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1) What is a Whiz Wit’?
A cheesesteak with onions and Cheez Whiz.
A South Philly accountant.
A Mummer’s mid-parade bathroom break.
A really smart, funny guy from Northeast Philly.
2) If I say, “Meet me at the Eagle,” where should you show up?
At the Zoo
On the main quad at Penn
At the Center City Macy’s
At Lincoln Financial Field
3) The city’s “tree streets” — Walnut, Chestnut, Spruce, Pine, etc. — were originally named for what?
Birds
Prominent local families
Counties in England
Books of the Bible
4) Why is the Blue Route called the Blue Route?
Because it was the blue route (as opposed to yellow and green ones) on the proposed plans.
Because the original macadam was made with blue granite.
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.
5) What was this sign once used to advertise?
STD prevention
Blue jeans
Lingerie
Girls’ High
6) What does Inga Saffron write about?
Fashion
Cooking
Business
Architecture
7) Which famous comic-book artist was born in Philly?
Charles M. Schulz
Robert Crumb
Aaron McGruder
Matt Groening
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?
Dick Cheney
Joe Biden
Mike Pence
Al Gore
This question is sponsored by Penn Medicine
9) What is the Woodlands?
A forest, duh
William Penn’s original estate
A nightclub in Old City
A cemetery in West Philly
10) Speaking of which, what is a “Philadelphia lawyer”?
One who represents members of the Mob.
One who wears crappy suits.
One who’s especially clever.
One who gets imprisoned for violating his oath.
11) Which building was designed by famed local architect Frank Furness?
The Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
The Parkway Central branch of the Free Library
The Art Museum
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
12) Where did Philly get the flowering cherry trees in Fairmount Park?
From the last emperor of China
From Subaru
From the people of Japan
From Mount Vernon
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?
Georgie Woods Boulevard
Mummers Way
Southern Boulevard
Avenue of the Arts
15) What does Terry Gross’s husband do?
He’s a lawyer.
He’s a carpenter.
He’s a jazz critic.
Terry Gross is a lesbian.
16) Historically, what was Boyds men’s store famous for?
Bespoke suits
Golf knickers
Snootiness
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 33
The 23
The 17
The 8
18) Who was Philadelphia’s first poet laureate?
Sonia Sanchez
Will Smith
David Rittenhouse
Walt Whitman
19) An annual event at the Rosenbach Museum and Library celebrates what?
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.
Bloomsday.
Shakespeare’s birthday.
20) What did DuPont chemist Stephanie Kwolek inadvertently invent in the 1960s?
Kevlar
The Moscow Mule
Wellbutrin
Wite-Out
21) What was former Penn prof E. Digby Baltzell (1915-’96) best known for?
Popularizing the term “Wasp.”
Supporting the Vietnam War.
Never wearing socks.
Having a fistfight in the quad with Donald Trump when Trump was a Penn student.
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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