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1) What is a Whiz Wit’?
A South Philly accountant.
A really smart, funny guy from Northeast Philly.
A cheesesteak with onions and Cheez Whiz.
A Mummer’s mid-parade bathroom break.
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 Center City Macy’s
At the Zoo
3) The city’s “tree streets” — Walnut, Chestnut, Spruce, Pine, etc. — were originally named for what?
Prominent local families
Birds
Books of the Bible
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 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 the original macadam was made with blue granite.
5) What was this sign once used to advertise?
Blue jeans
Girls’ High
STD prevention
Lingerie
6) What does Inga Saffron write about?
Cooking
Fashion
Architecture
Business
7) Which famous comic-book artist was born in Philly?
Charles M. Schulz
Aaron McGruder
Robert Crumb
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
Joe Biden
Al Gore
Dick Cheney
This question is sponsored by Penn Medicine
9) What is the Woodlands?
William Penn’s original estate
A forest, duh
A cemetery in West Philly
A nightclub in Old City
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 Parkway Central branch of the Free Library
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
The Art Museum
The Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
12) Where did Philly get the flowering cherry trees in Fairmount Park?
From the last emperor of China
From Mount Vernon
From the people of Japan
From Subaru
13) What’s a Wishniak?
A black cherry liqueur.
A hopeless dreamer.
A brand of air conditioner made in Oxford Circle.
A resident of Port Richmond.
14) Which of the following is not the name of a section of Broad Street?
Southern Boulevard
Avenue of the Arts
Georgie Woods Boulevard
Mummers Way
15) What does Terry Gross’s husband do?
He’s a lawyer.
He’s a jazz critic.
Terry Gross is a lesbian.
He’s a carpenter.
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?
David Rittenhouse
Walt Whitman
Sonia Sanchez
Will Smith
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?
Wellbutrin
Wite-Out
The Moscow Mule
Kevlar
21) What was former Penn prof E. Digby Baltzell (1915-’96) best known for?
Supporting the Vietnam War.
Having a fistfight in the quad with Donald Trump when Trump was a Penn student.
Never wearing socks.
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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