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Words, Foods, and Customs From the Southern USA

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : American Slang : Words, Foods, and Customs From the Southern USA

Introduction:
"The Southern USA is rich in cultural diversity. It is reflected in our speech, our language, even our food. Sample some!"


1. Girlfriend says, "Can't dance!" What is she saying?
    May as well go to the cotillion with him, because the guy I really like has not asked.
    May as well; I do not have anything better to do.
    No. Really. I do not know how to dance.
    May as well drink this Rebel Yell, because you do not have any Jack Daniels.


2. True Southern cornbread is:
    Not sweet.
    Made with jalepeno peppers.
    Slightly sweet.
    Very sweet.


3. Girlfriend says, "He looks like 50 miles of bad road!" What is she saying about this boy?
    He seems like he will be too much trouble to be worth the bother.
    He looks like he has traveled a long way.
    He looks terrible.
    He looks like a real tough guy!


4. That thing is ____ as Hector!
    Powerful
    Rich
    Dead
    Old


5. What are grits?
    Something you get in your mouth if Mama did not wash the collards thoroughly
    Courage and determination.
    Ground corn, cooked into a sort of hot cereal.
    Stuff that collects in your eyes after you've had a real long night.


6. If Girlfriend got shet of that boy, what did she do to him?
    She got money from him.
    She fell in love with him.
    She got rid of him, one way or another.
    She got tired of him.


7. What is a woods colt?
    A wild horse.
    A child born out of wedlock.
    A young person who lives in the woods.
    A plant.


8. What does Girlfriend mean when she calls someone "buy-sell"?
    He is a used car dealer.
    He is a gigolo.
    He is in the real estate business.
    She would like to buy him for what he is worth and sell him for what he thinks he is worth.


9. Great-Granddaddy dipped. What did he do?
    When he and Great-Grandmama danced, he dipped her gracefully.
    He used snuff.
    He embezzled money.
    He bowed in a courtly manner when meeting a lady


10. What two foods are sometimes called "the caviar of the South"?
    Peanut butter and black-eyed peas
    Mullet roe and peanut butter
    Black-eyed peas and pimiento cheese
    Black-eyed peas and mullet roe


11. What is the correct spelling of the word meaning "all of you".
    Yawl
    You-all
    Ya'll
    Y'all


12. Girlfriend says, "Let's have some Collards tonight!" What is she proposing?
    That we have Collards Reserve on the rocks with a splash of branch water.
    That we ask the Collard boys over for the evening.
    That we cook up some collard greens for dinner.
    That we play the Southern card game, Collards-21.


13. What is swamp cabbage?
    Artichokes
    Broccoli
    Hearts of palm
    Brussels sprouts


14. Which is the proverbial southern snack?
    Moon Pie and Root Beer
    Bagels and Lox
    Chocolate eclairs and R. C. Cola
    Moon Pie and R.C. Cola


15. Which is the popular southern nickname for males, often for a younger brother?
    Ole
    Bubba
    Yogi
    Irv


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