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1) Ben Franklin moved here in 1723 from what city?
London
New York
Portsmouth
Boston
2) Which isn't one of William Penn's original squares?
Logan Circle
Fitler Square
Rittenhouse Square
Centre Square
3) What does "Schuylkill" mean?
"Turtle crossing place"
"Place not to drink from"
"Old black water"
"Hidden river"
4) What motto is engraved on the Liberty Bell?
"Proclaim liberty throughout all the land."
"This be the Liberty Belle."
"Give me liberty or give me death."
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
5) According to Ross family legend, Betsy Ross convinced George Washington to change what about the first American flag?
The colors
The number of stars
The shape of the stars
The number of stripes
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 African Methodist Episcopalians
The Quakers
8) Which of the following local medical centers, founded in 1751, was the nation's first hospital?
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Pennsylvania Hospital
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
The Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania
This question is sponsored by Penn Medicine
9) What is the Walking Purchase?
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's sons that cheated the Lenni Lenape Indians out of land.
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.
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?
Breaking smaller rocks.
Native American coming-of-age ceremonies.
Making apple cider.
A harvest calendar devised by early Swedish settlers.
11) Which of these Philly institutions was not the first of its kind in the nation?
Pennsylvania Hospital
The Philadelphia Zoo
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange
The Philadelphia Orchestra
12) Which institution of higher learning is oldest?
Drexel University
Swarthmore College
Temple University
Haverford College
13) Which of the following doesn't appear on the Seal of Philadelphia?
A sailing ship
A whale
A disembodied arm
Two brunettes
14) What does "Philadelphia Maneto" mean?
"Where brothers love their brothers."
"Brothers living in peace."
"Let brotherly love continue."
"Get the fuck out of the bike lane, bro."
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?
U.S. military veterans
Pennsylvania State Education Association conventioneers
Japanese tourists
Members of the Vienna Boys Choir
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?
Jones
X
America
Africa
18) On July 4, 1965, Independence Hall was the site of a protest calling for what?
Animal rights
Gay and lesbian rights
Removal of troops from Vietnam
Clean drinking water
19) Which institution of higher learning wasn't named for a saint?
Cabrini University
Neumann University
Drexel University
La Salle University
20) Which U.S. vice president was born in Philadelphia?
Spiro Agnew
Dan Quayle
John C. Breckinridge
George M. Dallas
21) Which wasn't introduced at the 1876 Centennial Exposition?
The typewriter
The telephone
The zipper
Heinz ketchup
22) Which one wasn't invented in Philly?
Bubble gum
The revolving door
The Slinky
The Post-it
23) What did the Budd Co. start out making?
Hot-air balloons
Medical marijuana
Typewriters
Auto chassis
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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