1) After the accidental introduction of this European animal by Spanish colonists at Santa Helena, SC and English colonists at Roanoke Island, NC and Jamestown, VA, the appearance of the forest floor in the Eastern United States was changed drastically. What was this animal?
Earthworm
Ground Hog (woodchuck)
Carpathian goat
Carpenter bee
2) The Indian potato was formerly cultivated by Indians, but now grows throughout much of the Southeast. What other plant is it closely related to?
Andean potato
Polynesian yam
Sunflower
None of the above
3) The native Muskogee Sweet Potato is closely related to the South American sweet potato. What native Southeastern plant is it also closely related to?
Jerusalem artichoke
Peanut
Morning Glory
Wild Turnip
4) Water Moccasins (Cottonmouth Snakes) and Highland Moccasins (Copperhead snakes) bear their young alive and do not lay eggs?
True
No
5) The Dixie Dingo still can be found in remote Southeaster swamplands and forests. What is it closely related to?
The orchid family
The American opossum
Poison Ivy
The Australian Dingo
6) The Southeastern United States is one of five areas in the world where indigenous plants were independently cultivated. When was the wild squash plant of the Southern Highlands probably first cultivated?
10,000 BC
3,000 BC
100 BC
500 AD
7) Herds of wild horses still roam on which island in the Southeast?
Cumberland Island, GA
Mud Island, MS
Johns Island, SC
Spanish Fort Island, AL
8) Catfish in the Mississippi River can grow up to what size?
700 pounds
500 pounds
125 pounds
50 pounds
9) Alligator Snapping Turtles in Southeastern rivers can grow up to 235 pounds in size?
Yes
No
10) Pecan trees grow wild in Texas and Mississippi?
Yes
No
11) Which tree only grows above about a mile high in the Southern Mountains and in northern Quebec and Ontario?
Balsam Fir
Carolina Hemlock
Canadian Yew
Loblolly Pine
12) Which indigenous canine species was recently re-established the Great Smoky Mountains National Park?
Eastern Coyote
Carolina White Wolf
Red Wolf
Gray Wolf
13) The graceful Spanish Moss which prefers to grow on Live Oak trees is related to what other indigenous plant of the Western Hemisphere?
Pineapple
Alaskan Caribou Moss
The wild ancestor of corn
Bemuda grass
14) Which animal living in another continent is the American Opposum related to?
Norwegian Lemming
Giant Vietnamese Rat
Australian Kangaroo
Hippopotamus
15) Which of these cultivated plants are native to the Southeastern United States?
Corn
Black-eye Peas
Okra
Summer Squash
16) The Manatee is?
A type of fish related to the Sting Ray
A type of seal living in Florida
A relative of the African elephant
An aquatic relative of the Eurasian cow
17) The Umbrella Tree of the Southern Highlands has leaf clusters up to three feet wide. It is ancient member of what plant family?
Bald Cypress
Balsam Fir
Oak
Magnolia
18) What was the name of a beautiful bird species that once thrived in the Southeast, but is now extinct?
Carolina Parakeet
Virginia Black Swan
Arkansas Snow Goose
Florida Albatross
19) A giant Paleozoic flesh-eating fish with multiple fan-like fins once lived in the Etowah River of Georgia until 1947. It was known to have eaten dogs and sheep that strayed into the river. Is this me pulling your leg or not?
You're pulling my leg
Truth is stranger than fiction
20) The Venus Fly Trap Plant of the Southern Coastal swamplands actually moves part of its "body" to capture insects?
Yes
No
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KnittinKitten
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Oct 30 @ 9:32PM
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I probably should not admit my ignorance, but I think I only knew about 3 or 4 of the answers.....Now if I can REMEMBER 3 or 4 more, I'll be a happy camper!
KK
By the way, I find this stuff MUCH MORE INTERESTING that some of the other Blogs found on the internet...Thanks, my friend...You're getting a kudo.
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bardnsage
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Oct 30 @ 11:05PM
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4) Water Moccasins (Cottonmouth Snakes) and Highland Moccasins (Copperhead snakes) bear their young alive and do not lay eggs?
True
No
Depending on your interpretation of the question, either answer could be right.
Water moccsins are ovoviviparous, with females giving birth to 1-16 live young and possibly as many as 20. However, they do produce eggs, only they retain the eggs inside their body during the incubation process. [/U]
7) Herds of wild horses still roam on which island in the Southeast?
Cumberland Island, GA
Mud Island, MS
Johns Island, SC
Spanish Fort Island, AL
And Ocracoke Island, NC.
10) Pecan trees grow wild in Texas and Mississippi?
Yes
No
And in NC and SC.
Dang, loved the post.
And now for the bonus question, with no hints....
What eatible legume is, high in Vitamin A, Vitamin C, protein and calcium, and has a high enough startch content to make honey, jelly and celluostic ethyanol, and is beneficial in the treatment of Type II diabetes, breast cancer, prostate cancer, hangovers and retard the craving for alcohol, is high in antioxidants, and can be found in all of the southern states, and as far as IL, NJ, and now even OR?
Butter beans,
Sweet Peas,
Crowder Peas,
Kudzu.
OK, one hint,,,,, name of the popular comic strip.
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Etowah
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Oct 31 @ 8:04AM
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Great blog comment!
You are right about kudzu . We had a horrible drought in the Asheville, NC area in 1986. We did not have any measurable precipitation from February 11 to June 19. Prior to the drought, there were 29 Grade A daires in the county. I owned a Grade A goat dairy and cheese creamery. The NC DOT let me harvest kudzu off their road right-of-ways and the National Park Service let me browze my goats in areas where kudzu was getting into the boundaries of the Blue Ridge Parkway. We were able to maintain our cheese production, and the milk actually had a higher butterfat and solids content. By July of 1986 there only three Grade A dairies left in Buncombe County, NC. We were one of them!
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QtrAcreGalSeeking
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Oct 31 @ 10:52PM
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Ok, ok, you two Southern BlueBloods! 
Stop talking Nerdy TechTrash, around the rest of the Redneck Elite, in these heah parts! 
Really now, it's only us Girl Scout Leader of the Year Alumnae
that are REALLY AROUSED by all this.  
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