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The steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art were famously climbed by what movie boxer and franchise cornerstone played by Sylvester Stallone? A statue of this character is still in front of the museum.
What is Rocky Balboa
Philadelphians might use what other word when referring to a submarine or hero sandwich? Legend has it that a jazz musician opened up a sandwich shop during the Great Depression with the slogan that you "had to be a hog" to eat one, inspiring the name.
What is Hoagie
Taken from the literal meaning in Greek, Philadelphia is known as the city of what kind of love?
What is Brotherly
What “B” ice cream company, acquired by Unilever from Kraft, was founded in 1866 in Philadelphia by its namesake? It has a variety of flavors, but is best known for its strawberry, chocolate, and especially the vanilla.
What is Breyers
Philadelphia's border with New Jersey is created entirely by what river?
What is Delaware River
What two colors are prominently featured on the flag of the city of Philadelphia? These colors were chosen in commemoration of the city's prior Swedish governance.
What is Blue, yellow
What “F” square on 6th St in Philadelphia, was designed by William Penn while laying out his plan for the city? Its name is the last name of an inventive founding father.e.
Franklin Square
Philly artist Alexander Calder specialized in pretty serious versions of what wiry things seen hanging above baby cribs?
What is Mobiles
The Owls are the sports teams of what public Philadelphia university?
Temple University
Starting in 2008 and beginning play in 2010, Philadelphia has an expansion Major League Soccer franchise with what team name? The name may be an allusion to the fact they play together or is perhaps reminiscent of which side the city was on during a historic war.
Philadelphia Union
In 1775 Philadelphia, John Behrent built the first American version of what instrument which contains hammers, dampers, strings, and pedals?
Piano
Focusing more on old time rock n’ roll than doo-wop, “That Thing You Do” was the directorial debut of what beloved actor who was hot off back-to-back Oscar wins playing a Philadelphian and an Alabaman?
Who is Tom Hanks
Founded as a store named "Free People" by three students in an entrepreneurship class at the University of Pennsylvania in 1970, what is the retailer that primarily targets "hipster subculture" for teens and young adults? This company received the National Preservation Honor Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation for their office in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.
Urban Outfitters
In 1994, what popular musician released the song “Streets of Philadelphia”, a tie-in to the 1993 movie “Philadelphia?”
Bruce Springsteen
Vinesh started an entrepreneur non-profit for inner city high school kids in this city
Mutter Museum (contains pieces of the brain of Albert Einstein, Nobel laureate who died in 1955!)
American Cone and Pretzel Company was the initial name of what snack brand founded in 1917 in Philadelphia that has been owned by Frito-Lay since the 1960s?
Rold Gold
What dialect, primarily spoken by Mennonites and Amish, is spoken by over 300,000 people and is named as a combination of where it was developed and the language it is a dialect of?
Pennsylvania German
A bridge connected Philadelphia to Camden, NJ, across the Delaware River, is named for what American founding father who invented the bifocals, among other scientific, literary, and state accomplishments?
Benjamin Franklin Bridge
Sesame Place, a children’s theme park and water park in the outskirts of Philadelphia features what two-word puppet character in its logo? The character was controlled and portrayed by Caroll Spinney in a full body costume from 1969 to 2018.
Big Bird
Despite its name, Philadelphia Cream Cheese was actually invented in what state? The inventors used Philadelphia in the name, because at the time (1880s), Philadelphia was known for high-quality dairy farms.
What New York
What “B” Foundation is a Philadelphia art collection and institution promoting art and horticulture? It’s also the name repeated twice in the name of the eclectic duo who did the song “Fish Heads” in 1978. The name of Vinesh's favorite Board Book
Barnes Foundation
Which medical center in City Center is not only top-ranked but also a National Historic Landmark (it's home to America’s first surgical amphitheater)?
Pennsylvania Hospital
Although well-known for founding the colony of Pennsylvania and leading both the planning and development of Philadelphia, William Penn was in fact born in what city?
What is London
Updated in 2013, the $100 bill features Founding Father Benjamin Franklin on the obverse side, and what historic Philadelphia landmark on the reverse side of the U.S. banknote?
What is Independence Hall
Within Philadelphia, there are 67 National Historic Landmarks. One of the first locations honored with this designation was Cliveden, a home known for being at the center of what major Revolutionary War battle? The battles sounds as if a third nation was involved besides the U.S. and Great Britain.
The Battle of Germantown