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tetsoushima		2012-07-06 11:31:41 PM

delathi: zabadu: I do have to add that if you don't know who the Rat Pack was, you need to study.

And I agree, WTF was MAYO the most popular?

Besides just putting it on a sammich... tuna salad, potato salad, cole slaw, ranch dressing, rémoulade, tartar sauce, thousand island dressing... all made with mayonnaise

i.imgur.com

It also makes a great snack on the go!

craig328		2012-07-06 11:32:19 PM

21 correct, 2 wrong - 91%

Didn't know about Bogie...and was okay with not knowing about Cheez Whiz (nasty shiat).

TheManofPA		2012-07-06 11:32:41 PM

Rwa2play: TheManofPA: Take that Subby, I am a REAL AMERICAN

Fight for the rights of every man

Hehehehhe, beat ya to it. :)

/WHATCHA GONNA DO!

YOU FORGOT TO ADD BROTHER!

Time for us to explode

3rdtimearound		2012-07-06 11:32:51 PM

Mrbogey: Missed the Rat Pack, condiment, and Philly Cheesesteak, and Catcher in the Rye question. Maybe it would be more relevant to me if I was a 70yr old Philadelphia English teacher but I don't feel bad.

of all people how could you get the rat pack one wrong?

fusillade762		2012-07-06 11:33:22 PM

Meet Us at the Stick: 21/23

done in by the Rat Pack and condiments!

19/23. I missed those same two (I guessed Frank and salsa) as well as the Catcher in the Rye and the football ones. I got lucky guessing on the baseball question.

/not a sports person

SuperNinjaToad		2012-07-06 11:34:33 PM

brantgoose: I only got 65%, done in by the sports questions and the food questions. How the Hell would I remember what's on a Big Mac? I haven't touched one of those things in decades.

aan that rite is your problem riiight thare hoss....ya ain't no real amerikun if ya ain't touch no big mac? that be unholy and it aint rite!

Rwa2play		2012-07-06 11:34:59 PM

TheManofPA: Rwa2play: TheManofPA: Take that Subby, I am a REAL AMERICAN

Fight for the rights of every man

Hehehehhe, beat ya to it. :)

/WHATCHA GONNA DO!

YOU FORGOT TO ADD BROTHER!

Time for us to explode

I hate the pukesters YEAH!

/RIP Randy

Infobahn		2012-07-06 11:36:16 PM

87%

Condiment
"Catcher in the Rye"
Rat Pack

Cyclometh		2012-07-06 11:36:27 PM

Got to question six before I got tired of that slow-ass site and the slideshow format of the page.

lousyskater		2012-07-06 11:36:40 PM

83%. I blame the stupid sports questions.

tetsoushima		2012-07-06 11:36:57 PM

To be clear, the cheese whiz used by cheesesteak places in Philly is not the stuff that comes out of a spray can. It's not much better than that, but it is still a different beast altogether.

3.bp.blogspot.com

Also, most places give you free cherry peppers in case you want your stool to be not only loose, but also spicy!

Conflagurated		2012-07-06 11:38:12 PM

61%.

Canadian. Never taught americana in school, just picked some stuff up.

largedon		2012-07-06 11:38:29 PM

Got 19/23 for 83%.

Missed the Rat Pack (Bogart?), Catcher in the Rye (never read it), Gone With the Wind (never saw or read it) and mayonnaise (really thought it would've been ketchup).

Apparently I need to read more classic American literature and not hard core science fiction and history. Currently reading History of the Peloponnesian War by Thurcydides.

jimmythrust		2012-07-06 11:38:44 PM

I'm a solid 'B' 'Merican!

And mayo? No wonder we're so fat and unpleasant.

proteus_b		2012-07-06 11:38:46 PM

74%, not bad for a guy born and raised in the america

natmar_76		2012-07-06 11:38:56 PM

Fark you. I don't have to take your test. This is Americah!

/100% Americun

smadge1		2012-07-06 11:39:17 PM

I only got 52% on this American pop culture test

/Australian

BumpInTheNight		2012-07-06 11:41:16 PM

0/21, I guess the Tea Party isn't invited.

