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Multiple Choice City Quiz – Philadelphia

Can you answer these multiple choice questions about the city of Philadelphia, PA?
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1. Which of these founding fathers called Philadelphia his home?
Sam Adams
Ben Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
2. What is the nickname of Philadelphia?
Bean Town
Charm City
The City of Brotherly Love
The Keystone City
3. Which of these things can be viewed in Philadelphia?
The Dead Sea Scrolls
The Declaration of Independence
The embalmed remains of George Washington
The Liberty Bell
4. Who was "born and raised" in West Philadelphia?
Jay-Z
Kim Kardashian
Britney Spears
Will Smith
5. What river flows past Philadelphia?
Delaware River
Fishkill Creek
Hudson River
Potomac River
6. Who founded Philadelphia in 1682?
Lord Baltimore
William Penn
King Philip II
John Smith
7. Whose statue can be found near a set of 72 steps leading up to the Philadelphia Museum of Art?
Rocky Balboa
Mickey Mouse
Andy Warhol
Chase Utley
8. Which of these film directors is known for setting many of his movies in Philadelphia?
Wes Anderson
Martin Scorsese
M. Night Shyamalan
Kevin Smith
9. Which of these foods is Philadelphia known for?
Cheesesteak sandwich
Chili dog
Clam chowder
Crab cakes
10. Who did Philadelphia Eagles fans boo and pelt with snowballs in a notorious 1968 incident?
Queen Elizabeth II
Richard Nixon
Pope Paul VI
Santa Claus
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16 Comments
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Level 88
Apr 17, 2025
Notorious?? Don't those Santa suits usually have lots of padding?
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Level 95
Apr 17, 2025
Notorious means infamous
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Level 88
Jul 10, 2025
Sorry, didn't mean to imply otherwise. My point was that the imposter Santa in the suit wouldn't, or shouldn't, have been injured.
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Level 79
Jul 10, 2025
it isn't notorious because of any actual injury, it's about demonstrating the kind of typical conduct for which Philadelphia is infamous.
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Level 85
Apr 17, 2025
Question 3:

Poor George I have heard about the wooden teeth but did not know he lost all his hair too. (Enbalded sic)

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Level 80
Apr 17, 2025
Didn't notice this until I read your comment, poor embalded George!
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Level ∞
Apr 17, 2025
Haha, fixed
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Level 76
Apr 19, 2025
Fixed, or vanished? George I seems to be nowhere, with or without his hair
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Level 70
Apr 18, 2025
As a Mets fan, thank God there isn't a Chase Utley statue. All hail Ruben Tejada!
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Level 89
Apr 19, 2025
Got the director one completely by process of elimination. Kevin Smith famous sets his movies in Jersey, Scorsese in New York, Anderson in brightly colored, intermittently two-dimensional fantasy worlds. Sooooo . . . Shyamalan it is then.
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Level 61
Jul 9, 2025
Oh nice learned some things about Philadelphia and that it wasn't named after someone named philip
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Level 59
Jul 10, 2025
Go Birds
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Level 68
Jul 10, 2025
Go birds!
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Level 52
Jul 11, 2025
To help one remember:

-Madison and Jefferson are both from Virginia, while Adams was from Boston. (Franklin was also from Boston, but he moved to Philly at a young age.)

-Aside from Pennsylvania's proximity to Delaware, one can also remember that the Lenape people who originally inhabited the area are also occasionally referred to as the Delaware

-"Philos" in Greek is used to refer to brotherly love.

-Pat's and Geno's, the two places credited with the earliest cheesesteaks, are both located in Philadelphia (neither of them is particularly good, though, you are better off looking at smaller, less heralded locations if you want to try a Philly steak in their natural habitat.)

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Level 55
Jul 28, 2025
You got third one slightly wrong philos is beloved or something near it and adelphos is brother philosadelphos philadelphia
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Level 55
Jul 28, 2025
Poor santa, just missed that one, didnt knew I knew THAT much about philadelphia