Are You a REAL Yooper?

The following quiz is made by me. I consider myself a true Yooper, but I have my biases. Stereotypical Yooper culture tends to be defined by the Finnish culture, the Western U.P., loggers and miners, the long and severe Winters in some areas, etc.

Are you a true Yooper? This quiz will give you an idea of how you compare to a Yooper as defined by me! If you think I'm off my rocker, please let me know, and you can help me refine it!

1. What is your age?
Under 18 Years Old
18 to 24 Years Old
25 to 30 Years Old
31 to 40 Years Old
41 to 50 Years Old
51 to 60 Years Old
Over 60 Years Old
2. What is your gender?
Male
Female
3. You are fishing along a stream in the U.P. and somebody living nearby has put up wind chimes by the path. What is your first though?
Oh, how nice!
Really doesn't register with you
A river is no place to put a wind chime!
Can this person really be from the U.P.?
4. What is a chook?
A type of glove
A type of hat
A type of hockey move
A type of person
5. What substance does one typically (but not exclusively) pank?
Water
Soembodys Butt
Snow
Ice
The Bed
6. What nationality has had the most influence on the Yooper accent?
Italian
German
Scandinavian
Finnish
7. What substance is the Ojibway mine best known for?
Gold
Copper
Iron
Slate
8. If a Yooper is talking to a sales rep down in California, what nationality might he be mistaken for?
French
Scandinavian
Finnish
Canadian
9. The town of Amasa set a record for coldest non-wind chill temp in January of 1993. How cold did it get?
27 below F
39 below F
42 below F
52 below F
10. Which of the following characteristics best describes a true Yooper?
Strong work ethic
Doing things right first time out
Belief the rules and laws are exrremely important
Strong urge to achieve
Live and let live
11. In what town did the Rum Rebellion take place?
Iron Mountain
Iron River
Houghton
Marquette
Calumet
12. Your neighbor mows his grass, and some clippings travel to your yard. What do you do?
What do you mean, what do I do? Bid deal!
You go over and ask him not to do it again.
You go over and ask him to remove his clipings.
You say nothing, but it bugs you!
13. There have been movements to have the U.P. become the 51st state. What do you think about that?
Loss of tax revenue would be too painful
The U.P. is too culturally connected to lower Michigan
We currently pay more out to Lansing than comes back, so we shouldn't have a problem with revenue
We would lose revenue, but we could get by
A simpler life would be OK. We can live on less.

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