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(Our thanks to the Skip Woman!)

1

And Bingo was his name-o! Find a rather large game piece emblazoned with the roulette number favored by Casablanca's Rick Blaine and Lost in America's Linda Howard.

 

 

I-22 Bingo Piece

 

2

Wacky Equation! CP 2 is a two-word establishment south of Logan Square.

Godson of Willie Mays (what his momma calls him)
plus
Surname of Jake and Elwood
Sounds Like
Checkpoint 2.

 

 

Berri Blues

 

3

Exactly how long is that? Find the bench in the Rittenhouse Square District whose names fit the clues below:

1st name: ______, go away, I'm no good for you...
2nd name: Don't bring me down, ______

 

 

Forever and a Day, Dawn and Bruce

 

4

Thanks, but not really! If you are looking for marjoram or fenugreek in the Italian Market there may be more than one place to go, but if you want Giovanni's Dry Rub, only CP 4 can fill the bill.

 

 

Grassia's Italian Market

 

5

Banco Primero o Banco Segundo? CP 5 is a National Bank of the United States. CP 5 has only 6 columns in front. Take your photo so we can count the columns.

 

 

1st Bank of America

 

6

Danger! High Voltage! Although they are typically made of material that conducts electricity encased in a ceramic body, the one that serves as CP6 wouldn't fit anywhere we typically see it used. Find it in the Historic/Waterfront District cuz it is CP 6.

 

 

Big Spark Plug

 

7

They look so serious! How about a photo between two Korean court officials near a river for CP 7.

 

 

Statues of court officials

 

8

Philadelphia, New York? Copycats! Near a river, the name of the city which sits at the foot of the Apennines is carved in stone along with its distance from the City of Brotherly Love. Get your photo with the city name cuz it is CP 8.

 

 

Florence, Italy

 

9

He rocks in the treetop all day long… Find a red bird house in the oldest continuously residential neighborhood in the USA.

 

 

Red Bird House

 

10

From Arlene with love! Find a golden fragment of face artistically displayed on the Avenue of Technology!

 

 

Golden Face

 

11

Those are not good odds, guys! This Icelander, father of Snorri, built a settlement in the Philly area with 165 men and 35 women that lasted five years. We know this because it says so right on the plaque in Fairmount Park.

 

 

Icelander Statue

 

12

"In the Navy" meets "Stairway to Heaven?" Located on the grounds of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, CP 12 is a statue of an American naval officer who shares his name with the bass player for Led Zeppelin.

 

 

John Paul Jones statue

 

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