The Great Philly Mag Semiquincentennial Quiz: Part 8

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1. During World War I, Philly’s Loretta Perfectus Walsh, who lived at 732 Pine Street, became the first woman to enlist in the U.S. armed forces as anything other than a nurse. Which branch did she join?

a. The Army

b. The Navy

c. The Marines

d. The Coast Guard

2. Which treat was originally developed by a Philly chocolatier as a WWI ration bar?

a. Snickers

b. Almond Joy

c. Goldenberg’s Peanut Chews

d. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup

3. Philadelphia workers crafted three-quarters of the entire supply of which of these items worn as part of U.S. WWI military uniforms?

a. Boots and shoes

b. Belts and buckles

c. Underwear

d. Brass buttons

4. The Aero Memorial, a monument to aviators who died in WWI, stands outside the Franklin Institute. What does the golden globe depict?

a. Every style of aircraft flown in the war

b. The signs of the zodiac

c. Icarus flying too close to the sun

d. Ben Franklin’s kite experiment

5. Which Philadelphia sailor was awarded the armed services’ highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in World War I?

a. Charles J. Biddle

b. John Armstrong Drexel

c. Oscar Schmidt Jr.

d. Gouverneur Cadwalader

6. Thanks to the war, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, headquartered in Delaware, increased its sales from $25 million in 1914 to $319 million in 1918. What product did the firm initially produce?

a. Steel

b. Morphine

c. Bullets

d. Gunpowder

7. Who or what was “Philly,” the adopted mascot of the city’s 315th Infantry Regiment during WWI?

a. A dog

b. A parrot

c. A rat

d. A horse

8. The statue of a WWI infantryman at 2nd and Spring Garden streets has a nickname that commemorates the neighborhood’s history as what?

a. A red-light district

b. A center of bread baking

c. A locus of banking

d. A concentrated location for physicians’ offices

9. To boost morale during the war, in September of 1918, Philly threw a parade with marching bands, floating biplanes, Scout troops, and soldiers, capped off by a concert led by John Philip Sousa, all promoting Liberty Bonds to help pay for the war effort. Then what happened?

a. Sousa was shot by a disgruntled musician who swore the composer had stolen the tune for “Stars and Stripes Forever” from him.

b. A dozen parade-goers were trampled to death by a pair of horses.

c. Thousands of spectators died of the “Spanish flu” within a month.

d. A wave of pregnancies erupted nine months later.

10. Exactly when did the war officially, and famously, end?

a. On the sixth hour of the sixth day of the sixth month of 1919

b. On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918

c. On the 12th hour of the 12th day of the 12th month of 1918

d. On the first hour of the first day of the first month of 1919

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