Puzzles
Word games made from San José’s neighborhoods, creeks, orchards, mines and history. The word search changes every day.
Word search
Today’s word search
Find every word in the grid. Drag across the letters, or tap the first and last. Stuck? A hint lights up where a word starts. A new grid every day.
Find these words:
- Willow Glen
- Japantown
- Rose Garden
- Alviso
- Alum Rock
- Evergreen
- Prune
- Apricot
- Cherry
- Broccoli
- Cannery
- Orchard
- Kelley
- Happy Hollow
- Rosicrucian
- Overfelt
- Prusch
- Guadalupe
- Coyote
- Penitencia
- Los Gatos
- Umunhum
- Hamilton
Anagram
Local anagrams
Unscramble names you will find around San Jose. Stuck? Read the hint.
- The neighborhood that was its own city from 1927 to 1936
- One of three historic Japantowns left in the U.S.
- The old port of San Jose, on the bay
- California’s oldest municipal park
- Once a prune orchard, now America’s best for roses
- The oldest building in San Jose
- It runs from the Santa Cruz Mountains to the bay
- The East Side’s creek, flowing through Kelley Park
- The quicksilver mines in the southern hills
- What the New Almaden mines produced
- The red ore of mercury
- It straddled Santa Clara and Market Streets in 1881
Word scramble
Quote scramble
Unscramble the words and the quote completes itself.
“Garden City” it is called; “Park City” would be quite as appropriate.
Quiz
How well do you know San Jose?
12 questions on the city’s history, neighborhoods, landmarks and orchards.
In what year was the Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe founded?
- 1769
- 1850
- 1777
- 1797
San Jose was the first civilian town of Spanish California. What were the other kinds of settlements?
- Ranchos and mines
- Villas and haciendas
- Missions and presidios
- Ports and forts
Which people lived in the Santa Clara Valley before the Spanish came?
- The Tamien Ohlone
- The Chumash
- The Miwok
- The Pomo
What is San Jose’s oldest building?
- The Peralta Adobe
- The Fallon House
- The Winchester House
- Hotel De Anza
Who raised the American flag over San Jose on July 14, 1846?
- Thomas Fallon
- Josiah Belden
- Peter Burnett
- John C. Frémont
San Jose was California’s first what?
- State capital
- Mission
- Railroad terminal
- Gold mine
What was the first California Legislature nicknamed?
- The Rainy Session
- The Gold Rush Congress
- The Adobe Assembly
- The Legislature of a Thousand Drinks
Who was San Jose’s first mayor?
- Thomas Fallon
- Antonio Suñol
- Charles White
- Josiah Belden
Why is the local newspaper called the Mercury News?
- For the New Almaden mercury mines
- For a founder named Mercury
- For the Roman messenger god
- For the planet
What is quicksilver?
- Mercury
- Zinc
- Tin
- Silver ore
Which newspaper publisher campaigned for San Jose’s 1881 electric light tower?
- E. A. Hayes
- Charles Herrold
- Frederic Hall
- J. J. Owen
Which two streets did the electric light tower straddle?
- First and San Fernando
- The Alameda and Race
- Lincoln and Willow
- Santa Clara and Market
