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1) What is a Whiz Wit’?
A South Philly accountant.
A Mummer’s mid-parade bathroom break.
A cheesesteak with onions and Cheez Whiz.
A really smart, funny guy from Northeast Philly.
2) If I say, “Meet me at the Eagle,” where should you show up?
On the main quad at Penn
At Lincoln Financial Field
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?
Prominent local families
Books of the Bible
Birds
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 the original macadam was made with blue granite.
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.
5) What was this sign once used to advertise?
STD prevention
Lingerie
Blue jeans
Girls’ High
6) What does Inga Saffron write about?
Business
Architecture
Cooking
Fashion
7) Which famous comic-book artist was born in Philly?
Robert Crumb
Charles M. Schulz
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
Al Gore
Mike Pence
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’s especially clever.
One who represents members of the Mob.
One who gets imprisoned for violating his oath.
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 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
The Art Museum
The Parkway Central branch of the Free Library
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 hopeless dreamer.
A brand of air conditioner made in Oxford Circle.
A resident of Port Richmond.
A black cherry liqueur.
14) Which of the following is not the name of a section of Broad Street?
Mummers Way
Georgie Woods Boulevard
Avenue of the Arts
Southern Boulevard
15) What does Terry Gross’s husband do?
Terry Gross is a lesbian.
He’s a carpenter.
He’s a jazz critic.
He’s a lawyer.
16) Historically, what was Boyds men’s store famous for?
Snootiness
Bespoke suits
Hats
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 17
The 23
The 33
The 8
18) Who was Philadelphia’s first poet laureate?
Will Smith
David Rittenhouse
Walt Whitman
Sonia Sanchez
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?
Wellbutrin
The Moscow Mule
Kevlar
Wite-Out
21) What was former Penn prof E. Digby Baltzell (1915-’96) best known for?
Supporting the Vietnam War.
Never wearing socks.
Having a fistfight in the quad with Donald Trump when Trump was a Penn student.
Popularizing the term “Wasp.”
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?
Branly Cadet
Zenos Frudakis
Hank Willis Thomas
Jacques Lipchitz
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