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1) From its founding in 1900 to the year 2001, the world-renowned Philadelphia Orchestra held its concerts where?
Philly Music Hall
The Trocadero
The Kimmel Center
The Academy of Music
2) What were the names of Rocky’s turtles?
Cuff and Link
Turtle 1 and Turtle 2
Bal and Boa
Dick and Jane
3) What’s the unofficial Mummers theme song?
“I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)”
“Go Tell It On the Mountain”
“Oh Dem Golden Slippers”
“Don’t Rain on My Parade”
4) Which M. Night Shyamalan film has the worst Rotten Tomatoes
Lady in the Water
The Village
Signs
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
Lincoln Financial Field
JFK Stadium
Franklin Field
6) In 1960, Philly saxophonist John Coltrane established himself as a jazz titan with which album?
Big Leaps
Step Onto the Coltrane
My Favorite Things
Giant Steps
7) What Protestant denomination was founded here?
A barbershop in West Philly
A hill in Fairmount Park
A bar in Chestnut Hill
A tattoo parlor in Old City
8) Which movie was filmed on Pennsylvania Hospital grounds in 1978?
Signs
Marley & Me
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.
Deliver the weather forecast.
Kiss Larry Kane on the mouth.
Proclaim the Flyers “World Fucking Champions.”
10) Where was Pearl Bailey discovered?
The Royal Theatre
The Roxy Theatre
The Metropolitan Opera House
The Pearl Theatre
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
Sugar
Orange juice
Soybeans
13) What was Philadelphia music journalist Maurie Orodenker known for?
He coined the term “rock-and-roll.”
He discovered Chubby Checker.
He wrote “Rock Around the Clock.”
He was the producer of American Bandstand.
14) Who asked the musical question “Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?” — and what does it mean?
Ween / “Would you like to buy my couch?”
Labelle / “Do you want to sleep with me tonight?”
Teddy Pendergrass / “Would you turn off the lights?”
The Dead Milkmen / “Is there a big lizard in my backyard?”
15) On the Philly-based TV show thirtysomething, who was married to Elliot?
Ellyn
Nancy
Melissa
Hope
16) Who had a number one hit with “She’s Gone”?
Hall & Oates
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
Tavares
Lou Rawls
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?
Moonbeam/The Fifth Dimension
Sun Ra/Saturn
Mr. Styx/Hell
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?
Fans who’d bought his last album
American Express Card members
People over 21
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
Erykah Badu
Macy Gray
Sheryl Crow
20) What McFadden & Whitehead song is recognized by fans of the Eagles, the Phillies, the Sixers and Barack Obama?
“Hey! Ho! Let’s Go!”
“Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now”
“We Are the Champions”
“Let’s Get It Started”
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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