Q 01/05

Grits are a porridge made from which grain?

A) Wheat

B) Oats

C) Rice

D) Corn

Answer · why

D) Corn

The coarsely ground, nixtamalized maize is also called hominy.

Q 02/05

Which Native American crop trio was known as the Three Sisters?

A) Corn, okra and rice

B) Beans, maize and squash

C) Peppers, tomatoes and beans

D) Squash, pumpkin and melon

Answer · why

B) Beans, maize and squash

The three were grown together in rotation as dietary staples.

Q 03/05

Which of these vegetables did enslaved West Africans introduce to the South?

A) Squash

B) Tomato

C) Pumpkin

D) Okra

Answer · why

D) Okra

Black-eyed peas, sesame, sorghum and melons came the same way.

Q 04/05

Which Lowcountry people made rice prominent because they already knew the crop?

A) The Gullah

B) The Cherokee

C) The Cajuns

D) The Ulster Scots

Answer · why

A) The Gullah

Planters sought enslaved Africans from rice-growing regions for their irrigation skills.

Q 05/05

Fried chicken in the South traces partly to frying traditions from which European country?

A) Scotland

B) France

C) Germany

D) Spain

Answer · why

A) Scotland

West Africans added their own seasoning and palm-oil frying techniques.