Q 01/05

Philadelphia's name is Greek for what?

A) City of freedom

B) Penn's woods

C) New hope

D) Brotherly love

Answer · why

D) Brotherly love

William Penn chose it as a Quaker; several ancient cities carried the same name, including one mentioned in the Book of Revelation.

Q 02/05

In which year did the city's Quaker founder establish Philadelphia?

A) 1682

B) 1701

C) 1733

D) 1750

Answer · why

A) 1682

Legend has Penn making a treaty with Lenape chief Tammany under an elm at Shackamaxon, now Fishtown.

Q 03/05

Philadelphia served as capital of the United States on how many separate occasions between 1776 and 1800?

A) Five

B) One

C) Two

D) Nine

Answer · why

A) Five

It gave way to Washington, D.C. in 1800, and lost its title as the nation's largest city to New York in 1790.

Q 04/05

Which Native American people lived at Shackamaxon on the site of Philadelphia?

A) The Iroquois

B) The Susquehannock

C) The Lenape

D) The Shawnee

Answer · why

C) The Lenape

They were also called the Delaware Indians, after the river along which they lived.

Q 05/05

The Liberty Bell was cast in 1752 by a London firm later renamed what?

A) The Royal Works

B) The Whitechapel Foundry

C) Taylor's of Loughborough

D) The Southwark Works

Answer · why

B) The Whitechapel Foundry

It cracked on its first test ring in Philadelphia and was recast twice by local workmen John Pass and John Stow, whose names are on it.