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1) From its founding in 1900 to the year 2001, the world-renowned Philadelphia Orchestra held its concerts where?
The Academy of Music
The Kimmel Center
Philly Music Hall
The Trocadero
2) What were the names of Rocky’s turtles?
Dick and Jane
Bal and Boa
Turtle 1 and Turtle 2
Cuff and Link
3) What’s the unofficial Mummers theme song?
“Go Tell It On the Mountain”
“I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)”
“Don’t Rain on My Parade”
“Oh Dem Golden Slippers”
4) Which M. Night Shyamalan film has the worst Rotten Tomatoes
Lady in the Water
The Village
The Last Airbender
Signs
5) Which Philly sports arena hosted Live Aid (1985), the 1976 Bicentennial Concert (Yes and Peter Frampton!), Judy Garland’s last American concert (1968), the Beatles’ final Philly concert (1966), and the Gene Tunney/Jack Dempsey title fight (1926)?
JFK Stadium
Veterans Stadium
Lincoln Financial Field
Franklin Field
6) In 1960, Philly saxophonist John Coltrane established himself as a jazz titan with which album?
Step Onto the Coltrane
Big Leaps
Giant Steps
My Favorite Things
7) What Protestant denomination was founded here?
A tattoo parlor in Old City
A bar in Chestnut Hill
A barbershop in West Philly
A hill in Fairmount Park
8) Which movie was filmed on Pennsylvania Hospital grounds in 1978?
Rocky II
Marley & Me
Transformers
Signs
This question is sponsored by Penn Medicine
9) What did Beatle John Lennon do live on Philadelphia television on May 16, 1975?
Kiss Larry Kane on the mouth.
Deliver the weather forecast.
Proclaim the Flyers “World Fucking Champions.”
Co-host The Mike Douglas Show.
10) Where was Pearl Bailey discovered?
The Pearl Theatre
The Royal Theatre
The Roxy Theatre
The Metropolitan Opera House
11) What is Kevin Hart’s rapper name?
Oh Ree Oh
Thrilla Killa
King Kev
Chocolate Droppa
12) The plot of the 1983 film Trading Places, set in Philadelphia, hinges on cornering the market in what commodity?
Pork bellies
Orange juice
Soybeans
Sugar
13) What was Philadelphia music journalist Maurie Orodenker known for?
He wrote “Rock Around the Clock.”
He was the producer of American Bandstand.
He discovered Chubby Checker.
He coined the term “rock-and-roll.”
14) Who asked the musical question “Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?” — and what does it mean?
Teddy Pendergrass / “Would you turn off the lights?”
Ween / “Would you like to buy my couch?”
The Dead Milkmen / “Is there a big lizard in my backyard?”
Labelle / “Do you want to sleep with me tonight?”
15) On the Philly-based TV show thirtysomething, who was married to Elliot?
Nancy
Melissa
Hope
Ellyn
16) Who had a number one hit with “She’s Gone”?
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
Lou Rawls
Hall & Oates
Tavares
17) Free jazz legend Herman Poole Blount lived in Philly from 1968 until his death in 1993. What was he best known as, and where did he claim to be from?
Mr. Styx/Hell
Sun Ra/Saturn
Moonbeam/The Fifth Dimension
Herman the Hermit/Wissahickon Park
18) Teddy Pendergrass, the powerhouse soul singer whose sultry “Turn Off the Lights” remains the standard by which all sex jams are measured, played several concerts at which only who were admitted?
People over 21
Fans who’d bought his last album
American Express Card members
Women
19) Before anyone knew the answer to the question “Who Is Jill Scott?,” Philly poet/actress Scott was known as the singer who wrote the chilling vocal hook for the Roots’ 1999 breakout hit “You Got Me.” Who sang that hook on the recording?
Eve
Sheryl Crow
Erykah Badu
Macy Gray
20) What McFadden & Whitehead song is recognized by fans of the Eagles, the Phillies, the Sixers and Barack Obama?
“We Are the Champions”
“Hey! Ho! Let’s Go!”
“Let’s Get It Started”
“Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now”
21) Which Philly musician’s birth name is Ernest Evans?
1. Musiq Soulchild
2. Billy Paul
3. Marshmello
4. Chubby Checker
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