Cluckity		2012-07-06 11:41:46 PM

There aren't nearly enough people in this thread complaining about this being more annoying than your average slideshow.

felthas		2012-07-06 11:41:58 PM

70%. I got all the historical ones right

Rwa2play		2012-07-06 11:42:40 PM

tetsoushima: To be clear, the cheese whiz used by cheesesteak places in Philly is not the stuff that comes out of a spray can. It's not much better than that, but it is still a different beast altogether.

[3.bp.blogspot.com image 300x400]

Also, most places give you free cherry peppers in case you want your stool to be not only loose, but also spicy!

I remember a friend/co-worker of mine that went to Philly and brought me back a cheesesteak. Thankfully it had mozzarella and not cheese whiz.

VvonderJesus		2012-07-06 11:43:11 PM

Mr. America scored 100% Real American.

Indubitably		2012-07-06 11:43:19 PM

Hate labels, you?

toraque		2012-07-06 11:44:30 PM

So to be a Real American you have to know Lynyrd Skynyrd lyrics, mayonnaise, the Simpsons and Larry the Cable Guys' tagline?

fark this, someone else can have my 70%.

/I got all four of those right goddammit

blipponaut		2012-07-06 11:44:51 PM

I don't take quizzes where each question in on a separate page. Increase that page count.

I would have failed anyways.

Genju		2012-07-06 11:45:02 PM

I missed one :( I thought Ketchup was #1. Though I'm surprised BBQ sauce isn't on the list given all the regional BBQ styles and the sauces that accompany them.

meanmutton		2012-07-06 11:45:05 PM

verbal_jizm: 87%, and I'm the libbiest libby to ever lib. Wonder how the Thrilla' From Wassilla would do.

I tied you and am pretty strikingly conservative.

/Odd that you think that political affiliation has anything to do with knowing about American culture.

I sound fat		2012-07-06 11:46:48 PM

SuperNinjaToad: brantgoose: I only got 65%, done in by the sports questions and the food questions. How the Hell would I remember what's on a Big Mac? I haven't touched one of those things in decades.

aan that rite is your problem riiight thare hoss....ya ain't no real amerikun if ya ain't touch no big mac? that be unholy and it aint rite!

Two all beef Pattys, Special Ross, and Lester Keyes, picking bunions on my Sesame Street Bus.

Queensowntalia		2012-07-06 11:46:50 PM

meanmutton: verbal_jizm: 87%, and I'm the libbiest libby to ever lib. Wonder how the Thrilla' From Wassilla would do.

I tied you and am pretty strikingly conservative.

/Odd that you think that political affiliation has anything to do with knowing about American culture.

well, I reckon there are people on either side who'd suggest the other folk are deficient. It's good to acknowledge that isn't necessarily so.

/Hippie lefty liberal
//74%
///some of those questions I should be embarrassed to know the answer to.

Sticky Hands		2012-07-06 11:47:18 PM

Go ahead an Bogart that mayonnaise I don't give a damn.
87%.

factoryconnection		2012-07-06 11:47:26 PM

Lsherm: sno man: Philli cheese steak with cheese wiz, really?!?

The Onion is prophetic: Cheez Whiz?

This was a loaded question. I knew the correct answer, but Cheez Wiz wasn't even around for the first 20 or so years cheesesteaks were being sold. They used Provolone. The problem is that NOW a "classic" cheesesteak has Cheez Wiz on it. Revisionist history!

I grew up outside of Philly; my parents are from K&A... And not once in my life has a single motherf*cker in real life considered in my presence putting spray cheese on a cheesesteak. American, occasionally but really the cheese is provolone.

For the record: 78% but the writers of this quiz can go to hell and die.

Cyno01		2012-07-06 11:47:32 PM

Ok, 2 of the food ones are wrong...

Depending on how you measure it, salsa or ketchup are americas #1 condiment, but either way, not mayo.

And provolone is the original cheese of the cheese steak, cheese whiz wasnt invented until the 50s, well after the sandwich was established. Unless you want to be a farking pedant about the meaning of the word "classic"

So 22/23 in that case. Got the rat pack one wrong.

TabASlotB		2012-07-06 11:47:34 PM

Meet Us at the Stick: 21/23

done in by the Rat Pack and condiments!

This comment applies equally to my own experience...

cuzsis		2012-07-06 11:48:38 PM

65%

Mostly because I don't know pop culture from several decades before I was born or live on the east coast ::rolls eyes::

AACHOO		2012-07-06 11:49:36 PM

You answered 22 of 23 questions correctly for a total score of 96%. Mayo? Really?

