Puzzles
Word games made from Cupertino’s creek, crossroads, vineyards, orchards 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:
- Prunes
- Apricots
- Cherries
- Plums
- Peaches
- Walnuts
- Stevens Creek
- Blackberry
- McClellan
- Deep Cliff
- Linda Vista
- Reservoir
- Picchetti
- Zinfandel
- Carignane
- Beaulieu
- Montebello
- Phylloxera
- Toyokawa
- Taiko
- Ikebana
- Bonsai
- Origami
- Diwali
Anagram
Local anagrams
Unscramble names you will find around Cupertino. Stuck? Read the hint.
- The creek once called Arroyo San José de Cupertino
- The first housing tract; its name means mountain view
- Cliff May’s 1950s Miracle House neighborhood
- Elisha Stephens’ ranch, now a park with pools
- The preserve with the Baer Blacksmith Shop
- The winery on Montebello Road
- The ridge the Picchettis called beautiful mountain
- The 1892 mansion on the De Anza campus
- Where the first Macintosh was introduced
- Home of the cherry trees and the festivals
- The April festival in Memorial Park
- The sister city that sent 200 cherry trees
Word scramble
Quote scramble
Unscramble the words and the quote completes itself.
He was a curmudgeon, which is a very old-fashioned word for ornery.
Quiz
How well do you know Cupertino?
12 questions on the city’s history, its creek, its vineyards and its landmarks.
Cupertino is named after a creek. What is that creek called today?
- Stevens Creek
- Calabazas Creek
- Saratoga Creek
- Permanente Creek
Which saint does the name Cupertino honour?
- Saint Francis of Assisi
- Saint Anthony
- Saint Clare
- Saint Joseph of Cupertino
Which Italian town is Cupertino’s first sister city?
- Assisi
- Novara
- Lecce
- Copertino
In what year did Anza’s expedition camp at the arroyo of San Joseph Cupertino?
- 1769
- 1904
- 1776
- 1848
What was the Cupertino area called in the 19th century?
- Monte Bello
- Stevens Valley
- West Side
- Crossroads City
Who named his winery after the creek, and so gave the town its name?
- John T. Doyle
- Alexander Montgomery
- Elisha Stephens
- Charles Baldwin
In what year did the post office and the Crossroads take the name Cupertino?
- 1904
- 1876
- 1955
- 1888
What word did old spellcheckers wrongly change into Cupertino?
- Cooperation
- Copper
- Corporation
- Cappuccino
Stevens Creek is named after Elisha Stephens. What was he the captain of?
- The first wagon train over the Sierra Nevada
- The Anza expedition
- A whaling ship
- The Donner Party
According to local historians, what dish did Elisha Stephens serve his guests?
- Venison stew
- Prune pudding
- Blackberry pie
- Rattlesnake
Where did Elisha Stephens move in 1862?
- Sacramento
- Monterey
- San Francisco
- Bakersfield
Why is Blackberry Farm so called?
- Wild blackberries covered the hills
- It sold blackberry jam
- A family named Blackberry owned it
- Elisha Stephens planted blackberries there
