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1) From its founding in 1900 to the year 2001, the world-renowned Philadelphia Orchestra held its concerts where?
The Trocadero
The Kimmel Center
Philly Music Hall
The Academy of Music
2) What were the names of Rocky’s turtles?
Dick and Jane
Turtle 1 and Turtle 2
Bal and Boa
Cuff and Link
3) What’s the unofficial Mummers theme song?
“I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)”
“Don’t Rain on My Parade”
“Oh Dem Golden Slippers”
“Go Tell It On the Mountain”
4) Which M. Night Shyamalan film has the worst Rotten Tomatoes
Lady in the Water
Signs
The Village
The Last Airbender
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)?
Veterans Stadium
Franklin Field
Lincoln Financial Field
JFK Stadium
6) In 1960, Philly saxophonist John Coltrane established himself as a jazz titan with which album?
Step Onto the Coltrane
Giant Steps
My Favorite Things
Big Leaps
7) What Protestant denomination was founded here?
A bar in Chestnut Hill
A hill in Fairmount Park
A tattoo parlor in Old City
A barbershop in West Philly
8) Which movie was filmed on Pennsylvania Hospital grounds in 1978?
Marley & Me
Signs
Transformers
Rocky II
This question is sponsored by Penn Medicine
9) What did Beatle John Lennon do live on Philadelphia television on May 16, 1975?
Co-host The Mike Douglas Show.
Kiss Larry Kane on the mouth.
Proclaim the Flyers “World Fucking Champions.”
Deliver the weather forecast.
10) Where was Pearl Bailey discovered?
The Roxy Theatre
The Metropolitan Opera House
The Pearl Theatre
The Royal Theatre
11) What is Kevin Hart’s rapper name?
Chocolate Droppa
Thrilla Killa
Oh Ree Oh
King Kev
12) The plot of the 1983 film Trading Places, set in Philadelphia, hinges on cornering the market in what commodity?
Sugar
Soybeans
Orange juice
Pork bellies
13) What was Philadelphia music journalist Maurie Orodenker known for?
He coined the term “rock-and-roll.”
He was the producer of American Bandstand.
He wrote “Rock Around the Clock.”
He discovered Chubby Checker.
14) Who asked the musical question “Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?” — and what does it mean?
The Dead Milkmen / “Is there a big lizard in my backyard?”
Ween / “Would you like to buy my couch?”
Teddy Pendergrass / “Would you turn off the lights?”
Labelle / “Do you want to sleep with me tonight?”
15) On the Philly-based TV show thirtysomething, who was married to Elliot?
Ellyn
Melissa
Hope
Nancy
16) Who had a number one hit with “She’s Gone”?
Hall & Oates
Lou Rawls
Tavares
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
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?
Sun Ra/Saturn
Herman the Hermit/Wissahickon Park
Moonbeam/The Fifth Dimension
Mr. Styx/Hell
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
Women
American Express Card members
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?
“Hey! Ho! Let’s Go!”
“We Are the Champions”
“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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