Find It/Philly
Doctors
Dentists
Home Design Experts
Senior Living
Wedding Experts
Real Estate Agents
Private Schools
Mortgage Professionals
City Life
The Latest
Restaurants
Foobooz
50 Best Restaurants
Restaurant Finder
Jobs
Health
Be Well Philly
Find a Dentist
Find a Doctor
Senior Living
Life & Style
Life & Style
Real Estate & Home
Properties & News
Find a Home & Design Pro
Find a Real Estate Agent
Find a Mortgage Professional
Things To Do
Events in Philly
Philly Mag Events
Wedding
Guides & Advice
Find a Wedding Expert
Best of Philly
Subscribe
All Access
Newsletters
Sign In
Follow
Facebook
Instagram
Twitter
Search for:
Search
Follow
Facebook
Instagram
Twitter
Philadelphia Magazine
Subscribe
All Access
Newsletters
Sign In
Find It/Philly
Doctors
Dentists
Home Design Experts
Senior Living
Wedding Experts
Real Estate Agents
Private Schools
Mortgage Professionals
City Life
The Latest
Restaurants
Foobooz
50 Best Restaurants
Restaurant Finder
Jobs
Health
Be Well Philly
Find a Dentist
Find a Doctor
Senior Living
Life & Style
Life & Style
Real Estate & Home
Properties & News
Find a Home & Design Pro
Find a Real Estate Agent
Find a Mortgage Professional
Things To Do
Events in Philly
Philly Mag Events
Wedding
Guides & Advice
Find a Wedding Expert
Best of Philly
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?
“Every morning, noon and night, Melrose Diner gets it right!”
“Nothing could be finer than the good old Melrose Diner in the morning … ”
“Everybody who knows … goes … to Melrose … ”
“If you don’t know where to go — Melrose! Melrose!”
3) Which ice-cream brand was not founded in Philly?
Breyers
Turkey Hill
Jack & Jill
Bassetts
4) What’s the main ingredient in scrapple?
Pork
Pork fat
Stock
Cornmeal
5) Which of these cheesesteak shops is on South Street?
Dalessandro’s
Jim’s
Pat’s
Geno’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?
Famous musicians who have played there
Mummers! Lots and lots of Mummers!
Famous people named Frank
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
Jefferson
Hahnemann
Pennsylvania Hospital
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 potter’s field
A county fairground
A school for gifted youngsters
A debtors’ prison
10) What was traditionally served with fried oysters in this city?
Quinoa
Wilbur Buds
Chicken salad
Corn pone
11) What is hoagie spread?
A mixture of oil and herbs.
A mixture of chopped hot peppers and vinegar.
A mixture of mayo and mustard.
The roll that hangs over a Philadelphian’s belt.
12) Which of these isn’t a genuine Tastykake product?
Doublicious Butterscotch Krimpet
Cream Filled Koffee Kake Cupcake
Zebra Cake Roll
Boston Crème Honey Bun
13) What’s the protein source in Philadelphia pepper pot soup?
Turtle
Peppers
Eel
Tripe
14) What was Old Original Bookbinder’s famous for?
Bookbinding, of course
Fried chicken
Steaks
Lobster
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 nonprofit that puts electric lights on Amish farmers’ horse-drawn buggies.
A Lancaster County pig sanctuary.
A nonprofit that promotes healthy food access.
Nobody knows!
16) Which beer brand didn’t originate in Philly?
City Park
Schlitz
Ortlieb’s
Schmidt’s
17) What was the specialty at Old Original Levis on 6th Street just north of South?
Jeans
Hot dogs
Pastrami on rye
Challah bread
Name
First
Last
Email
*
Opt-in
*
Philadelphia magazine may send me information, special offers, or other goods or services they think may be of interest to me offered by
Philadelphia
magazine or other companies
Philadelphia
magazine may carefully select. YOU MAY OPT OUT OF RECEIVING ANY SUCH INFORMATION OR OTHER SPECIAL OFFERS FROM PHILADELPHIA MAGAZINE AT ANY TIME.