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1) What is a Whiz Wit’?
A Mummer’s mid-parade bathroom break.
A really smart, funny guy from Northeast Philly.
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 Center City Macy’s
At Lincoln Financial Field
On the main quad at Penn
At the Zoo
3) The city’s “tree streets” — Walnut, Chestnut, Spruce, Pine, etc. — were originally named for what?
Birds
Counties in England
Prominent local families
Books of the Bible
4) Why is the Blue Route called the Blue Route?
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.
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.
5) What was this sign once used to advertise?
Blue jeans
STD prevention
Lingerie
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
Matt Groening
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?
Al Gore
Joe Biden
Mike Pence
Dick Cheney
This question is sponsored by Penn Medicine
9) What is the Woodlands?
A nightclub in Old City
A forest, duh
A cemetery in West Philly
William Penn’s original estate
10) Speaking of which, what is a “Philadelphia lawyer”?
One who’s especially clever.
One who gets imprisoned for violating his oath.
One who wears crappy suits.
One who represents members of the Mob.
11) Which building was designed by famed local architect Frank Furness?
The Parkway Central branch of the Free Library
The Art Museum
The Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
12) Where did Philly get the flowering cherry trees in Fairmount Park?
From the people of Japan
From Subaru
From the last emperor of China
From Mount Vernon
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
Mummers Way
Avenue of the Arts
15) What does Terry Gross’s husband do?
He’s a jazz critic.
He’s a lawyer.
He’s a carpenter.
Terry Gross is a lesbian.
16) Historically, what was Boyds men’s store famous for?
Bespoke suits
Hats
Golf knickers
Snootiness
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 8
The 23
The 17
18) Who was Philadelphia’s first poet laureate?
David Rittenhouse
Sonia Sanchez
Will Smith
Walt Whitman
19) An annual event at the Rosenbach Museum and Library celebrates what?
Shakespeare’s birthday.
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.
20) What did DuPont chemist Stephanie Kwolek inadvertently invent in the 1960s?
The Moscow Mule
Wite-Out
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?
Hank Willis Thomas
Jacques Lipchitz
Zenos Frudakis
Branly Cadet
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