After a long wait, we have the lovely new bridge from Oakland to Yerba Buena Island. I am, unfortunately, old enough to remember when the Bay Bridge opened in the 30s. I can remember when the top deck was two-way auto traffic and the lower deck was exclusively dedicated to trucks and trains. That was a long time ago. Let’s bridge the gap!
1. In what year was the “Bay Bridge World Series” between the A’s and Giants?
2. My choice for best War movie ever won the 1957 Oscar as best movie and for Alec Guinness as Best Actor. What was that movie?
3. “Cross Over the Bridge” was a popular song of the late 50’s. Who was the singer, who died recently?
4. Who wrote the popular song “Bridge Over Troubled Waters?”
5. Thornton Wilder received a Pulitzer Prize for authoring a novel about the ill-fated victims of a bridge collapse. What was the book’s name?
6. Jeff and Beau Bridges finally played in a movie together in 1990 as two brother piano players. What was the movie’s name?
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