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1) What’s a Citywide Special?
- A shot of vodka and a draft HopDevil.
- A shot of Rock and Rye dumped into a pint of Guinness.
- Two parts tequila, one part Cointreau, one part fresh lime juice, shaken and strained through aerated charcoal into a highball glass, topped with seltzer and garnished with a pineapple spear.
- A shot of Jim Beam and a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon.

2) Which one is the Melrose Diner jingle?
- “If you don’t know where to go — Melrose! Melrose!”
- “Every morning, noon and night, Melrose Diner gets it right!”
- “Nothing could be finer than the good old Melrose Diner in the morning … ”
- “Everybody who knows … goes … to Melrose … ”

3) Which ice-cream brand was not founded in Philly?
- Bassetts
- Turkey Hill
- Breyers
- Jack & Jill

4) What’s the main ingredient in scrapple?
- Cornmeal
- Pork
- Stock
- Pork fat

5) Which of these cheesesteak shops is on South Street?
- Geno’s
- Jim’s
- Dalessandro’s
- Pat’s

6) Which restaurant is largely credited with kicking off the city’s 1970s “Restaurant Renaissance”?
- Georges Perrier’s Le Bec-Fin
- Judy Wicks’s White Dog Café
- Steve Poses’s Frög
- Reed Apaghian’s Astral Plane

7) What’s painted on the exterior walls of Dirty Franks?
- Famous people named Frank
- Mummers! Lots and lots of Mummers!
- Faux bricks
- Famous musicians who have played there

8) Which local hospital is earning big praise for its new, state-of-the-art Café 1751 (hint: it’s the year it was founded)?
- Hahnemann
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Hospital
- Jefferson
This question is sponsored by Penn Medicine

9) Everyone in South Philly knows the Acme (“Ack-a-me”) at Passyunk and Reed. What originally stood on the site?
- A debtors’ prison
- A school for gifted youngsters
- A county fairground
- A potter’s field

10) What was traditionally served with fried oysters in this city?
- Corn pone
- Wilbur Buds
- Chicken salad
- Quinoa

11) What is hoagie spread?
- A mixture of oil and herbs.
- A mixture of chopped hot peppers and vinegar.
- A mixture of mayo and mustard.
- The roll that hangs over a Philadelphian’s belt.

12) Which of these isn’t a genuine Tastykake product?
- Doublicious Butterscotch Krimpet
- Zebra Cake Roll
- Boston Crème Honey Bun
- Cream Filled Koffee Kake Cupcake

13) What’s the protein source in Philadelphia pepper pot soup?
- Tripe
- Eel
- Turtle
- Peppers

14) What was Old Original Bookbinder’s famous for?
- Fried chicken
- Lobster
- Bookbinding, of course
- Steaks

15) If you’ve been to Reading Terminal Market, you know the best place to meet your friends there is at the bronze sculpture of Philbert the Pig. Money fed to Philbert funds what?
- A nonprofit that promotes healthy food access.
- A Lancaster County pig sanctuary.
- Nobody knows!
- A nonprofit that puts electric lights on Amish farmers’ horse-drawn buggies.

16) Which beer brand didn’t originate in Philly?
- Schlitz
- Schmidt’s
- City Park
- Ortlieb’s

17) What was the specialty at Old Original Levis on 6th Street just north of South?
- Hot dogs
- Jeans
- Challah bread
- Pastrami on rye

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