Food for Thought
A "hero", "grinder", "wedge", or "spuckie" is also known as this in Philadelphia.
What is a hoagie?
The steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art were famously climbed by this movie boxer and franchise cornerstone played by Sylvester Stallone.
Who is Rocky Balboa?
Built in 1753 and designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979, this historic hall was once the city dog pound.
What is Independence Hall?
This Philly mascot was purported to have "emerged" after construction at his home arena disturbed his secret hideout.
Who is Gritty?
While planning the city in 1682, William Penn created five public squares: Logan Square, Washington Square, Franklin Square, Centre Square, and this square.
What is Rittenhouse Square?
This centrally located farmer's market is the longest running farmer's market in the US, opening in 1893.
What is Reading Terminal Market?
Pop music sensation Taylor Swift was born and raised in this remote city outside of Philadelphia.
What is Reading, Pennsylvania?
Pennsylvania Hospital was the nation's first hospital, founded in 1751 by this famous Founding Father.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
What is the name of the current running back for the Eagles, famous for his iconic backwards leap over the defense?
Who is Saquon Barkley?
This public park sprawls for over 2000 acres and is the largest landscaped urban park in the country.
What is Fairmount Park?
Philadelphia Cream Cheese was made in 1872 by a dairyman in this state, branding it with Philadelphia's name due to its reputation for high quality dairy farms. The cream cheese remains most popular in bagel shops worldwide.
What is New York?
Toby Flenderson from The Office has a degree in social work from this Philadelphia university.
What is Temple University?
This U.S. President lived in Germantown while Philadelphia was under quarantine for yellow fever in 1793.
Who is George Washington?
Veteran's Stadium, home to this Philadelphia sports team, had a courtroom in the basement to deal with rowdy fans.
Who are the Philadelphia Eagles?
The Mütter Museum is home to a display of over 100 human skulls, as well as pieces of this famous thinker's brain.
Who is Albert Einstein?
Milton Hershey, founder of the Hershey Company and creator of the Hershey chocolate bar, pioneered the manufacture of this brown candy using fresh milk.
What are caramels? (toffee also accepted)
Born and raised in Philadelphia and an alumnus of Masterman High School, this actor had a prolific career amongst many genres with many actors and actresses, leading to a tongue-in-cheek trivia game known as "Six Degrees of __".
Who is Kevin Bacon?
The demise of this famous ship in 1912 played a large hand in shifting the preferred home of the wealthy in the United States from Philadelphia to New York City.
What is the Titanic?
Thanks to World War II, player shortages forced the Philadelphia Eagles to temporarily merge with this other NFL team for one season in 1943.
What is the Pittsburgh Steelers?
Streets running east-west in Philadelphia are named after various tree species - this street was originally named Sassafras Street but was given its current name as a nickname due to people frequently driving horses competitively on it.
What is Race Street?
Snapper soup, originally created at Old Original Bookbinder's restaurant in Philadelphia, is a thick brown soup served with sherry and oyster crackers; it commonly contains the meat of this animal.
What is a turtle/snapping turtle?
Born in India but raised in Philadelphia from infancy, this film director garnered an Academy Award nomination in 1999 for Best Director, alongside Haley Joel Osment for Best Supporting Actor and Toni Collette for Best Supporting Actress in the same film.
Who is M. Night Shyamalan?
The Liberty Bell, which was commissioned in 1752 and cracked two separate times in history, has an inscription from this Old Testament Biblical book.
"Proclaim LIBERTY Throughout all the Land unto all the Inhabitants Thereof"
What is Leviticus?
The Curse of Billy Penn started in 1987 when the One Liberty Place skyscraper was built taller than the height of William Penn's statue on top of City Hall. During this time period from 1987 to 2008, no Philadelphia sports teams won championships until this team won one in 2008 after a statuette of William Penn was affixed to the top of the Comcast Center, then the highest structure in the city.
Who are the Phillies?
The Cardinal is the least-traveled Amtrak route out of 30th Street Station, starting in Philadelphia and ending in this city.
What is Chicago?