SEC fan admissions tests--Southern trivia

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Misc.

1. Who is/was Clarence "Frogman" Henry?
a. A Navy Seal who won the Medal of Honor posthumously.
b. A fictional character in childrens' books.
c. A Jazz singer from New Orleans.
d. A bluesman from Morehead, Mississippi
e. A kicker and punter for Auburn

2. This State leads the nation in executions:
a. Florida
b. Alabama
c. Texas
d. Mississippi
e. Georgia

3. ACADEMIC SMACK ALERT - Which SEC school is the lowest ranked per the 2025 US News and World Report rankings:
a. Arkansas
b. Mississippi State
c. Kentucky
d. South Carolina
e. Missouri

4. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the pastor at this church in Atlanta:
a. Gilead African Methodist Episcopalian Church
b. Bethel Methodist Church
c. Shiloh Christian Church
d. Ebenezer Baptist Church
e. Union Pentecostal Church
f. Galilee Baptist Church

5. All of the following are rivers/bayous/creeks in Mississippi except one:
a. Oconee River
b. Tangipahoa River
c. Homochitto River
d. Amite River
e. Bogue Chitto
f. Tombigbee River

6. Who has won the most Masters Golf Tournaments?
a. Arnold Palmer
b. Tiger Woods
c. Jack Nicklaus
d. Gary Player
e. Sam Snead
f. Byron Nelson
e. Ben Hogan

7. Where was the headquarters of the "Cotton Belt" Railroad?
a. Birmingham, Alabama
b. Memphis, Tennessee
c. Jackson, Mississippi
d. Dallas, Texas
e. Little Rock, Arkansas
f. St. Louis, Missouri
g. New Orleans, Louisiana

BONUS:

Who owned the "Cotton Belt" railroad?

a. A British Conglomorate
b. JP Morgan
c. Henry Flagler
d. Jay Gould
e. Cornelius Vanderbilt
f. Malcolm Furman
g. Robert Milsaps
h. David Lipscomb
i. The Lehman Brothers
j. Paul Tulane

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1. c
2. c
3. b
4. d
5. a
6. c
7. f
Bonus: d

 

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More for your gratification:

1. Which Southerner conceived, and funded, a successful coup to overthrow the government of a foreign state in Latin America?
a. Lyndon B. Johnson
b. Joseph S. Cullinan
c. Walter Fondren, Sr.
d. Sam "the Banana Man" Zemurray
e. Santo Trafficante, Jr.
f. Jefferson Davis
g. George W. Bush
h. Salvatore "Miami Sal" DiAngelo

2.

"Changes in Lattitudes..."

a. "...Smoke filled new Platitudes."
b. "...Tropical Plattitudes."
c. "...New Women Plattitudes."
d. "...Changes in Attitudes."
e. "...Tropical Attitudes."

3. Which of the following singers/bands has NOT recorded "Georgia on My Mind"?
a. Ray Charles
b. Hoagy Carmichael
c. Bruce Springsteen
d. Willie Nelson
e. Ella Fitzgerald

4. Which lawyer argued for the prosecution in the Scopes Monkey Trial in Tennessee?
a. Al Gore, Sr.
b. William J. Bryan
c. Clarence Darrow
d. Oliver Wendell Holmes
e. Hugo Black
f. Charles Evans Hughes

5. Which of the following places in the South was NOT predominantly Unionist during the Civil War?
a. North Georgia
b. East Tennessee
c. Texas Hill Country
d. Jones County, Mississippi
e. Far Western North Carolina

6. He built a major railroad to connect the Midwest (Kansas City) to the Gulf Coast:
a. JP Morgan
b. Arthur Stillwell
c. Cornelius Vanderbilt
d. Henry Flagler
e. E.H. Harriman

7. He built the first oil refinery in Texas:
a. John D. Rockefeller
b. Harry F. Sinclair
c. Marrs McLean
d. J.S. Cullinan
e. Ross Sterling
f. James S. Hogg
g. Walter Fondren, Sr.
h. Jim West

