What do Yankees know about the South?

1. What was the largest city in the South ( of the states that later made up the Confederacy) in 1860?

2. What was the worst maritime disaster in the South's (and America's) history?

3. What city was the original capital of the Confederacy?

4. What Southern port city did Blackbeard the Pirate succesfully blockade? And what goods did he hold hostages ransom for?

5. What real life town was the model for Mayberry on TVs Andy Griffith Show?

C'mon Southerners...feel free to add to the list...

I don't know. I went to public school. In the South.

I don't know. I went to public school. In the South.

Well, it ain't the teacher's fault that you didn't apply yourself and learn...

I was a straight A student, UC.

1. New Orleans, Louisiana

2. The explosion of the Mississippi River paddlewheel steamer, The Sultana on April 27, 1865

3. Montgomery, Alabama

4. Charleston, South Carolina - for a chest of medicines!

5. Mount Airy, North Carolina - birthplace of Andy Griffith

Confession: I had to google questions 2 and 4.

Sylvia

See blue...Sylvia knew em...

Good job, Sylvia... I figured you'd know most of em, but then, you're not a Yankee...

Blackbeard blockaded Charleston.

Montgomery, Alabama was the first capital of the CSA.

W

edited: dammit, Sylvia beat me.

Hey, I love-ed school!

Sylvia

W

edited: dammit, Sylvia beat me.

LOL.

Sylvia

2. What was the worst maritime disaster in the South's (and America's) history?

I'm not sure but before I Google it, I bet Bass Boats and Beer were involved.

Rub a Dub