Matching Georgians
Match the following famous Georgians with their claim to fame:
_____S. TRUETT CATHY (Eatonton, GA) | 1. Successful even without her Pips |
_____JULIA ROBERTS (Atlanta, GA) | 2. Could scout out the best of them |
_____JIMMY CARTER (Plains, GA) | 3. Spent time "sittin on the dock of the bay" |
_____GRIFFIN BELL (Americus, GA) | 4. Favorite color was purple |
_____RAY CHARLES (Albany, GA) | 5. Good Golly, what a character! |
_____TY COBB (Narrows, GA) | 6. Known to family and friends as "mouth of the south" |
_____GLADYS KNIGHT (Atlanta, GA) | 7. Preached non-violence but died violently |
_____MARGARET MITCHELL (Atlanta, GA) | 8. Really knew how to lay down the law |
_____MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. (Atlanta, GA) | 9. As a Brooklyn Dodger, broke MLB color barrier |
_____ERSKINE CALDWELL (Moreland, GA) | 10. Post-presidential life focuses on humanity |
_____LITTLE RICHARD (Macon, GA) | 11. Reputation not "Gone with the Wind" |
_____ALICE WALKER (Eatonton, GA) | 12. Went to bat for baseball fans everywhere |
_____LUCIUS D. CLAY (Marietta, GA) | 13. Kept Georgia on his mind and ours |
_____FRANCESCA B. TAYLOR (Augusta, GA) | 14. With her smile, she's a pretty woman |
_____FLANNERY O'CONNOR (Savannah, GA) | 15. A heavy smoker who immortalized Tobacco Road |
_____JACKIE ROBINSON (Cairo, GA) | 16. Military general known as "Father of the Berlin Airlift" |
_____JULIETTE GORDON LOW (Savannah, GA) | 17. Never married since "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" |
_____JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS (Eatonton, GA) | 18. Loved the Georgia coast and the "Marshes of Glynn" |
_____SIDNEY LANIER (Macon, GA) | 19. Never met a chicken he didn't like |
_____OTIS REDDING (Dawson, GA) | 20. His favorite relative: Uncle Remus |
ANSWERS: 19, 14, 10, 8, 13, 12, 1, 11, 7, 15, 5, 4, 16, 6, 17, 9, 2, 20, 18, 3
Score 18-20: | You know your Southerners; you're one of us. |
Score 14-17: | Not bad; we'll pretend you're one of us. |
Score 10-13: | Work a bit harder; there's still hope you could become one of us. |
Score 6-9: | Whew! Don't know if we want you to be one of us. |
Below 5: | With this score, you'll never be one of us. |