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1) What is a Whiz Wit’?
A really smart, funny guy from Northeast Philly.
A South Philly accountant.
A Mummer’s mid-parade bathroom break.
A cheesesteak with onions and Cheez Whiz.
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 Center City Macy’s
At the Zoo
3) The city’s “tree streets” — Walnut, Chestnut, Spruce, Pine, etc. — were originally named for what?
Books of the Bible
Counties in England
Birds
Prominent local families
4) Why is the Blue Route called the Blue Route?
Because it goes right through a bunch of porn shops in Upper Darby.
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.
Because residents got blue in the face yelling for it to be built.
5) What was this sign once used to advertise?
Lingerie
Blue jeans
STD prevention
Girls’ High
6) What does Inga Saffron write about?
Business
Architecture
Fashion
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?
Joe Biden
Dick Cheney
Al Gore
Mike Pence
This question is sponsored by Penn Medicine
9) What is the Woodlands?
A nightclub in Old City
A cemetery in West Philly
William Penn’s original estate
A forest, duh
10) Speaking of which, what is a “Philadelphia lawyer”?
One who wears crappy suits.
One who gets imprisoned for violating his oath.
One who’s especially clever.
One who represents members of the Mob.
11) Which building was designed by famed local architect Frank Furness?
The Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
The Parkway Central branch of the Free Library
The Art Museum
12) Where did Philly get the flowering cherry trees in Fairmount Park?
From Mount Vernon
From the people of Japan
From the last emperor of China
From Subaru
13) What’s a Wishniak?
A hopeless dreamer.
A resident of Port Richmond.
A black cherry liqueur.
A brand of air conditioner made in Oxford Circle.
14) Which of the following is not the name of a section of Broad Street?
Georgie Woods Boulevard
Southern Boulevard
Mummers Way
Avenue of the Arts
15) What does Terry Gross’s husband do?
He’s a jazz critic.
He’s a lawyer.
He’s a carpenter.
Terry Gross is a lesbian.
16) Historically, what was Boyds men’s store famous for?
Bespoke suits
Snootiness
Golf knickers
Hats
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 23
The 17
18) Who was Philadelphia’s first poet laureate?
David Rittenhouse
Sonia Sanchez
Walt Whitman
Will Smith
19) An annual event at the Rosenbach Museum and Library celebrates what?
Bloomsday.
Shakespeare’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.
Walt Whitman’s birthday.
20) What did DuPont chemist Stephanie Kwolek inadvertently invent in the 1960s?
Kevlar
Wite-Out
The Moscow Mule
Wellbutrin
21) What was former Penn prof E. Digby Baltzell (1915-’96) best known for?
Popularizing the term “Wasp.”
Having a fistfight in the quad with Donald Trump when Trump was a Penn student.
Never wearing socks.
Supporting the Vietnam War.
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?
Hank Willis Thomas
Branly Cadet
Jacques Lipchitz
Zenos Frudakis
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