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Pop Quiz: All About Dixieland

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1.   You’ll find it on the menu of many Dixieland restaurants:
    Grapefruit
    Fried catfish
    Corned beef sandwich on rye bread

2.   The biggest state in Dixieland is:
    Georgia
    Florida
    Texas

3.   This Dixie “king” was born in 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi:
    Carl Perkins
    Chuck Berry
    Elvis Presley

4.   It was the nickname of the Confederate army during the Civil War:
    Rebel
    Feds
    Dixie

5.   He’s one of Dixieland’s most famous writers:
    Sherwood Anderson
    William Faulkner
    Theodore Dreiser

6.   This plant is primarily grown in Dixieland:
    Hemp
    Corn
    Tobacco

7.   Bill Clinton was raised in this state in Dixieland:
    Georgia
    Arkansas
    Mississippi

8.   This Alabama governor tried hard to keep schools segregated:
    Huey Long
    Barry Goldwater
    George Wallace

9.   She’s a famous fictional Dixie heroine:
    Scarlett O'Hara
    Nelly Bly
    Molly Brown

10.   Former president Jimmy Carter was from this Dixie state:
    Alabama
    Georgia
    Florida

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