The Great Philly Mag Semiquincentennial Quiz: Part 1

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1. The Native Americans first encountered by Europeans in our region were the Lenni Lenape, whose name means what?

a. “People of the rock”

b. “People who crack hickory nuts”

c. “Real people”

d. “People of the catfish stream”

2. Lenni Lenape tribes occupied parts of which future states when European colonists first arrived?

a. Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York

b. Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Ohio

c. Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey

d. Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ohio

3. A bronze statue outside Independence Hall bears the inscription “Robert Morris / Patriot Statesman Financier / 1734–1806.” Which of the following was a Native American nickname for Morris?

a. “Gracious Warrior King”

b. “Greater Eater With a Big Belly”

c. “Sharer of Wampum”

d. “Really Sharp Dresser”

4. Alexander Stirling Calder’s 1924 Swann Memorial Fountain, in Logan Circle, features three major Indigenous figures: a man, a woman, and a girl. What are the trio intended to symbolize?

a. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost

b. The land, the sea, and the sky

c. The past, the present, and the future

d. The Delaware and Schuylkill rivers and the Wissahickon Creek

5. The three main clans of the Lenni Lenape were …

a. The Turtle, the Wolf, and the Turkey

b. The Shad, the Bass, and the Trout

c. The Corn, the Wheat, and the Bean

d. The Eagles, the Falcons, and the Rams

6. A popular pastime among the Lenape, Pahsahëman, was a form of football, which they may have learned from the Shawnee. It used a soft deerskin ball filled with hair, and the teams were sometimes coed and sometimes men versus women. Which of these was NOT true?

a. Women could carry and run with the ball, but men couldn’t.

b. Women could tackle men, but men couldn’t tackle women.

c. If the teams were segregated by gender and the women were losing badly, the scorekeeper could add a man to their team..

d. Stones were used to keep score.

7. Which of these was NOT among the ways William Penn’s son Thomas cheated the Lenni Lenape in the infamous Walking Purchase?

a. He produced a fraudulent 50-year-old “deed” to the land, supposedly signed by William Penn and the tribe.

b. He had the designated walkers run instead of walk.

c. He had workers blaze a trail for the walkers to follow through the wilderness.

d. He hid bicycles for the walkers to ride along the way.

8. Which founding father was charged with organizing officers and weaponry to fight the Lenni Lenape in the new commonwealth of Pennsylvania?

a. James Madison

b. Benjamin Franklin

c. George Washington

d. Alexander Hamilton

9. Which local cultural institution recently opened a gallery devoted to exploring “the histories and living cultures of Native peoples across the United States who are still thriving — despite attempts to erase their Indigenous identities, cultures, and languages”?

a. The Philadelphia Art Museum

b. The Museum of the American Revolution

c. The Penn Museum

d. The National Liberty Museum

The Great Philly Mag Semiquincentennial Quiz: Part 1

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