Question: Which city had the nations first zoo?
Answer: Philadelphia

Question: Name Philidelphia's largest park?
Answer: Fairmount Park

Question: Name the accent spoken in the area?
Answer: The Philadelphia dialect

Question: Which dialect is it similar to?
Answer: Baltimore dialect

Question: What other city is similar to Philadelphia's accent?
Answer: New York

Question: Who studies the accent at the University of Pennsylvania?
Answer: William Labov

Question: Name two districts with good night life?
Answer: South Street and Old City

Question: What is the home of the orchestra?
Answer: Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

Question: What is the countries oldest opera house?
Answer: Academy of Music

Question: Who uses the opera house?
Answer: Opera Company of Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Ballet

Question: What is the oldest theater in the U.S.?
Answer: Walnut Street Theatre

Question: Which American city has the most public art?
Answer: Philadelphia

Question: What was the Assoc. for Public Art called in the past?
Answer: Fairmount Park Art Association

Question: How many pieces of art were funded by the Percent for Art ordinance?
Answer: more than 200

Question: Name a type of music from the 70's that influenced the nation?
Answer: Philadelphia soul

Question: What concert did Philly host on July13th, 1985?
Answer: Live Aid

Question: What is the name of the stadium that held Live Aid?
Answer: John F. Kennedy Stadium

Question: Name a hip/hop artist from the city?
Answer: The Roots, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, The Goats, Freeway, Schoolly D, Eve, and Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes

Question: What water sport is popular in the city?
Answer: Rowing

Question: What is the symbol of rowing in the city?
Answer: Boathouse Row

Question: What is the name of the big rowing races?
Answer: Dad Vail Regatta, the largest intercollegiate rowing event in the U.S, the Stotesbury Cup Regatta, and the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta

Question: Where are these races held?
Answer: Schuylkill River

Question: What type of government does Philadelphia have?
Answer: strong-mayor version of the mayor-council

Question: How many terms can a mayor serve?
Answer: two consecutive four-year terms

Question: Who is the current mayor?
Answer: Jim Kenney

Question: What party does the mayor represent?
Answer: Democratic Party

Question: What is the legislative branch called?
Answer: Philadelphia City Council

Question: What is the main trial court called?
Answer: The Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas (First Judicial District)

Question: What type of cases are heard here?
Answer: felony-level criminal cases and civil suits above the minimum jurisdictional limit of $7000

Question: How are judges appointed?
Answer: elected by the voters

Question: Who was the last Republican DA?
Answer: Ron Castille

Question: What party dominated until the mid-20th century
Answer: Republican Party

Question: What happened in Philadelphia in 1856?
Answer: Philadelphia was chosen as the host city for the first Republican National Convention in 1856

Question: When did the Democrats take the city?
Answer: 1936

Question: Who won the most votes in the city in '08?
Answer: Barack Obama

Question: How many congressional districts are there in the city?
Answer: four

Question: How many congressional districts were there at the peak population?
Answer: six

Question: Who represents the 8th district?
Answer: Mike Fitzpatrick

Question: When was the last major Republican representation of a large part of the city?
Answer: 1983

Question: Who was the last Republican to be fairly competitive in the mayoral race?
Answer: Sam Katz

Question: Did the crime rate go up or down after the War years?
Answer: pronounced rise in crime in the years following World War II

Question: How many murders occurred in 1990?
Answer: 525

Question: What was the average murder rate during the 90's?
Answer: 600

Question: How many murders occurred in 2013?
Answer: 246

Question: When did shootings peak in the city?
Answer: 2006

Question: How many shootings were there in that year?
Answer: 1,857

Question: Has violent crime rate fallen or risen in the last 10 years?
Answer: fell

Question: What rank in danger does Philadelphia have in the U.S.?
Answer: 54th

Question: Has public school enrollment dropped or increased in the last 5 years?
Answer: dropped

Question: How many public schools have been closed in 2013?
Answer: 24

Question: How much does the city spend per year per child?
Answer: $12,570

Question: Have grad rates fallen or increased in the last years?
Answer: increased

Question: What was the grad rate in 2005?
Answer: 52%

Question: What was it in 2014?
Answer: 65%

Question: Is that the above or below the national average?
Answer: below the national and state averages

Question: What is the largest private institution in the city?
Answer: Temple University

Question: What are the 3 research universities in the city?
Answer: University of Pennsylvania, Temple University and Drexel University

Question: How many med schools are there?
Answer: five

Question: How many major papers are published?
Answer: two

Question: What is the 3rd oldest paper in the nation?
Answer: Philadelphia Inquirer

Question: Who owns the major papers in the city?
Answer: Interstate General Media

Question: Name a smaller newspaper?
Answer: Philadelphia Tribune

Question: What community does the Tribune serve?
Answer: African-American community

Question: What paper serves the LGBT community?
Answer: Philadelphia Gay News

Question: Name a Jewish newspaper?
Answer: The Jewish Exponent

Question: Where was the first radio license granted?
Answer: St. Joseph's College

Question: When did the first radio stations appear?
Answer: 1922

Question: Name the 3 public radio stations?
Answer: WHYY-FM (NPR), WRTI (jazz, classical), and WXPN-FM

Question: Who owned W3XE?
Answer: Philco

Question: When did it become NBC's first affiliate?
Answer: 1939

Question: What show started out in the city?
Answer: Bandstand

Question: When did SEPTA service get cut?
Answer: 1981

Question: Why did SEPTA rail service get cut?
Answer: lack of funding

Question: Has service ever been restored?
Answer: but lack of funding has again been the chief obstacle to implementation

Question: Name a proposed project to repalce it?
Answer: Schuylkill Valley Metro to Wyomissing, PA, and extension of the Media/Elwyn line back to Wawa, PA. SEPTA's Airport Regional Rail Line Regional Rail

Question: Name the main airport?
Answer: Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)

Question: Where does PHL rank in the list of busiest airports?
Answer: 15th

Question: What airline uses this airport as its primary international hub?
Answer: American Airlines

Question: What is the main north-south freeway called?
Answer: Delaware Expressway

Question: What is part of I-76 called?
Answer: Schuylkill Expressway

Question: When was the Vine Street Expressway finished?
Answer: 1991

Question: Name a bridge in the city?
Answer: Ben Franklin Bridge

Question: What is another name for the Roosevelt Expressway?
Answer: U.S. 1

Question: When was Woodhaven road built?
Answer: 1966

Question: What neighborhoods does Cottman Avenue serve?
Answer: Northeast Philadelphia,

Question: What is another name for The Fort Washington Expressway?
Answer: Route 309

Question: What is US-30 also known as?
Answer: Lancaster Avenue

Question: What bus line uses the city as a hub?
Answer: Greyhound Lines

Question: Where is Greyhound terminal located?
Answer: 1001 Filbert Street

Question: How many other bus companies operate from Philadelphia?
Answer: six

Question: What is the name of the six bus companies?
Answer: Bieber Tourways, Capitol Trailways, Martz Trailways, Peter Pan Bus Lines, Susquehanna Trailways, and the bus division for New Jersey Transit

Question: Name 2 rail companies that use the city as a hub?
Answer: Pennsylvania Railroad and the Reading Railroad