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1) Ben Franklin moved here in 1723 from what city?
Portsmouth
New York
Boston
London
2) Which isn't one of William Penn's original squares?
Centre Square
Fitler Square
Logan Circle
Rittenhouse Square
3) What does "Schuylkill" mean?
"Turtle crossing place"
"Place not to drink from"
"Hidden river"
"Old black water"
4) What motto is engraved on the Liberty Bell?
"Give me liberty or give me death."
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
"This be the Liberty Belle."
"Proclaim liberty throughout all the land."
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?
Cholera
Yellow fever
Bubonic plague
Affluenza
7) What Protestant denomination was founded here?
The Branch Davidians
The Quakers
The Shakers
The African Methodist Episcopalians
8) Which of the following local medical centers, founded in 1751, was the nation's first hospital?
Pennsylvania Hospital
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
The Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania
This question is sponsored by Penn Medicine
9) What is the Walking Purchase?
A drug deal executed on the street.
A scandal in which 1930s Phillies pitcher Les Sweetland got paid to walk a Cubs batter in order to throw a game.
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.
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.
Native American coming-of-age ceremonies.
Breaking smaller rocks.
11) Which of these Philly institutions was not the first of its kind in the nation?
Pennsylvania Hospital
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange
The Philadelphia Zoo
The Philadelphia Orchestra
12) Which institution of higher learning is oldest?
Drexel University
Haverford College
Temple University
Swarthmore College
13) Which of the following doesn't appear on the Seal of Philadelphia?
A whale
Two brunettes
A disembodied arm
A sailing ship
14) What does "Philadelphia Maneto" mean?
"Brothers living in peace."
"Get the fuck out of the bike lane, bro."
"Where brothers love their brothers."
"Let brotherly love continue."
15) The Wright Brothers Model B airplane on display at the Franklin Institute was originally bought by whom?
Draft-dodging playboy beer heir Grover Cleveland Bergdoll.
Top-cop-turned-mayor Frank Rizzo.
Renowned trombonist James Madison Rittenhouse.
Philly-born actress (and mom to Goop goddess Gwyneth Paltrow) Blythe Danner.
16) An outbreak of disease at the Bellevue Hotel in 1976 killed dozens of what?
Japanese tourists
Members of the Vienna Boys Choir
U.S. military veterans
Pennsylvania State Education Association conventioneers
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?
X
Jones
America
Africa
18) On July 4, 1965, Independence Hall was the site of a protest calling for what?
Gay and lesbian rights
Animal rights
Removal of troops from Vietnam
Clean drinking water
19) Which institution of higher learning wasn't named for a saint?
Cabrini University
La Salle University
Neumann University
Drexel University
20) Which U.S. vice president was born in Philadelphia?
Dan Quayle
George M. Dallas
Spiro Agnew
John C. Breckinridge
21) Which wasn't introduced at the 1876 Centennial Exposition?
The zipper
Heinz ketchup
The typewriter
The telephone
22) Which one wasn't invented in Philly?
Bubble gum
The Slinky
The revolving door
The Post-it
23) What did the Budd Co. start out making?
Typewriters
Auto chassis
Medical marijuana
Hot-air balloons
24) What did one do at an automat?
Get one's wig fitted
Buy rugs for one's car
Eat
Laundry
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