8. All of the following were Civil War Officers from the State of Alabama, except one. Which of the following was NOT from Alabama?
a. Lafayette McLaws
b. "Fighting Joe" Wheeler
c. William C. Oates
d. Edward A. O'Neal
e. James H. Clanton

9. Led the Confederate charge into the Peach Orchard at Gettysburg.
a. A.P. Hill
b. William Barksdale
c. Jubal Early
d. Robert E. Rodes
e. Wade Hampton

10. This General was a personal enemy of Jefferson Davis:
a. PGT Beauregard
b. Robert E. Lee
c. James "Pete" Longstreet
d. Kirby Smith
e. Joseph Johnston

11. Fairly or not, this General was blamed for the Confederate loss at Gettysburg:
a. Ewell
b. Longstreet
c. Robert E. Lee
d. JEB Stuart
e. All of the above

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1. d
2. d
3. c
4. b
5. a
6. b
7. d
8. a
9. b
10. e
11. e

 

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More for your gratification:

1. Which Southerner conceived, and funded, a successful coup to overthrow the government of a foreign state in Latin America?
a. Lyndon B. Johnson
b. Joseph S. Cullinan
c. Walter Fondren, Sr.
d. Sam "the Banana Man" Zemurray
e. Santo Trafficante, Jr.
f. Jefferson Davis
g. George W. Bush
h. Salvatore "Miami Sal" DiAngelo

2. View attachment 11042
"Changes in Lattitudes..."

a. "...Smoke filled new Platitudes."
b. "...Tropical Plattitudes."
c. "...New Women Plattitudes."
d. "...Changes in Attitudes."
e. "...Tropical Attitudes."

3. Which of the following singers/bands has NOT recorded "Georgia on My Mind"?
a. Ray Charles
b. Hoagy Carmichael
c. Bruce Springsteen
d. Willie Nelson
e. Ella Fitzgerald

4. Which lawyer argued for the prosecution in the Scopes Monkey Trial in Tennessee?
a. Al Gore, Sr.
b. William J. Bryan
c. Clarence Darrow
d. Oliver Wendell Holmes
e. Hugo Black
f. Charles Evans Hughes

5. Which of the following places in the South was NOT predominantly Unionist during the Civil War?
a. North Georgia
b. East Tennessee
c. Texas Hill Country
d. Jones County, Mississippi
e. Far Western North Carolina

6. He built a major railroad to connect the Midwest (Kansas City) to the Gulf Coast:
a. JP Morgan
b. Arthur Stillwell
c. Cornelius Vanderbilt
d. Henry Flagler
e. E.H. Harriman

7. He built the first oil refinery in Texas:
a. John D. Rockefeller
b. Harry F. Sinclair
c. Marrs McLean
d. J.S. Cullinan
e. Ross Sterling
f. James S. Hogg
g. Walter Fondren, Sr.
h. Jim West

8. All of the following were Civil War Officers from the State of Alabama, except one. Which of the following was NOT from Alabama?
a. Lafayette McLaws
b. "Fighting Joe" Wheeler
c. William C. Oates
d. Edward A. O'Neal
e. James H. Clanton

9. Led the Confederate charge into the Peach Orchard at Gettysburg.
a. A.P. Hill
b. William Barksdale
c. Jubal Early
d. Robert E. Rodes
e. Wade Hampton

10. This General was a personal enemy of Jefferson Davis:
a. PGT Beauregard
b. Robert E. Lee
c. James "Pete" Longstreet
d. Kirby Smith
e. Joseph Johnston

11. Fairly or not, this General was blamed for the Confederate loss at Gettysburg:
a. Ewell
b. Longstreet
c. Robert E. Lee
d. JEB Stuart
e. All of the above

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1. d
2. d
3. c
4. b
5. a
6. b
7. d
8. a
9. b
10. e
11. e

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