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1) Ben Franklin moved here in 1723 from what city?
London
Boston
Portsmouth
New York
2) Which isn't one of William Penn's original squares?
Rittenhouse Square
Centre Square
Logan Circle
Fitler Square
3) What does "Schuylkill" mean?
"Turtle crossing place"
"Hidden river"
"Place not to drink from"
"Old black water"
4) What motto is engraved on the Liberty Bell?
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
"Give me liberty or give me death."
"Proclaim liberty throughout all the land."
"This be the Liberty Belle."
5) According to Ross family legend, Betsy Ross convinced George Washington to change what about the first American flag?
The number of stars
The shape of the stars
The number of stripes
The colors
6) What disease killed more than 5,000 Philadelphians — a tenth of the city's population — in 1793?
Bubonic plague
Yellow fever
Cholera
Affluenza
7) What Protestant denomination was founded here?
The Branch Davidians
The Shakers
The Quakers
The African Methodist Episcopalians
8) Which of the following local medical centers, founded in 1751, was the nation's first hospital?
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
The Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Hospital
This question is sponsored by Penn Medicine
9) What is the Walking Purchase?
A drug deal executed on the street.
A deal made by William Penn with the Earl of Walking that gave him the land that became Pennsylvania.
A deal made by William Penn's sons that cheated the Lenni Lenape Indians out of land.
A scandal in which 1930s Phillies pitcher Les Sweetland got paid to walk a Cubs batter in order to throw a game.
10) There's a large circular rock formation on the bank of the Schuylkill River at Southwest Philly's Bartram's Garden, America's oldest surviving botanical garden. What was it used for?
Making apple cider.
A harvest calendar devised by early Swedish settlers.
Breaking smaller rocks.
Native American coming-of-age ceremonies.
11) Which of these Philly institutions was not the first of its kind in the nation?
The Philadelphia Zoo
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Pennsylvania Hospital
12) Which institution of higher learning is oldest?
Swarthmore College
Haverford College
Temple University
Drexel University
13) Which of the following doesn't appear on the Seal of Philadelphia?
Two brunettes
A disembodied arm
A whale
A sailing ship
14) What does "Philadelphia Maneto" mean?
"Let brotherly love continue."
"Get the fuck out of the bike lane, bro."
"Brothers living in peace."
"Where brothers love their brothers."
15) The Wright Brothers Model B airplane on display at the Franklin Institute was originally bought by whom?
Renowned trombonist James Madison Rittenhouse.
Draft-dodging playboy beer heir Grover Cleveland Bergdoll.
Philly-born actress (and mom to Goop goddess Gwyneth Paltrow) Blythe Danner.
Top-cop-turned-mayor Frank Rizzo.
16) An outbreak of disease at the Bellevue Hotel in 1976 killed dozens of what?
Pennsylvania State Education Association conventioneers
Japanese tourists
Members of the Vienna Boys Choir
U.S. military veterans
17) In the tragic 1985 standoff between the city and the black liberation group MOVE, the police department dropped a bomb on the group's compound on the 6200 block of Osage Avenue, causing a fire that resulted in 11 deaths (including five children) and the destruction of 61 homes. What is the last name that all members of MOVE adopt?
America
Africa
Jones
X
18) On July 4, 1965, Independence Hall was the site of a protest calling for what?
Animal rights
Removal of troops from Vietnam
Clean drinking water
Gay and lesbian rights
19) Which institution of higher learning wasn't named for a saint?
Drexel University
Neumann University
La Salle University
Cabrini University
20) Which U.S. vice president was born in Philadelphia?
George M. Dallas
Spiro Agnew
Dan Quayle
John C. Breckinridge
21) Which wasn't introduced at the 1876 Centennial Exposition?
The telephone
The zipper
Heinz ketchup
The typewriter
22) Which one wasn't invented in Philly?
The Post-it
The Slinky
Bubble gum
The revolving door
23) What did the Budd Co. start out making?
Auto chassis
Medical marijuana
Typewriters
Hot-air balloons
24) What did one do at an automat?
Eat
Laundry
Buy rugs for one's car
Get one's wig fitted
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