Yellow Dogs, Hushpuppies, and Bluetick Hounds: The Official Encyclopedia of Southern Culture Quiz Book

by Lisa Howorth (Compiler)

Overview

Who lived at the P.O. in China Grove, Mississippi? What does NASCAR stand for? Where is the Redneck Riviera? When is Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday? What are Yellow Mama and Old Sparky? Entertaining, fun, and educational, this quiz book covers every aspect of southern culture from alligators to melungeons to zydeco. More than 800 questions—most drawn from the Encyclopedia of Southern Culture—cover literature, music, entertainment, history, politics, the law, sports and recreation, science, medicine, business, industry, and religion.

Test your southern I.Q.! Take a copy to parties and on road trips. Use it to settle supper-table squabbles. It's a guaranteed good time. Published in collaboration with the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi Answers to questions: Sister, who tells her story in Eudora Welty's 'Why I Live at the P.O.' National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. The Florida Panhandle January 15, 1929 Electric chairs in Alabama and Florida, respectively.

Originally published in 1996.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780807845929
Publisher:	The University of North Carolina Press
Publication date:	04/22/1996
Series:	AAPG Memoir; 64
Edition description:	2
Pages:	147
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Lisa Howorth writes, teaches, and speaks about southern culture for the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Although I do know quite a bit about southern culture, I can't be expected to know everything that Lisa Howorth and all the other people at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture know. . . . So you can be sure that this book is good wood turned in the grain.—Roy Blount Jr., from the Foreword



"For the old Southern hands who think they already have a grasp on Southern culture (or at least on the Encyclopedia of Southern Culture.—Publishers Weekly



Contains an introduction by Roy Blount Jr. that's worth the price of admission and offers 800 pieces of trivia guaranteed to amaze and amuse.—Knoxville News-Sentinel More than a trivia book, Yellow Dogs, Hushpuppies, and Bluetick Hounds includes over 800 questions along with in-depth answers that cover every aspect of southern culture from alligators to mulungeons to zydeco. There are questions on literature, music, entertainment, history, politics, the law, sports and recreation, science, medicine, business, industry, and religion. And yes—there are even questions about the three dogs appearing in the title. From the same folks who brought you the Encyclopedia of Southern Culture

Editorial Reviews

'A discriminating guide to Dixology.'—Esquire

From the Publisher

For those who have already booked tickets to Atlanta to see the Olympics, the University of Georgia has a thick, literate guide to the state. With contributions by Mary Hood, James Kilgo, Timothy J. Crimmins and various others, The New Georgia Guide offers essays, 136 b&w photos and some 800 pages of text about the Okefenokee, Savannah, the Appalachians and Atlanta. ($19.95 ISBN 0-8203-1799-3; cloth $39.95 1798-5) For the old Southern hands who think they already have a grasp on Southern culture (or at least on the Encyclopedia of Southern Culture), the University of North Carolina Press offers Yellow Dogs, Hushpuppies, and Bluetick Hounds: The Official Encyclopedia of Southern Culture Quiz Book to test yourself. Compiled by Lisa Howorth, it includes some simple questions ("What is the oldest literary quarterly in America?" Sewanee Review), while others require a modicum of sophistication and panache ("Where is Chittlin' Strut Festival?" Salley, S.C., where an improbable five tons of chitlins are consumed annually). Answers include recipes for such long-missed treats as Benne wafers and pork fries. ($9.95 ISBN 0-8078-4592-2)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

The publication of the massive one-volume Encyclopedia of Southern Culture (LJ 7/89) gave librarians, historians, sociologists, and other researchers a treasure trove of invaluable information about the American South. Both of these new works continue to inquire into the peculiarities and distinctiveness of Southernness; both define the South as the 11 Confederate states plus West Virginia, Kentucky, and Maryland (1001 Things adds Oklahoma and Missouri to the list). The Reeds, both Southern academics, provide a cornucopia of succinct information that has historically made the South different from the rest of America. They divide their work into 12 broad topical sections such as "The Central Theme: Race and Politics" and "Grit Lit: Literature." Short paragraphs, often punctuated by photographs and illustrations, cover such diverse subjects as Bourbon Street, clogging, and Paul "Bear" Bryant. Howorth (Univ. of Mississippi) capitalizes on the trend of trivial pursuit publications. Her work offers a total of 762 questions with answers based on articles that appear in the Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. The quiz book is divided into eight broad topical sections such as music and entertainment, literature, sports and recreation, the land, and art and architecture, with an average of 90 questions per section. Some questions are truly trivial, while others are thought-provoking, such as "What technological innovation has changed the nature of Southern life most dramatically?" Answer: Air conditioning. If that keen observer of Southern manners, Lewis Grizzard, were still alive he would no doubt enjoy these offbeat yet informative books. Recommended for public and undergraduate academic libraries.Charles C. Hay, Eastern Kentucky Univ. Libs., Richmond

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