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March Misc. Madness
100
What are Mario and Luigi's occupations?
Plumbers
100
What regency era historical fiction series was adapted into a Netflix show of the same name in 2020?
Bridgerton
100
Which 20th century Coyoacán-born painter is known for incorporating themes of class, gender, disability, and nationalism in her work?
Frida Kahlo
100
The word Philadelphia comes from what langauge?
Greek
100
When is Pi Day celebrated in America?
March 14th (3/14, 3.14)
200
What is the longest running science fiction TV show?
Doctor Who
200
Toni Morrison's debut novel references what eye color?
Blue (The Bluest Eye)
200
Which woman discovered two chemical elements and is parital namesake to a third?
Maria Skłodowska Curie, who discovered Radium and Polonium and was a namesake of Curium.
200
Giovanni's Room at 12th & Pine is the oldest LGBTQ+ bookstore still in operation. Who wrote the book the store took its name from?
James Baldwin
200
Which two signs in Western astrology fall in March?
Pisces and Aries
300
What was the first K-Pop song to win a Grammy?
Golden by Huntrix (Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami) which won Best Song Written for Visual Media in 2026
300
What manga series has sold the most copies globally as of 2025?
One Piece
300
Kartherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson were among the women who staffed which department at NACA and later NASA?
Computing. They were "human computers".
300
What was Rittenhouse Square called before 1825?
Southwest Square
300
What historical event is associated with the "Idles of March" (March 15th)?
The assassination of Julius Caesar
400
What year did the first feature length color anime receive widespread distribution in the United States?
1961 (The White Snake Enchantress)
400
Children's book character Paddington sails to Britian from which country?
Peru
400
This Austrian-born Hollywood actress co-developed a patent for remote controlled radio frequency hopping, a precurssor technology to Bluetooth.
Hedy Lamarr
400
Which one of the following neighborhoods is not derived from the Lenni Lenape languages (Munsee and Unami)?
Juniata, Kingsessing, Manayunk, Passyunk.
Juniata, which has its origins in the Iroquoian (Ogwehoweh) language family.
400
This year Eid al-Fitr was celebrated in March. What month does it mark the beginning of on the Islamic calendar?
Shawwal
500
PinkPantheress guessed which vegetable correctly during her February 2026 apperance on the Weakest Link?
Potato
500
What is the titular character's first name in original publication of Sailor Moon?
Usagi
500
This Japanese artist's work inspired Andy Warhol (among many others) and often features poka dots.
Yayoi Kusama
500
Philadelphia's own Dr. Rebecca Cole became the second Black American woman to earn a medical degree and the first Black graduate of this historic medical school in 1867, the first of its kind in the United States.
Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania
500
Philadelphia City Institute first opened its doors on March 22, 1855 as an independent organization before becoming part of the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1944, but what year did the branch open at it's current location?
1957! It's on the mural :)