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1) What is a Whiz Wit’?
- A cheesesteak with onions and Cheez Whiz.
- A really smart, funny guy from Northeast Philly.
- A Mummer’s mid-parade bathroom break.
- A South Philly accountant.

2) If I say, “Meet me at the Eagle,” where should you show up?
- At the Zoo
- At Lincoln Financial Field
- At the Center City Macy’s
- On the main quad at Penn

3) The city’s “tree streets” — Walnut, Chestnut, Spruce, Pine, etc. — were originally named for what?
- Counties in England
- Books of the Bible
- Prominent local families
- Birds

4) Why is the Blue Route called the Blue Route?
- Because it was the blue route (as opposed to yellow and green ones) on the proposed plans.
- Because residents got blue in the face yelling for it to be built.
- Because it goes right through a bunch of porn shops in Upper Darby.
- Because the original macadam was made with blue granite.

5) What was this sign once used to advertise?
- Girls’ High
- Blue jeans
- STD prevention
- Lingerie

6) What does Inga Saffron write about?
- Business
- Cooking
- Fashion
- Architecture

7) Which famous comic-book artist was born in Philly?
- Charles M. Schulz
- Aaron McGruder
- Matt Groening
- Robert Crumb

8) Which U.S. Vice President visited Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center to kick off the national “Cancer Moonshot,” an ambitious effort to accelerate progress in the fight against cancer?
- Al Gore
- Dick Cheney
- Joe Biden
- Mike Pence
This question is sponsored by Penn Medicine

9) What is the Woodlands?
- A nightclub in Old City
- A cemetery in West Philly
- A forest, duh
- William Penn’s original estate

10) Speaking of which, what is a “Philadelphia lawyer”?
- One who’s especially clever.
- One who represents members of the Mob.
- One who gets imprisoned for violating his oath.
- One who wears crappy suits.

11) Which building was designed by famed local architect Frank Furness?
- The Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
- The Art Museum
- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
- The Parkway Central branch of the Free Library

12) Where did Philly get the flowering cherry trees in Fairmount Park?
- From Mount Vernon
- From the people of Japan
- From the last emperor of China
- From Subaru

13) What’s a Wishniak?
- A black cherry liqueur.
- A brand of air conditioner made in Oxford Circle.
- A hopeless dreamer.
- A resident of Port Richmond.

14) Which of the following is not the name of a section of Broad Street?
- Southern Boulevard
- Avenue of the Arts
- Mummers Way
- Georgie Woods Boulevard

15) What does Terry Gross’s husband do?
- He’s a lawyer.
- He’s a jazz critic.
- Terry Gross is a lesbian.
- He’s a carpenter.

16) Historically, what was Boyds men’s store famous for?
- Hats
- Bespoke suits
- Snootiness
- Golf knickers

17) Which SEPTA bus route starts at Pattison Avenue, goes up 20th Street to Market, goes along Market all the way to Front Street, turns around, crosses Center City again on Market, then comes back down 19th Street to the stadiums?
- The 23
- The 8
- The 17
- The 33

18) Who was Philadelphia’s first poet laureate?
- Sonia Sanchez
- Walt Whitman
- Will Smith
- David Rittenhouse

19) An annual event at the Rosenbach Museum and Library celebrates what?
- The “Bissinger Moment” (defined by Urban Dictionary as “a complete, unprovoked meltdown … while in front of a camera”) when Buzz Bissinger went after Will Leitch on Costas Now.
- Walt Whitman’s birthday.
- Shakespeare’s birthday.
- Bloomsday.

20) What did DuPont chemist Stephanie Kwolek inadvertently invent in the 1960s?
- The Moscow Mule
- Kevlar
- Wite-Out
- Wellbutrin

21) What was former Penn prof E. Digby Baltzell (1915-’96) best known for?
- Supporting the Vietnam War.
- Having a fistfight in the quad with Donald Trump when Trump was a Penn student.
- Popularizing the term “Wasp.”
- Never wearing socks.

22) Which artist is responsible — some would say culpable — for the public artwork Government of the People at the corner of Broad Street and JFK Boulevard?
- Zenos Frudakis
- Hank Willis Thomas
- Branly Cadet
- Jacques Lipchitz

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