A bridge just far enough

Happy Thursday! Yesterday's Tightrope quiz spanned wide-ranging areas of knowledge, but as many players discovered, they all somehow connected to San Francisco and/or the Golden Gate Bridge, which opened on May 27, 1937. One question asked about the alt-rock band They Might Be Giants, which formed in Brooklyn, New York. However, if you found random pro athletes in San Francisco, they might be Giants (or they might be 49ers, or Warriors, or Valkyries...). Was that a bridge too far, or a bridge just far enough? The "pedestrian" vocab question referred to the fact that, on May 27, the Golden Gate Bridge was open to pedestrian traffic only. An estimated 15,000 visitors per hour paid 25 cents to cross the bridge. At noon on May 28, President Franklin D. Roosevelt pressed a telegraph key at his White House desk to signal the start of auto traffic. Thanks to everyone who came on this journey with us! Special shout-outs to the following people for their speedy replies: Paul Booth in Dearborn, MI; Carolyn Pasternak in Rhome, TX; and Rachel Stallard in Kilgore, TX. Stay golden!

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May 28, 2026

Happy Thursday! Yesterday's Tightrope quiz spanned wide-ranging areas of knowledge, but as many players discovered, they all somehow connected to San Francisco and/or the Golden Gate Bridge, which opened on May 27, 1937.

One question asked about the alt-rock band They Might Be Giants, which formed in Brooklyn, New York. However, if you found random pro athletes in San Francisco, they might be Giants (or they might be 49ers, or Warriors, or Valkyries...). Was that a bridge too far, or a bridge just far enough?

The "pedestrian" vocab question referred to the fact that, on May 27, the Golden Gate Bridge was open to pedestrian traffic only. An estimated 15,000 visitors per hour paid 25 cents to cross the bridge. At noon on May 28, President Franklin D. Roosevelt pressed a telegraph key at his White House desk to signal the start of auto traffic.

Thanks to everyone who came on this journey with us! Special shout-outs to the following people for their speedy replies: Paul Booth in Dearborn, MI; Carolyn Pasternak in Rhome, TX; and Rachel Stallard in Kilgore, TX. Stay golden!