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1) What’s a Citywide Special?
- A shot of vodka and a draft HopDevil.
- A shot of Rock and Rye dumped into a pint of Guinness.
- A shot of Jim Beam and a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon.
- 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
- Turkey Hill
- Breyers
- Jack & Jill

4) What’s the main ingredient in scrapple?
- Pork fat
- Cornmeal
- Stock
- Pork

5) Which of these cheesesteak shops is on South Street?
- Pat’s
- Jim’s
- Geno’s
- Dalessandro’s

6) Which restaurant is largely credited with kicking off the city’s 1970s “Restaurant Renaissance”?
- Georges Perrier’s Le Bec-Fin
- Reed Apaghian’s Astral Plane
- Steve Poses’s Frög
- Judy Wicks’s White Dog Café

7) What’s painted on the exterior walls of Dirty Franks?
- Famous people named Frank
- Famous musicians who have played there
- Mummers! Lots and lots of Mummers!
- Faux bricks

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)?
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Hahnemann
- Pennsylvania Hospital
- Jefferson
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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 potter’s field
- A county fairground
- A debtors’ prison

10) What was traditionally served with fried oysters in this city?
- Corn pone
- Quinoa
- Wilbur Buds
- Chicken salad

11) What is hoagie spread?
- A mixture of mayo and mustard.
- A mixture of oil and herbs.
- A mixture of chopped hot peppers and vinegar.
- The roll that hangs over a Philadelphian’s belt.

12) Which of these isn’t a genuine Tastykake product?
- Boston Crème Honey Bun
- Cream Filled Koffee Kake Cupcake
- Zebra Cake Roll
- Doublicious Butterscotch Krimpet

13) What’s the protein source in Philadelphia pepper pot soup?
- Peppers
- Tripe
- Turtle
- Eel

14) What was Old Original Bookbinder’s famous for?
- Bookbinding, of course
- Steaks
- Lobster
- 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?
- Nobody knows!
- A nonprofit that promotes healthy food access.
- A Lancaster County pig sanctuary.
- A nonprofit that puts electric lights on Amish farmers’ horse-drawn buggies.

16) Which beer brand didn’t originate in Philly?
- City Park
- Ortlieb’s
- Schmidt’s
- Schlitz

17) What was the specialty at Old Original Levis on 6th Street just north of South?
- Challah bread
- Pastrami on rye
- Hot dogs
- Jeans

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