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1) Ben Franklin moved here in 1723 from what city?
Boston
London
Portsmouth
New York
2) Which isn't one of William Penn's original squares?
Rittenhouse Square
Fitler Square
Centre Square
Logan Circle
3) What does "Schuylkill" mean?
"Old black water"
"Place not to drink from"
"Hidden river"
"Turtle crossing place"
4) What motto is engraved on the Liberty Bell?
"Give me liberty or give me death."
"This be the Liberty Belle."
"Proclaim liberty throughout all the land."
"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 shape of the stars
The number of stars
The colors
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
Affluenza
Cholera
7) What Protestant denomination was founded here?
The Branch Davidians
The African Methodist Episcopalians
The Quakers
The Shakers
8) Which of the following local medical centers, founded in 1751, was the nation's first hospital?
Pennsylvania Hospital
The Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
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?
Native American coming-of-age ceremonies.
A harvest calendar devised by early Swedish settlers.
Breaking smaller rocks.
Making apple cider.
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?
Haverford College
Temple University
Swarthmore College
Drexel University
13) Which of the following doesn't appear on the Seal of Philadelphia?
A whale
A sailing ship
A disembodied arm
Two brunettes
14) What does "Philadelphia Maneto" mean?
"Get the fuck out of the bike lane, bro."
"Let brotherly love continue."
"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?
Top-cop-turned-mayor Frank Rizzo.
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.
16) An outbreak of disease at the Bellevue Hotel in 1976 killed dozens of what?
Members of the Vienna Boys Choir
Japanese tourists
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?
Africa
X
America
Jones
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
John C. Breckinridge
Dan Quayle
George M. Dallas
21) Which wasn't introduced at the 1876 Centennial Exposition?
The zipper
Heinz ketchup
The telephone
The typewriter
22) Which one wasn't invented in Philly?
The Post-it
The Slinky
The revolving door
Bubble gum
23) What did the Budd Co. start out making?
Auto chassis
Hot-air balloons
Typewriters
Medical marijuana
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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