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1) What’s a Citywide Special?
A shot of Jim Beam and a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon.
A shot of Rock and Rye dumped into a pint of Guinness.
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.
A shot of vodka and a draft HopDevil.
2) Which one is the Melrose Diner jingle?
“Everybody who knows … goes … to Melrose … ”
“If you don’t know where to go — Melrose! Melrose!”
“Nothing could be finer than the good old Melrose Diner in the morning … ”
“Every morning, noon and night, Melrose Diner gets it right!”
3) Which ice-cream brand was not founded in Philly?
Breyers
Jack & Jill
Turkey Hill
Bassetts
4) What’s the main ingredient in scrapple?
Pork fat
Stock
Pork
Cornmeal
5) Which of these cheesesteak shops is on South Street?
Dalessandro’s
Pat’s
Geno’s
Jim’s
6) Which restaurant is largely credited with kicking off the city’s 1970s “Restaurant Renaissance”?
Judy Wicks’s White Dog Café
Reed Apaghian’s Astral Plane
Georges Perrier’s Le Bec-Fin
Steve Poses’s Frög
7) What’s painted on the exterior walls of Dirty Franks?
Mummers! Lots and lots of Mummers!
Faux bricks
Famous people named Frank
Famous musicians who have played there
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)?
Jefferson
Pennsylvania Hospital
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Hahnemann
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 debtors’ prison
A potter’s field
A county fairground
A school for gifted youngsters
10) What was traditionally served with fried oysters in this city?
Wilbur Buds
Chicken salad
Quinoa
Corn pone
11) What is hoagie spread?
A mixture of chopped hot peppers and vinegar.
The roll that hangs over a Philadelphian’s belt.
A mixture of mayo and mustard.
A mixture of oil and herbs.
12) Which of these isn’t a genuine Tastykake product?
Cream Filled Koffee Kake Cupcake
Boston Crème Honey Bun
Zebra Cake Roll
Doublicious Butterscotch Krimpet
13) What’s the protein source in Philadelphia pepper pot soup?
Tripe
Peppers
Turtle
Eel
14) What was Old Original Bookbinder’s famous for?
Lobster
Fried chicken
Steaks
Bookbinding, of course
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 promotes healthy food access.
Nobody knows!
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?
Schlitz
Schmidt’s
City Park
Ortlieb’s
17) What was the specialty at Old Original Levis on 6th Street just north of South?
Jeans
Pastrami on rye
Hot dogs
Challah bread
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