Philly News Quiz
Because journalists need to know things
1. Who is the mayor of Philadelphia?
Michael Nutter

2. Who is Darrell Clarke?
City council president

3. What’s the name of the Little League team that had a parade today, and what sport do they
play?
Taney Dragons

4. The Temple News had an exclusive cover story this week about what?
No idea

5. Who is the editor in chief of The Temple News?
No idea

6. What major music event is taking place in Philadelphia this weekend?
Made in America festival

7. Tell me something about the Columbia Avenue Riots, which have been in the news all week.
The owner of a pharmacy camped out in order to keep it safe, and police used it as a command center.
There is one shoe store that remains on the commercial corridor that was there during the riots.

8. What ZIP code are we in right now?
I am in 19146, I don't know where you are

9. Name three Philadelphia neighborhoods (not regions, ie: North, South…)
Graduate Hospital, Fishtown, Northern Liberties

10. Describe in one or two sentences one local news story you read this week.
Three men were bound, stabbed and thrown in the Schuylkill river. It was punishment for taking a Vietnamese drug gang's $100,000 and gambling it instead of buying drugs.