Kullijian were active in promoting arts education
in California schools through their Dr. Carol
Channing and Harry Kullijian Foundation. The
couple resided in Modesto, California. Kullijian
died on December 26, 2011, the eve of his 92nd
birthday.
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Who is this and what is his Modesto connection?
Mark Spitz was born the first of three children
in Modesto, California to parents Arnold and
Lenore Spitz. At age two, his family moved to
Hawaii . Mark Spitz is remembered for his
astonishing win of seven gold medals at the 1972
Olympic Games in Munich.
He is better known as the second cousin of a MAPS
committee member.
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What is this famous Modesto landmark and where is
it located?
Lions at the Gate Here's a photo of one of the
four lions that guards the Lion's Gate Bridge
(7th Street Bridge) in Modesto, CA
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Bette Belle Smith was known to many as "Mrs.
Modesto" for a lifetime of contributions to her
hometown in California. When Bette Belle Smith
died at 88 in November, 2009, Modesto no doubt
lost its greatest booster, humanitarian and most
tireless advocate.
Who was Mrs. Modesto?
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Modesto is famous for its production of fruit,
wine and ______?
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Cyrus J. "Cy" Young, Jr. Height 6'5" (195 cm)
Weight 205 lbs (93 kg) Born July 23, 1928 in
Modesto
Who is this?
Young competed in the javelin throw for the U.S.
at the 1952 Summer Olympic Games in Helsinki,
Finland where he won the gold medal no other
American male athlete had ever won the Olympic
javelin event. Cy Young set an Olympic record in
1952, breaking the long dominance by Finland in
that event.
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Known for his starring roles in The Hurt Locker
(2008), which garnered him an Academy Award
nomination for Best Actor, Mission Impossible
Ghost Protocol (2011), Marvel's The Avengers
(2012), and The Bourne Legacy (2012). He turned
out a much-praised performance in The Town
(2010), for which he received an Academy Award
nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
Who is this?
Jeremy Lee Renner, son of Valerie and Lee, was
born in Modesto, California. Renner graduated
from Beyer High School and attended Modesto
Junior College. He explored several areas of
study, including computer science, criminology,
and psychology, before the theater department,
with its freedom of emotional expression, drew
him in.
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• What is the most famous bowling place in Modesto?
• McHenry Bowl
• Yosemite Lanes
• None of the above

• (dont hiss too loud) None of the above.
• The answer is
• Mancini Bowl in Graceada Park

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Who is this?
Suzanne ("Suzy") Powell-Roos (born September 3,
1976 in Modesto, California and attended Downey
High) is a female discus thrower from the United
States., who represented her native country in
the women's discus throw event at three Summer
Olympics, 1996 (Atlanta, Georgia), 2000 (Sydney,
Australia) and 2008 (Beijing, China). She is the
current American record holder in the Discus
Throw, that record of 222 ft 0 in / 67.67 m was
set March 14, 2007 in Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii at
the "Big Wind" Discus Challenge.
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What are the two downtown centers for
entertainment and culture in Modesto?
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Who is this?
Timothy David Olyphant (born in Hawaii on May 20,
1968, raised in Modesto and graduated from Beyer
High) is an American actor whose notable roles in
television drama series include Deadwood as Seth
Bullock, Justified as Raylan Givens, and Damages
as Wes Krulik. He has also starred in the films
Scream 2, Gone in 60 Seconds, Dreamcatcher, Live
Free or Die Hard, A Perfect Getaway, The Crazies
and Hitman.
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What is the name of the most original Modesto
festival?
American Graffiti Festival
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Probably the most famous person currently in
Stanislaus County.
Colin Rand Kaepernick is an American football
quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers of the
National Football League. He played college
football for the University of Nevada Wolf Pack.
He was a three-sport star at John H. Pitman High
School in Turlock.
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A contest was run in 1911 to determine the
slogan that would be placed on the Modesto
arch. What was the winning slogan?
NOBODYS GOT MODESTOS GOAT.
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For reasons that you can decide, the winning
slogan was not chosen and the second place winner
was selected. What was the slogan that placed
second?
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Who is the plant geneticist responsible for
developing many wonderful new types of fruits
such as pluots?
Floyd Zaiger leads a weekly tour for farmers at
his Zaiger Genetics nursery in Modesto, Calif. on
Wednesday, May 18, 2011. As one of the nation's
top fruit geneticists for the past several
decades, Zaiger and his team has cross-bred
varieties of stone fruits, to come up with the
pluot, aprium, white peach, and many others.
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Who is this?
Dorothy-Marie "Dot" Jones is an athlete and
actress who portrays football a coach on the TV
series Glee. She attended Modesto Junior College
and California State University, Fresno, where
she set records for the shot put. Jones is also a
15-time world arm wrestling champion.
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What is the name of this singing group that has
been delighting Modesto audiences for 41 years?
HOMEGROWN Michael Lingg, Bruce Johnson and
Patrick Durr
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Who is this character?
William Scott "Jack" Elam (November 13, 19201
October 20, 2003) Jack Elam (1919-2003). No
matter how tenuous his link to Modesto, Jack Elam
was first, and foremost, the perfect bad guy in
many western films and television shows. Elam,
the cockeyed cowboy character actor once attended
Modesto Junior College and had a brother who
taught there for many years. In movies and
television, Jack often played a gun-slinging
villain. But he also had roles as a lovable
comic. His most distinguishing physical quality
was that his left eye iris was skewed to the
outside, making him look unnaturally "wide eyed"
(the opposite of cross eyed). The actor's
trademark cockeye was the result of a childhood
fight in Phoenix after a fellow Boy Scout stabbed
him in the left eye with a pencil during a scrape
at a troop meeting.
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Who is this?
Scored the U.S.'s first goals in both the 1995
Women's World Cup and the 1996 Olympics. U.S.
National Team The second-highest scoring
midfielder in U.S. team history, she also has the
sixth highest point total in U.S. history.
Attended Grace Davis High School in Modesto,
Calif., where she was a four-year starter at
center-midfield and a 1990 NSCAA All-America
selection ... Led Davis to a four-year conference
record of 54-0-2, scoring 107 goals and adding 37
assists.
Tisha Venturini-Hoch is a former American soccer
player and current National Spokesperson for
Produce for Better Health. She was a gold
medalist in 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and a world
champion in 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup held in
the U.S.
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What and where is the building in Modesto that
attracts families with many offerings of
educational experiences and joins the Gallo
Center for the Arts as one of the hot spots in
town?
The MJC Science Center is on the West Campus and
houses not only an exciting new Great Valley
Museum but many interactive features including
one of the worlds best planetariums,
observatory, science sphere, Foucault pendulum,
an outdoor education facility and an interactive
periodic table.
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AND THESE ARE?
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might contain many pixels and the images could be
worth the wait.
OIC! These are images of the Modesto zoo and art
museum!!!!!!
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But do not fret because Modesto is near what
famous landmarks pictured below?
Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe
Yosemite Golden Gate Bridge Sequoia
tree S.F. cable car Newest
U.S. National Park (1/10/13) Pinnacles
Calif. Coast near Big Sur
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What is the most colorful thing about Modesto?
Fall colors in Modesto.
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If you picked South, you will run over Elvis at
the AW. If you picked Southwest, you will crash
and get a ticket.

