Geography
This river forms part of the border between Georgia and Florida.
What is the St. Marys River?
This city, known as the capital of Georgia, played a role as an economic hub near the Florida border during the ongoing disputes over the territory.
What is Atlanta?
This sweet dessert made with Georgia's famous fruit is a staple Southern dish often served warm with ice cream.
What is peach cobbler?
This mythical figure in Georgia folklore is a giant, hairy creature whose origins trace back to Creek and Cherokee legends.
What is Bigfoot (or Tsul 'Kalu)?
This spelling correctly completes the name of Georgia’s famous onion: V_I_A_L_A.
What is Vidalia?
This Florida city is known as the “Gateway to the South” due to its proximity to Georgia and hosting the busiest airport in the region.
What is Jacksonville?
This significant strip of Florida land is uniquely organized under Georgia's land system because of complications from the boundary settlement.
What is the Florida Panhandle?
This Southern state crop, often boiled and served as a snack, is also nicknamed "goober peas."
What are peanuts?
In Florida, this creature, similar to Bigfoot and known for its foul smell, is a part of local folklore and is said to roam the swamps across the state line.
What is the Skunk Ape?
This term, often used in Southern speech, means "to relax" or "take it easy," especially on a porch or in a rocking chair.
What is "sittin' a spell"?
Georgia is bordered by these five states.
What are Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, and North Carolina?
This long-running conflict occurred from 1816 to 1858 and involved Native American tribes in Florida resisting U.S. efforts to remove them, influencing Florida's history.
What are the Seminole Wars?
Florida is famous for this type of fresh seafood that is often fried or used in dishes like gumbo and jambalaya.
What is shrimp?
This island in Georgia is said to have mythical tree spirits that are believed to be lost sailors immortalized in the carved trees.
What is St. Simons Island?
Known as a Southern greeting, this phrase means "Hello, how are you?" and is commonly shortened in casual speech in Georgia and Florida.
What is "How y’all doin’?"?
Georgia's nickname, reflecting its famous fruit, is the "___ State."
What is the Peach State?
Before Florida became part of the U.S., this European power controlled East and West Florida, leading to boundary conflicts with Georgia.
What is Spain?
This Southern staple is a creamy ground-corn dish frequently served with shrimp in coastal Georgia dishes.
What is grits?
This haunted doll from Key West is believed to bring bad luck to anyone who disrespects it.
What is Robert the Doll?
This word describes the unique accent and dialect often heard in rural Georgia and northern Florida, characterized by slowed pronunciation and vowel shifts.
What is a Southern drawl?
This island in Georgia can only be accessed by boat and has no phone service or television as of 2010.
What is Little St. Simons Island?
This mound, located on the St. Marys River, served as a key turning point landmark in officially marking the Georgia-Florida boundary line.
What is Ellicott’s Mound?
The quintessential Georgia comfort food, widely beloved and emblematic of the state.
What is Southern fried chicken.
Traditional Seminole stories often feature this clever animal who teaches lessons about nature.
Who is Rabbit?
This phrase describes a slow-moving conversation or storytelling often enjoyed in Southern culture, especially prominent in Georgia and Florida.
What is "talkin' turkey"?