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1) What is a Whiz Wit’?
A South Philly accountant.
A Mummer’s mid-parade bathroom break.
A really smart, funny guy from Northeast Philly.
A cheesesteak with onions and Cheez Whiz.
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?
Counties in England
Birds
Books of the Bible
Prominent local families
4) Why is the Blue Route called the Blue Route?
Because the original macadam was made with blue granite.
Because residents got blue in the face yelling for it to be built.
Because it goes right through a bunch of porn shops in Upper Darby.
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
Girls’ High
Blue jeans
Lingerie
6) What does Inga Saffron write about?
Architecture
Fashion
Business
Cooking
7) Which famous comic-book artist was born in Philly?
Aaron McGruder
Robert Crumb
Charles M. Schulz
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?
Mike Pence
Al Gore
Joe Biden
Dick Cheney
This question is sponsored by Penn Medicine
9) What is the Woodlands?
William Penn’s original estate
A nightclub in Old City
A cemetery in West Philly
A forest, duh
10) Speaking of which, what is a “Philadelphia lawyer”?
One who represents members of the Mob.
One who wears crappy suits.
One who gets imprisoned for violating his oath.
One who’s especially clever.
11) Which building was designed by famed local architect Frank Furness?
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
The Parkway Central branch of the Free Library
The Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
The Art Museum
12) Where did Philly get the flowering cherry trees in Fairmount Park?
From Subaru
From Mount Vernon
From the people of Japan
From the last emperor of China
13) What’s a Wishniak?
A black cherry liqueur.
A brand of air conditioner made in Oxford Circle.
A resident of Port Richmond.
A hopeless dreamer.
14) Which of the following is not the name of a section of Broad Street?
Southern Boulevard
Georgie Woods Boulevard
Avenue of the Arts
Mummers Way
15) What does Terry Gross’s husband do?
He’s a lawyer.
He’s a jazz critic.
He’s a carpenter.
Terry Gross is a lesbian.
16) Historically, what was Boyds men’s store famous for?
Golf knickers
Snootiness
Bespoke suits
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?
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.
Shakespeare’s birthday.
Bloomsday.
20) What did DuPont chemist Stephanie Kwolek inadvertently invent in the 1960s?
Kevlar
Wite-Out
Wellbutrin
The Moscow Mule
21) What was former Penn prof E. Digby Baltzell (1915-’96) best known for?
Never wearing socks.
Supporting the Vietnam War.
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?
Hank Willis Thomas
Zenos Frudakis
Branly Cadet
Jacques Lipchitz
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