Pacifica History Quiz: What's This Photo?

It’s almost time for the 2nd annual Treasures and Trivia of Pacifica competition, which is like the Amazing Race, only it's all local and you will discover things about Pacifica — history, the locations of long-gone historic sites and famous places — that you never knew while visiting many vibrant local businesses, both old and new. 

Get a head start on the competition and tell us what you know about this photo, which will be featured in the competition on April 13. Many Pacificans got the answer right to last week's history quiz. The photo was of a 1,450-ton destroyer-escort that got beached in the surf at Sharp Park Golf Course just north of Mori Point in Pacifica in 1966. The U.S.S. Johnson, en route to the scrap heap, had broken her tow line and ran aground.

Teams participating in this treasure hunt excursion will be given a list of businesses and other destinations, and the trick is to see how quickly they can get from place to place, correctly answering trivia questions and making it back before other teams. 

First place gets $100 in cash, the next two teams will score $75, and third and fourth place will get $25. There’s also a bunch of prizes that participants will win.

It all starts on April 13 at 9 a.m. at the Pacifica Spindrift Theatre. $15 a person until April 1st; after that $20 a person, and there’s still time to register. You can sign up now through March 31 by registering online here. Call organizer Mike O’Neill at 650-359-7190 for more information.

The April 13th event is also for a good cause. Proceeds will go toward the Pacifica Spindrift Players, our local award-winning theatre group; Music Matters in Pacifica, a new non-profit that's stepping in where the Rob Schneider Foundation left off to keep music programs alive and strong in our schools; and the Pacifica Library Foundation, which helps secure the funding and volunteer support needed to keep our local libraries cutting-edge. 

So get to it and tell us in the comments section: What is this photo of? Where is this location and what year?

Check back next week for the answer and another stab at a Treasures and Trivia question.

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