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1) What’s a Citywide Special?
A shot of Rock and Rye dumped into a pint of Guinness.
A shot of Jim Beam and a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon.
A shot of vodka and a draft HopDevil.
Two parts tequila, one part Cointreau, one part fresh lime juice, shaken and strained through aerated charcoal into a highball glass, topped with seltzer and garnished with a pineapple spear.
2) Which one is the Melrose Diner jingle?
“Everybody who knows … goes … to Melrose … ”
“Every morning, noon and night, Melrose Diner gets it right!”
“If you don’t know where to go — Melrose! Melrose!”
“Nothing could be finer than the good old Melrose Diner in the morning … ”
3) Which ice-cream brand was not founded in Philly?
Bassetts
Jack & Jill
Turkey Hill
Breyers
4) What’s the main ingredient in scrapple?
Pork fat
Pork
Stock
Cornmeal
5) Which of these cheesesteak shops is on South Street?
Pat’s
Dalessandro’s
Geno’s
Jim’s
6) Which restaurant is largely credited with kicking off the city’s 1970s “Restaurant Renaissance”?
Steve Poses’s Frög
Reed Apaghian’s Astral Plane
Georges Perrier’s Le Bec-Fin
Judy Wicks’s White Dog Café
7) What’s painted on the exterior walls of Dirty Franks?
Mummers! Lots and lots of Mummers!
Faux bricks
Famous people named Frank
Famous musicians who have played there
8) Which local hospital is earning big praise for its new, state-of-the-art Café 1751 (hint: it’s the year it was founded)?
Hahnemann
Pennsylvania Hospital
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Jefferson
This question is sponsored by Penn Medicine
9) Everyone in South Philly knows the Acme (“Ack-a-me”) at Passyunk and Reed. What originally stood on the site?
A school for gifted youngsters
A debtors’ prison
A potter’s field
A county fairground
10) What was traditionally served with fried oysters in this city?
Wilbur Buds
Chicken salad
Quinoa
Corn pone
11) What is hoagie spread?
The roll that hangs over a Philadelphian’s belt.
A mixture of mayo and mustard.
A mixture of chopped hot peppers and vinegar.
A mixture of oil and herbs.
12) Which of these isn’t a genuine Tastykake product?
Doublicious Butterscotch Krimpet
Boston Crème Honey Bun
Zebra Cake Roll
Cream Filled Koffee Kake Cupcake
13) What’s the protein source in Philadelphia pepper pot soup?
Turtle
Eel
Peppers
Tripe
14) What was Old Original Bookbinder’s famous for?
Lobster
Bookbinding, of course
Steaks
Fried chicken
15) If you’ve been to Reading Terminal Market, you know the best place to meet your friends there is at the bronze sculpture of Philbert the Pig. Money fed to Philbert funds what?
A Lancaster County pig sanctuary.
A nonprofit that puts electric lights on Amish farmers’ horse-drawn buggies.
Nobody knows!
A nonprofit that promotes healthy food access.
16) Which beer brand didn’t originate in Philly?
Ortlieb’s
City Park
Schmidt’s
Schlitz
17) What was the specialty at Old Original Levis on 6th Street just north of South?
Challah bread
Jeans
Pastrami on rye
Hot dogs
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