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1) Ben Franklin moved here in 1723 from what city?
New York
London
Boston
Portsmouth
2) Which isn't one of William Penn's original squares?
Centre Square
Logan Circle
Fitler Square
Rittenhouse Square
3) What does "Schuylkill" mean?
"Old black water"
"Place not to drink from"
"Turtle crossing place"
"Hidden river"
4) What motto is engraved on the Liberty Bell?
"Give me liberty or give me death."
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
"This be the Liberty Belle."
"Proclaim liberty throughout all the land."
5) According to Ross family legend, Betsy Ross convinced George Washington to change what about the first American flag?
The number of stripes
The shape of the stars
The number of stars
The colors
6) What disease killed more than 5,000 Philadelphians — a tenth of the city's population — in 1793?
Yellow fever
Affluenza
Cholera
Bubonic plague
7) What Protestant denomination was founded here?
The Quakers
The African Methodist Episcopalians
The Branch Davidians
The Shakers
8) Which of the following local medical centers, founded in 1751, was the nation's first hospital?
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
The Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Pennsylvania Hospital
This question is sponsored by Penn Medicine
9) What is the Walking Purchase?
A drug deal executed on the street.
A scandal in which 1930s Phillies pitcher Les Sweetland got paid to walk a Cubs batter in order to throw a game.
A deal made by William Penn's sons that cheated the Lenni Lenape Indians out of land.
A deal made by William Penn with the Earl of Walking that gave him the land that became Pennsylvania.
10) There's a large circular rock formation on the bank of the Schuylkill River at Southwest Philly's Bartram's Garden, America's oldest surviving botanical garden. What was it used for?
Making apple cider.
Breaking smaller rocks.
Native American coming-of-age ceremonies.
A harvest calendar devised by early Swedish settlers.
11) Which of these Philly institutions was not the first of its kind in the nation?
The Philadelphia Zoo
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Pennsylvania Hospital
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange
12) Which institution of higher learning is oldest?
Temple University
Swarthmore College
Haverford College
Drexel University
13) Which of the following doesn't appear on the Seal of Philadelphia?
Two brunettes
A whale
A sailing ship
A disembodied arm
14) What does "Philadelphia Maneto" mean?
"Get the fuck out of the bike lane, bro."
"Let brotherly love continue."
"Brothers living in peace."
"Where brothers love their brothers."
15) The Wright Brothers Model B airplane on display at the Franklin Institute was originally bought by whom?
Top-cop-turned-mayor Frank Rizzo.
Philly-born actress (and mom to Goop goddess Gwyneth Paltrow) Blythe Danner.
Renowned trombonist James Madison Rittenhouse.
Draft-dodging playboy beer heir Grover Cleveland Bergdoll.
16) An outbreak of disease at the Bellevue Hotel in 1976 killed dozens of what?
Pennsylvania State Education Association conventioneers
U.S. military veterans
Japanese tourists
Members of the Vienna Boys Choir
17) In the tragic 1985 standoff between the city and the black liberation group MOVE, the police department dropped a bomb on the group's compound on the 6200 block of Osage Avenue, causing a fire that resulted in 11 deaths (including five children) and the destruction of 61 homes. What is the last name that all members of MOVE adopt?
X
America
Jones
Africa
18) On July 4, 1965, Independence Hall was the site of a protest calling for what?
Clean drinking water
Removal of troops from Vietnam
Gay and lesbian rights
Animal rights
19) Which institution of higher learning wasn't named for a saint?
Drexel University
Neumann University
Cabrini University
La Salle University
20) Which U.S. vice president was born in Philadelphia?
Spiro Agnew
George M. Dallas
Dan Quayle
John C. Breckinridge
21) Which wasn't introduced at the 1876 Centennial Exposition?
The zipper
The telephone
The typewriter
Heinz ketchup
22) Which one wasn't invented in Philly?
The revolving door
Bubble gum
The Post-it
The Slinky
23) What did the Budd Co. start out making?
Auto chassis
Hot-air balloons
Typewriters
Medical marijuana
24) What did one do at an automat?
Laundry
Get one's wig fitted
Eat
Buy rugs for one's car
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