How Southern are YOU?

I took the questions from this quiz from a book called What's your Southern I.Q. by Ellen Patrick. The book is a points-based system, but that was not an option here, so I had to use a percentage. Get the book and take the complete quiz to discover your southern I.Q. The following paragraph is taken from the introduction of this book.

"Testing one's Southern I.Q. is not a scientific study, but rather a social study of one's knowledge and understanding of a particular region of the United States: the South. Geographical and cultural characteristics differentiate the South from the rest of the country... The results of this test are not finite. If you are unsatisfied with your level of "southerness," use what you learn from this test to enhance your southern flavor."

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. What creeping crawler was introduced by the Japanese at the 100th berthday celebration for the US and has come to be known as the "vine that ate the South"?
honeysuckle
wisteria
ivy
kudzu
4. What is the most popular sport in the South?
deer hunting
NASCAR
football
fishing
5. Straight from the mountains of the southern Appalachians, who was the father of country music?
Roy Rogers
Jimmie Rogers
Hank Williams, Sr.
Hank Williams, Jr.
6. What is the breakfast food known as "the cereal of the South"?
hominy
oatmeal
grits
hash browns
7. What are grits made of?
wheat
potato
corn
rice
8. Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone With the Wind, died of what tragic death in Atlanta?
a sudden and deadly case of pneumonia
poisoning by berries picked from her own back yard
an allergic reaction to bee stings
fatal injuries from being hit by a car as she crossed Peachtree St
9. According to a study by John Shelton Reed, southerners are more likely to believe in ___ than in any other being.
ghosts
God
aliens
the Devil
10. ___ is best for headaches.
a soothing cup of tea
a bit of shut-eye
a Goody's or BC powder
a controlled substance
11. Boiling is to ___ as baking is to a cake.
carrots
peanuts
broccoli
potatoes
12. Paul Bryant is to ___ as Dean Smith is to basketball.
baseball
hockey
football
gymnastics
13. Mud boggin' is
a party game for children involving digging for worms
when an argument turns to insults
slang for recovering items after a mudslide
a sport involving 4x4 trucks in tire-deep mud
14. If someone is from Maryland, but has lived in Mississippi for 30 years, he/she is considered to be
a Yankee spy not to be trusted
a southerner by default
a lady from Maryland who has lived in Mississippi for 30 years
an example of northern aggression

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