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Anthony Powell

Dixie Quiz

2/10/2021

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I'm sure my fellow Rebels have grown quite weary of reading and hearing about the planned-demic, Dixie-bashing, and election fraud.  I durn sure have.  Have some fun with this Dixie I.Q. Test. (Answers provided at the end.) Drop me a note and let me know how you fared.

Southern baking products company Martha White Foods is based in which location?
  • A.  Charlotte
  • B.  Nashville
  • C.  Memphis
  • D.  Richmond

In the Charlie Daniels Band classic “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” the devil jumped up on a ___________ stump, and said “Boy, lemme tell ya what!”
  • A.  white oak
  • B.  hickory
  • C.  red oak
  • D.  slash pine

In some areas of the deep south, particularly Mississippi and Alabama, a catfish restaurant is often called a
  • A.  fish house
  • B.  fish barn
  • C.  fish cafe
  • D. fish camp

The Loretta Lynn/Conway Twitty duet “______________ Woman, ___________ Man” was a smash hit.
  • A.  South Ca'lina, West Virginia
  • B.  Louisiana, Mississippi
  • C.  Arkansas, Lousiana
  • D.  Georgia, Florida

This Southern writer won the Nobel Prize in literature.
  • A.  Flannery O'Connor
  • B.  Shelby Foote
  • C.  William Faulkner
  • D.  Larry McMurtry

Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs and the ___________ took the music world by storm in 1948.
  • A.  Skillet Lickers
  • B.  Cotton Pickers
  • C.  Foggy Mountain Boys
  • D.  Timber Rattlers

Tabasco Sauce is produced by the McIlhenny Company and headquartered in
  • A.  Jay, Florida
  • B.  Millry, Alabama
  • C.  Houma, Louisiana
  • D.  Avery Island, Louisiana

According to Hank Williams Jr. in “A Country Boy Can Survive” three essential survival items are
  • A.  a shotgun, rifle, and a four-wheel drive
  • B.  a chainsaw, rifle, and a four-wheel drive
  • C.  a computer, cell phone, and a satellite dish
  • D.  a coon dog, rifle, and a four-wheel drive

A grand tradition in many rural Southern churches for homecoming services for the last 200-250 years or so:  All day singin' and __________ on the ground.
  • A.  lunch
  • B.  preachin'
  • C.  dinner
  • D.  prayin'

Martha White Self-Rising Flour (You bake better biscuits, cakes, and pies), has the following critical ingredient:
  • A.  Hot Rize
  • B.  Real Rize
  • C.  Granny's Rize
  • D.  Pearly Rize

Stone Mountain has etched into its side three of our Confederate heroes:
  • A.  A. P. Hill, Nathan Bedford Forrest, and Robert E. Lee
  • B.  Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and Jefferson Davis
  • C.  A. P. Hill, Robert E. Lee, and Jefferson Davis
  • D.  P. G. T. Beauregard, Stonewall Jackson, and Robert E. Lee

In the bluegrass classic “In the Pines,” Bill Monroe sings “The longest train I ever saw, went down that Georgia line.  The engine passed at _____________, and the cab passed by at nine.
  • A.  five o'clock
  • B.  seven o'clock
  • C.  six o'clock
  • D.  eight o'clock

The first Southern state to secede:
  • A.  Virginia
  • B.  Tennessee
  • C.  Georgia
  • D.  South Carolina

The Grand Ole Opry's first performance was in
  • A.  1934
  • B.  1925
  • C.  1940
  • D.  1941

Southern rock/country band proud of its Dixie heritage
  • A.  Lady A
  • B.  The Chicks
  • C.  Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • D.  Confederate Railroad

The correct pronunciation of 'pecan'
  • A.  pee-can
  • B.  puh-kahn'

Strom Thurmond ran for U.S. President in 1948, representing the ___________ Party.
  • A.  Republican
  • B.  Dixiecrat
  • C.  Democratic
  • D.  Reform

General Robert E. Lee's horse in the War of Northern Aggression.
  • A.  Blaze
  • B.  Gray
  • C.  Traveller
  • D.  Cannon

The Grand Ole Opry's first show in this location was June 5, 1943.
  • A.  Ryman Auditorium
  • B.  War Memorial Auditorium
  • C.  Nashville Coliseum
  • D.  Jackson Hall

