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Where Knowledge Junkies Get Their Fix
My wife Kara is from Michigan, but I’m a transplanted Georgia boy. And yes, sometimes, “I wish I was in Dixie.” Hooray.
If you’re wondering what in tarnation I’m talking about, then wonder no more, cousin. It’s a Dixie Quiz. Fifteen questions about people, places, and things named Dixie. And each question has only two possible answers instead of the usual four, so it’s suitable for border-state folks and ill-tempered Yankees as well. Yes sir, and I’m not just whistling… er… I’m not blowing smoke. Good luck!
Take the Quiz: Dixie!
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The link took me to a college quiz… not borders.
posted by The Other Brian on 8-27-2008 at 10:50 am
Transplanted Georgia Dude,
I live in Dixie, and we recently named our dog Dixie. True GA people, we are.
posted by kudzuhomecomingqueen on 8-27-2008 at 11:08 am
Fixed, TOB. The top link (with the graphic) worked but the bottom one did not. Sorry about that!
posted by Sandy on 8-27-2008 at 11:13 am
I got 80%, but the ones I missed had nothing to do with the south.
posted by BassMan on 8-27-2008 at 11:30 am
Nice, Kudzu. We once had a cat named Savannah, who had kittens we named Vidalia and Valdosta.
posted by Sandy on 8-27-2008 at 11:39 am
13/15! I apparently know (or am awfully good at guessing) a lot more about the South than I thought.
posted by SpaceMonkeyX on 8-27-2008 at 1:32 pm
73%! Not bad for a lifelong Yankee. Coincidentally, there’s Dixie Highway here in Chicago’s south suburbs.
posted by bedhead on 8-27-2008 at 3:20 pm
I’m from “The Heart of Dixie” and I only missed the ones about non-Southern things (like the Austin Powers question). I love my homeland.
recaptcha: mental weights (huh, oddly fitting)
posted by thedistractor on 8-27-2008 at 4:55 pm