POP QUIZ (PHILADELPHIA'S MAYORAL HISTORY)

Among the offices voters will be casting ballots for Tuesday Nov. 8th election for mayor of Philadelphia, so what better time to take a look back at the offie's previous occupants.

1. Who was Philadelphia's first mayor?
a) William Penn
b) William Penn Jr.
c) Edward Shippen
d) Humphrey Morrey
2. Who was mayor when the Common Council began electing a mayor from among its members in 1702?
a) Humphrey Morrey
b) Edward Shippen
c) Griffith Jones
d) Jonathan Dickinson
3. In 1747, this person "disappeared as to not accept or refuse office," according to the city's website.
a) Clement Plumstead
b) William Till
c) William Attwood
d) Thomas Lawrence
4. In what year could choose anyone for mayor, not just one of its own members?
a) 1776
b) 1826
c) 1926
d) 1951
5. Who was the first mayor elected by popular vote?
a) John Swift
b) Benjamin Wood Richards
c) John Morin Scott
d) Peter McCall
6. True or False: Mayors have always been elected to four-year terms.
7. Republicans held the mayor's office almost exclusively from 1858 to 1952.  Which of the following was not a Republican?
a) Charles Franklin Warwick
b) George Mifflin Dallas
c) J. Hampton Moore
d) Samuel Howell Ashbridge
8. Who was the last Republican mayor?
a) Frank Rizzo
b) Harry Arista Mackey
c) George Connell
d) Bernard Samuel
9. Two of these four Democratic mayors bested Republican W. Thacher Longstreth for the city's top job.  Which two?
a) Joseph S. Clark
b) Richardson Dilworth
c) James Tate
d) Frank Rizzo
10. Of the city's last nine Democratic mayor's two chose to serve a single term.  Name them.
a) Joseph S. Clark
b) James Tate
c) William J. Green 3d
d) W. Wilson Goode


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Answers : 1. d  ; 2. b  ; 3. c  ; 4. b  ; 5. a  ; 6. False  ; 7. b  ; 8. d  ; 9. b & d  ; 10. a & c