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1) What is a Whiz Wit’?
A cheesesteak with onions and Cheez Whiz.
A South Philly accountant.
A really smart, funny guy from Northeast Philly.
A Mummer’s mid-parade bathroom break.
2) If I say, “Meet me at the Eagle,” where should you show up?
At the Zoo
On the main quad at Penn
At Lincoln Financial Field
At the Center City Macy’s
3) The city’s “tree streets” — Walnut, Chestnut, Spruce, Pine, etc. — were originally named for what?
Books of the Bible
Prominent local families
Counties in England
Birds
4) Why is the Blue Route called the Blue Route?
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.
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?
Architecture
Fashion
Business
Cooking
7) Which famous comic-book artist was born in Philly?
Matt Groening
Robert Crumb
Aaron McGruder
Charles M. Schulz
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?
A nightclub in Old City
A cemetery in West Philly
William Penn’s original estate
A forest, duh
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 Art Museum
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
The Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
The Parkway Central branch of the Free Library
12) Where did Philly get the flowering cherry trees in Fairmount Park?
From Mount Vernon
From Subaru
From the last emperor of China
From the people of Japan
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?
Georgie Woods Boulevard
Avenue of the Arts
Mummers Way
Southern Boulevard
15) What does Terry Gross’s husband do?
Terry Gross is a lesbian.
He’s a lawyer.
He’s a jazz critic.
He’s a carpenter.
16) Historically, what was Boyds men’s store famous for?
Snootiness
Hats
Golf knickers
Bespoke suits
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 8
The 17
18) Who was Philadelphia’s first poet laureate?
David Rittenhouse
Walt Whitman
Will Smith
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.
Bloomsday.
Walt Whitman’s birthday.
Shakespeare’s birthday.
20) What did DuPont chemist Stephanie Kwolek inadvertently invent in the 1960s?
Wite-Out
The Moscow Mule
Wellbutrin
Kevlar
21) What was former Penn prof E. Digby Baltzell (1915-’96) best known for?
Never wearing socks.
Having a fistfight in the quad with Donald Trump when Trump was a Penn student.
Popularizing the term “Wasp.”
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
Hank Willis Thomas
Jacques Lipchitz
Branly Cadet
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