The post-war home of President Jefferson Davis in Biloxi, Mississippi:
  • A.  Cypress Grove
  • B.  Point Clear
  • C.  Big Sandy
  • D.  Beauvoir

Royal Crown Cola originated in this town:
  • A.  Columbus, Georgia
  • B.  Meridian, Mississippi
  • C.  Pensacola, Florida
  • D.  Shreveport, Louisiana

Clint Eastwood portrays ____________, as a member of a Confederate guerrilla band, setting out to avenge the slaughter of his wife and children by Union troops
  • A.  Joe Kidd
  • B.  Will Penny
  • C.  The Outlaw Josey Wales
  • D.  Jack Thompson

In the Southern rock classic “Ramblin' Man” Dickie Betts sings, “I'm on my way to _________ this mornin', leavin' out o' Nashville, Tennessee.”
  • A.  Little Rock
  • B.  San Antone
  • C.  Birmingham
  • D.  New Orleans

Birthplace of General Ambrose Powell Hill Jr.
  • A.  Culpeper, Virginia
  • B.  Richmond, Virginia
  • C.  Rock Hill, South Carolina
  • D.  Mouth of Wilson, Virginia

According to biographer Robert Lewis Dabney, “Let us pass over the river and rest under the shade of the trees” were the last words of:
  • A.  Robert E. Lee
  • B.  Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson
  • C.  Stephen D. Lee
  • D.  Nathan Bedford Forrest

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Correct answers:

C.  Memphis
B.  hickory
D.  fish camp
B.  Louisiana, Mississippi
C.  William Faulkner
C.  Foggy Mountain Boys
D.  Avery Island, Louisiana
A.  shotgun, rifle, and a four-wheel drive
C.  Dinner (as in the mid-day meal.  At my house, we eat breakfast, dinner, and supper.)
A.  Hot Rize
B.  Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and Jefferson Davis
C.  six o'clock
D.  South Carolina
B.  1925
D.  Confederate Railroad (Don't get me started on the first two!)
B.  Puh-kahn' (Don't come to my house and expect pee-can pie!)
B.  Dixiecrat
C.  Traveller
A.  Ryman Auditorium
D.  Beauvoir
A.  Columbus, Georgia
C.  The Outlaw Josey Wales
D.  New Orleans
A.  Culpeper, Virginia
B.  Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson
6 Comments
J.M West
2/15/2021 08:41:38 pm

I got 17 right. I like having a little diversion away from the heavy stuff, I wouldn't mind seeing more fun stuff like this every once in a while

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J.B. Leathers
2/17/2021 05:59:16 pm

I got 17 right. We have fish camps in South Carolina, too. However, I must disagree on the pronunciation of pecan. Regardless, I thoroughly enjoyed the test.

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RICHARD A FEIBEL
2/18/2021 06:54:43 am

TO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT COUNTRY WESTERN MUSIC NOT MY PREFERENCE ONLY GOT 9 RIGHT. BUT I WOULD DISAGREE ON TWO OF YOUR QUESTIONS I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THE CATFISH RESTAURANTS ARE CALLED CATFISH HOUSE AS I WAS AT ONE IN FORSYTHE COUNTY GEORGIA AND I WENT THERE BECAUSE OF AN ARTICLE IN THE ATLANTA JOURNAL ON THE 6 CATFISH HOUSE LEFT IN THE SO AND THAT WAS BACK IN 1985. ALSO MY MOTHER-IN-LAW A PURE CAJUN PRONOUNCED OT PEEE CAN PIE.

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Gregory Fogg
2/21/2021 11:43:11 am

Got 'em all, and I'm from Missouri. (Grew up on the Arkansas line. Josey Wales country.)

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John Taylor link
2/26/2021 01:47:38 pm

I got all of them. However, my recollection is hearing both pronunciations of "pecan" about equally, growing up "down the river". (Maybe y'all should have substituted one about "goober peas" instead? And how could y'all leave out the great "y'all" debates? )

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Gambit
3/28/2021 07:34:01 pm

Darn it! I got 18 correct.

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    Anthony Powell is an unreconstructed Southerner,  a married, home-schooling father of seven, four of whom are still at home.  He and his wife own a screen-printing business. He is a life-long resident of rural Wayne County, Mississippi, who has lived on the same 20 acres his entire life.  In his spare time, he hunts, fishes, enjoys Scrabble with his children, and plays bluegrass music.

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