Lauren Bacall coined the term. Bogie and Frank were good friends.

H31N0US		2012-07-06 11:49:38 PM

Alternate quiz title: how white are you?

I am 78% white.

Dead for Tax Reasons		2012-07-06 11:49:49 PM

bwilson27: Dead for Tax Reasons: 19/23

I've never eaten a big mac, how the hell do I know what's on it

Lie.

Fine, I knew it had special sauce and a sesame seed bun but those weren't choices. But I still never had one, nor am I likely to in the forseeable future

Nature Spirals		2012-07-06 11:49:57 PM

Meet Us at the Stick: 21/23

done in by the Rat Pack and condiments!

Ditto. fark Humphrey Bogart. Also, mayo is disgusting.

Acharne		2012-07-06 11:50:18 PM

RexTalionis: 74% real American. Not bad for a guy who was born in China.

Same here.

/Canadian.

hurdboy		2012-07-06 11:51:33 PM

Catcher in the Rye, and college Freshman English was a long time ago.
The same is true for Peanuts.
I actually didn't know Humphrey Bogart was a part of the "Rat Pack."
Mayonnaise is farking nasty.

//83%

Acharne		2012-07-06 11:51:40 PM

Cyno01: Ok, 2 of the food ones are wrong...

Depending on how you measure it, salsa or ketchup are americas #1 condiment, but either way, not mayo.

And provolone is the original cheese of the cheese steak, cheese whiz wasnt invented until the 50s, well after the sandwich was established. Unless you want to be a farking pedant about the meaning of the word "classic"

I felt the same way. Cheese Whiz? Bullshiat! And Ketchup trumps Mayo.

sno man		2012-07-06 11:52:39 PM

toraque: So to be a Real American you have to know Lynyrd Skynyrd lyrics, mayonnaise, the Simpsons and Larry the Cable Guys' tagline?

fark this, someone else can have my 70%.

/I got all four of those right goddammit

have a go at the Canadian one... most of these are actual questions from the real citizenship study guide...

bingethinker		2012-07-06 11:53:06 PM

21/23. Canadian.

Genju		2012-07-06 11:53:43 PM

factoryconnection: Lsherm: sno man: Philli cheese steak with cheese wiz, really?!?

The Onion is prophetic: Cheez Whiz?

This was a loaded question. I knew the correct answer, but Cheez Wiz wasn't even around for the first 20 or so years cheesesteaks were being sold. They used Provolone. The problem is that NOW a "classic" cheesesteak has Cheez Wiz on it. Revisionist history!

I grew up outside of Philly; my parents are from K&A... And not once in my life has a single motherf*cker in real life considered in my presence putting spray cheese on a cheesesteak. American, occasionally but really the cheese is provolone.

For the record: 78% but the writers of this quiz can go to hell and die.

Growing up nowhere near Philly, I used to remember thinking it was Philadelphia Cream Cheese.

Goetz		2012-07-06 11:53:50 PM

VvonderJesus: [rainmansuite.files.wordpress.com image 600x600]

Mr. America scored 100% Real American.

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Moonfisher		2012-07-06 11:53:57 PM

83%. Mayonnaise? Ewwww!

Indubitably		2012-07-06 11:54:37 PM

Did I mention I don't take "free" oligarchical market testies?

When they ring the bell, how quickly do you salivate?

.05 seconds for me, you?

;)

JohnCarter		2012-07-06 11:55:09 PM

Meet Us at the Stick: 21/23

done in by the Rat Pack and condiments!

Same

Bogart...really?? Also thought it was a trick question not sure mayo was a condiment

selrah		2012-07-06 11:55:16 PM

That damn test is rigged...

21. The Red Sox won the World Series in 2004 and 2007. How many years did fans have to wait for the win in 2004?

Too many is a valid and completely American answer, and it ruined my perfect score.

delathi		2012-07-06 11:55:18 PM

Cyno01: Ok, 2 of the food ones are wrong...

Depending on how you measure it, salsa or ketchup are americas #1 condiment, but either way, not mayo.

Mayo is a base ingredient for many many other sauces and foods. So by just total amount sold, it it going to surpass salsa and ketchup by quite a lot.

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