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1) What is a Whiz Wit’?
A really smart, funny guy from Northeast Philly.
A Mummer’s mid-parade bathroom break.
A South Philly accountant.
A cheesesteak with onions and Cheez Whiz.
2) If I say, “Meet me at the Eagle,” where should you show up?
At the Zoo
At the Center City Macy’s
At Lincoln Financial Field
On the main quad at Penn
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 residents got blue in the face yelling for it to be built.
Because it was the blue route (as opposed to yellow and green ones) on the proposed plans.
Because it goes right through a bunch of porn shops in Upper Darby.
Because the original macadam was made with blue granite.
5) What was this sign once used to advertise?
Blue jeans
STD prevention
Girls’ High
Lingerie
6) What does Inga Saffron write about?
Cooking
Fashion
Business
Architecture
7) Which famous comic-book artist was born in Philly?
Matt Groening
Aaron McGruder
Charles M. Schulz
Robert Crumb
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
Mike Pence
Al Gore
Joe Biden
This question is sponsored by Penn Medicine
9) What is the Woodlands?
William Penn’s original estate
A nightclub in Old City
A forest, duh
A cemetery in West Philly
10) Speaking of which, what is a “Philadelphia lawyer”?
One who gets imprisoned for violating his oath.
One who represents members of the Mob.
One who’s especially clever.
One who wears crappy suits.
11) Which building was designed by famed local architect Frank Furness?
The Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
The Art Museum
The Parkway Central branch of the Free Library
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 Mount Vernon
From the people of Japan
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?
Southern Boulevard
Avenue of the Arts
Mummers Way
Georgie Woods Boulevard
15) What does Terry Gross’s husband do?
He’s a carpenter.
He’s a jazz critic.
He’s a lawyer.
Terry Gross is a lesbian.
16) Historically, what was Boyds men’s store famous for?
Hats
Bespoke suits
Snootiness
Golf knickers
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 17
The 23
The 33
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?
Shakespeare’s birthday.
Bloomsday.
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?
Zenos Frudakis
Jacques Lipchitz
Branly Cadet
Hank Willis Thomas
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