QUIZ: Can We Guess Your Home State, Based Only On Your Slang?
For a country as large as the United States, its no real shock that it's filled with many dialects, but it never fails to surprise me when I hear a completely foreign term for any common object. My grandpa lived 30 minutes south of me, yet he somehow had hundreds of terms for "those Greeks" that I have never heard anywhere else.
After months of research, I've been able to narrow down a list of the most unique of geographical slang, and am confident that after only 10 questions, this quiz will pinpoint your home state.
All you need is a pen and paper to score your answers, and the scoresheet below to see if the quiz did it's job.
- What do you call the metal cart you put groceries in?
- Grocery Cart (1pt)
- Buggie (2pts)
- Push Cart (3pts)
- What do you call a winter hat?
- hat (1pt)
- toboggan (2pts)
- beanie (3pts)
- How do you say "you all"
- you all (1pt)
- yinz (2pts)
- ya'll (3pts)
- What do you call a water fountain?
- fountain (1pt)
- bubbler (2pts)
- faucet (3pts)
- What do you wear over your socks?
- Tennis Shoes (1pt)
- Sneakers (2pts)
- Trainers (3pts)
- What do you call a carbonated beverage?
- soda (1pt)
- pop (2pts)
- cola (3pts)
- What do you call the female partner of a married man?
- wife (1pt)
- wives (Utah)
- bride (3pts)
- What do you call a tooth doctor?
- dentist (1pt)
- d.d.s. (2pts)
- a what? (West Virginia)
- What do you get when you complete high school?
- diploma (1pt)
- certificate (2pts)
- complete? (also West Virginia)
- What do you call the state you were born in?
- Alabama (100pts)
- Alaska (150pts)
- Arizona (200pts)
- Arkansas (250pts)
- California (300pts)
- Colorado (350pts)
- Connecticut (400pts)
- Delaware (450pts)
- Florida (500pts)
- Georgia (550pts)
- Hawaii (600pts)
- Idaho (650pts)
- Illinois (700pts)
- Indiana (750pts)
- Iowa (800pts)
- Kansas (850pts)
- Kentucky (900pts)
- Louisiana (950pts)
- Maine (1000pts)
- Maryland (1050pts)
- Massachusetts (1100pts)
- Michigan (1150pts)
- Minnesota (1200pts)
- Mississippi (1250pts)
- Missouri (1300pts)
- Montana (1350pts)
- Nebraska (1400pts)
- Nevada (1450pts)
- New Hampshire (1500pts)
- New Jersey (1550pts)
- New Mexico (1600pts)
- New York (1650pts)
- North Carolina (1700pts)
- North Dakota (1750pts)
- Ohio (1800pts)
- Oklahoma (1850pts)
- Oregon (1900pts)
- Pennsylvania (1950pts)
- Rhode Island (2000pts)
- South Carolina (2050pts)
- South Dakota (2100pts)
- Tennessee (2150pts)
- Texas (2200pts)
- Utah (2250pts)
- Vermont (2300pts)
- Virginia (2350pts)
- Washington (2400pts)
- West Virginia (2450pts)
- Wisconsin (2500pts)
- Wyoming (2550pts)