• What direction does
• traffic go on G Street?
• Both directions
• North
• East
• South
• West
• Northeast
• Northwest
• Southeast
• Southwest
• None of the above

Traffic on G St. goes one way to the Northeast.
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Which one of these people is currently the mayor
of Modesto?
Clint Eastwood, Carol Whiteside, Jim
Ridenour, Carmen Sabatino former mayor of
Carmel all are former mayors of
Modesto Calif. Senator Jason
Alexander in movie Diane
Feinstein For Better or Worse said he X had a
degree in art history Garrard Marsh Jerry
Brown From MJC current mayor of Modesto
Governor of Calif.
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Have you ever taken a test that you considered to
be absolutely fair? In keeping with a goal of
unfairness on this test, the next two questions
are science related. What are the three most
abundant gases in Modesto air (not counting water
which varies from 0 to 4 and is often number 3)?
3 ABCDEFGHIJKLM NOPQSTUVWXYZ
Hopefully you noticed that 3 is not the alphabet
as it is missing an R or the R is gone thus 3 is
argon. Many of you probably placed carbon
dioxide in the top 3 but it is actually a distant
4th. You would have to count 10,000 air
molecules to find 4 CO2s. Because CO2 is so low,
combustion of fossil fuels has increased the
atmospheric CO2 concentration by almost 40 (from
0.028 to 0.039).
More on next slide
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As indicated and you can see below, the carbon
dioxide concentration in the atmosphere is
increasing rapidly. The graph also shows a
strong correlation exists between carbon dioxide
concentration and global temperatures. 97 of
scientists consider this to be a part of the
extremely strong evidence supporting the serious
threat of human caused global warming.
For a directory of climate change resources,
please visit http//murov.info/climatechange.htm
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What is Modestos best attended
regularly scheduled lecture series (and it is
free!)?
MAPS Modesto Area Partners in Science For
schedule of events, please visit
http//maps.events.mjc.edu/
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GREAT VALLEY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY MJC West
Campus
Fresno
Sacramento
Oakland, CA
Name at least five science centers or museums
that are within 100 miles of Modesto.
California Academy of Sciences
In Lodi
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MKQ Test scores Missed Conclusions 0 100 You
probably cheated by talking to others. If so,
deduct 5 for each question discussed. If
you scored 100 on your own, you are a Modesto
expert but this means you might need to get a
life. 1-3 89-97 Like those at Lake Wobegon, you
are above average but still need improvement.
You must visit the McHenry Museum,
Mansion and Great Valley Museum. 4-6 78-86 Th
is is an average score that requires serious
work. In addition to the above, you must
visit 5 of the regional science
museums. 7-9 67-75 No more TV or video games
for you until you increase your
score. gt9 lt65 You are to be deported to
Stockton.
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you enjoyed the experience. It is important to
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testing. A good test results in learning and
that has been the primary goal of this pre-show.
Some more information will follow in the next few
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