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1) What is a Whiz Wit’?
- A really smart, funny guy from Northeast Philly.
- A South Philly accountant.
- A cheesesteak with onions and Cheez Whiz.
- A Mummer’s mid-parade bathroom break.

2) If I say, “Meet me at the Eagle,” where should you show up?
- At Lincoln Financial Field
- On the main quad at Penn
- At the Zoo
- At the Center City Macy’s

3) The city’s “tree streets” — Walnut, Chestnut, Spruce, Pine, etc. — were originally named for what?
- Birds
- Prominent local families
- Books of the Bible
- Counties in England

4) Why is the Blue Route called the Blue Route?
- Because it goes right through a bunch of porn shops in Upper Darby.
- Because residents got blue in the face yelling for it to be built.
- Because the original macadam was made with blue granite.
- Because it was the blue route (as opposed to yellow and green ones) on the proposed plans.

5) What was this sign once used to advertise?
- STD prevention
- Blue jeans
- Lingerie
- Girls’ High

6) What does Inga Saffron write about?
- Fashion
- Architecture
- Business
- Cooking

7) Which famous comic-book artist was born in Philly?
- Robert Crumb
- Aaron McGruder
- Matt Groening
- Charles M. Schulz

8) Which U.S. Vice President visited Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center to kick off the national “Cancer Moonshot,” an ambitious effort to accelerate progress in the fight against cancer?
- Mike Pence
- Dick Cheney
- Joe Biden
- Al Gore
This question is sponsored by Penn Medicine

9) What is the Woodlands?
- A nightclub in Old City
- A forest, duh
- A cemetery in West Philly
- William Penn’s original estate

10) Speaking of which, what is a “Philadelphia lawyer”?
- One who gets imprisoned for violating his oath.
- One who’s especially clever.
- One who wears crappy suits.
- One who represents members of the Mob.

11) Which building was designed by famed local architect Frank Furness?
- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
- The Parkway Central branch of the Free Library
- The Art Museum
- The Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul

12) Where did Philly get the flowering cherry trees in Fairmount Park?
- From Mount Vernon
- From the last emperor of China
- From the people of Japan
- From Subaru

13) What’s a Wishniak?
- A resident of Port Richmond.
- A hopeless dreamer.
- A brand of air conditioner made in Oxford Circle.
- A black cherry liqueur.

14) Which of the following is not the name of a section of Broad Street?
- Avenue of the Arts
- Mummers Way
- Southern Boulevard
- Georgie Woods Boulevard

15) What does Terry Gross’s husband do?
- Terry Gross is a lesbian.
- He’s a carpenter.
- He’s a lawyer.
- He’s a jazz critic.

16) Historically, what was Boyds men’s store famous for?
- Bespoke suits
- Hats
- Golf knickers
- Snootiness

17) Which SEPTA bus route starts at Pattison Avenue, goes up 20th Street to Market, goes along Market all the way to Front Street, turns around, crosses Center City again on Market, then comes back down 19th Street to the stadiums?
- The 8
- The 33
- The 17
- The 23

18) Who was Philadelphia’s first poet laureate?
- David Rittenhouse
- Will Smith
- Sonia Sanchez
- Walt Whitman

19) An annual event at the Rosenbach Museum and Library celebrates what?
- Bloomsday.
- Walt Whitman’s birthday.
- The “Bissinger Moment” (defined by Urban Dictionary as “a complete, unprovoked meltdown … while in front of a camera”) when Buzz Bissinger went after Will Leitch on Costas Now.
- Shakespeare’s birthday.

20) What did DuPont chemist Stephanie Kwolek inadvertently invent in the 1960s?
- The Moscow Mule
- Kevlar
- Wellbutrin
- Wite-Out

21) What was former Penn prof E. Digby Baltzell (1915-’96) best known for?
- Supporting the Vietnam War.
- Having a fistfight in the quad with Donald Trump when Trump was a Penn student.
- Popularizing the term “Wasp.”
- Never wearing socks.

22) Which artist is responsible — some would say culpable — for the public artwork Government of the People at the corner of Broad Street and JFK Boulevard?
- Jacques Lipchitz
- Zenos Frudakis
- Hank Willis Thomas
- Branly Cadet

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