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From: wutka@gitpyr.UUCP (Mark Wutka)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Southern Test
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Date: Thu, 14-Feb-85 23:08:17 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 14 23:08:17 1985
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Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
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Are you southern ?
Take this simple test and find out.

1) Define "grits"
  A. Georgia Ice Cream
  B. The southern version of Cream-of-Wheat
  C. Coarsly ground hulled grain

2) The most famous general in Georgia is:
  A. Herschel Walker
  B. William T. Sherman
  C. James Oglethorpe

3) William T. Sherman was:
  A. an arsonist
  B. a cival war hero
  C. William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) was a union general in the...

4) The south lost the cival war because:
  A. What do you mean LOST ?!?!?!?
  B. They were simply outclassed.
  C. A variety of socio-economic factors contributing to the various...

5) What is a famous nickname for the south ?
  A. "Dixie"
  B. "The land down-under"
  C. "The area of the United States below latitude 40 degrees"

6) "The Stars and Bars" refers to: A. The sacred flag of Dixie
  B. Isn't that what you find in Hollywood ?
  C. A term derived from a primal source in accordance with...

7) The main religious denomination in the U.S. is:
  A. Baptist
  B. Catholic
  C. Protestant

8) The capitol of the confederacy was:
  A. Richmond
  B. It doesn't matter
  C. There could be no capitol because the south was in violation of...

9) What is wrong with this phrase - "That there yankee sure is smart" ?
  A. There is no such thing as a smart yankee
  B. nothing is wrong with it
  C. "there" is not needed in the sentence and should be removed

10) Another name for the Cival War is:
   A. The War of Northern Aggression
   B. When the North Whipped the South
   C. The War Between the States




             Interpreting Your Results

  If you answered all or most of your questions:


A)  Praise tha Lord, you are a true southerner !!!!!  I just knew you
  would come throught with flying colors as all good Dixie residents do.

B) You DAMN YANKEE !!!  Why don't you go back to that slimy area up North !
  you don't belong here !!!

C) You are obviously one of those intellectuals now living in the major
  cities of the South. We don't mind you here as long as you stay in 
  the city and leave the farmers alone.




Mark Wutka
Office of Computing Services
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Ga.

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