Monday's lesson
Sports
Philly Firsts
Ben Franklin
Welcome America
100
This object rang to celebrate the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence on July 8, 1776.
What is the Liberty Bell?
100
This Philadelphia baseball team was selected to host the 2026 Major League Baseball all-star game.
Who are the Phillies?
100
In 1933, these delicious desserts were sold to the public for the very first time.
What are Girl Scout Cookies?
100
Benjamin Franklin's face appears on this dollar bill.
$100 bill
100
The Welcome America festival is sponsored by this local gas station, who will give out free hoagies in front of Independence Hall on July 1.
What is Wawa?
200
Christ Church Burial Ground is where this Founding Father, a longtime Philadelphia resident, was buried in 1790.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
200
The Aronimink club, located in Newtown Square, will host the PGA Championship for this sport in May.
What is golf?
200
Philadelphia was the first American city to open one of these, a place where you can see and learn about animals from all over the world.
What's a zoo?
200
In 1736, Ben Franklin started this, the first group in America dedicated to putting out flames.
What's a fire department?
200
The Welcome America festival will feature six days of these exploding objects.
What are fireworks?
300
Legend has it this Philadelphia woman was visited by George Washington in 1776 and hired to sew the first American flag with stars and stripes.
Who is Betsy Ross?
300
This basketball team in Philadelphia is named for the year the Declaration of Independence was signed.
Who are the 76ers?
300
Franklin Field, located at the University of Pennsylvania, was the nation's first stadium, where this football team won its first three championships (before the invention of the Super Bowl).
Who are the Eagles?
300
In 1751, Benjamin Franklin founded America's first public version of this, a place where people go if they are sick or injured.
What is a public hospital?
300
The Welcome America festival will end on the 250th anniversary of this date, celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
What is July 4, 1776?
400
The building where the Declaration of Independence was debated and signed in 1776.
What is Independence Hall?
400
Featuring 48 different countries, Philadelphia and other American cities will host this soccer tournament in the summer.
What is the World Cup?
400
This springy, bendy toy made from a series of connected circles can be made out of metal or plastic and was invented in Philadelphia in 1943.
What is a slinky?
400
Benjamin Franklin invented swim fins, the lightning rod, bifocal glasses, and this concept in which people wind their clocks forward or backward one hour depending on the time of year.
What is Daylight Savings Time?
400
The final fireworks display at Welcome America will take place over this museum and its many steps, where Sylvester Stallone famously ran to the top in the movie "Rocky."
What is the Philadelphia Museum of Art?
500
The Bucks County park where George Washington and American soldiers set sail across the Delaware River for an important victory in the Revolutionary War in December 1776.
What is Washington Crossing Historic Park?
500
Philadelphia will host games for this yearly college basketball tournament, which starts today.
What is March Madness?
500
Move over, Macy's! The first one of these, a march through the streets to celebrate a certain November holiday, was held in Philadelphia (not New York) in 1920.
What is a Thanksgiving parade?
500
In 1752, Benjamin Franklin discovered that lightning was made of this type of energy, which we use today to power homes, devices, and even some cars.
What is electricity?
500
The Welcome America festival starts on this federal holiday June 19, which celebrates the end of slavery in America?
What is Juneteenth?