# Define your region (of the US) with a yes/no question **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 16, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-your-region-of-the-us-with-a-yes-no-question/966327 "2022-06-16T20:20:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-your-region-of-the-us-with-a-yes-no-question/966327/1 "2022-06-16T20:20:23Z")
If I were to create a quiz that could pinpoint where you live based on yes/no questions, what would that question be for your region(s) of choice? Do you call interstates/freeways “The \*\*\*”?" Yes = Southern California ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-your-region-of-the-us-with-a-yes-no-question/966327/2 "2022-06-16T20:25:57Z")
When asking about a highway exit, we say “What Exit?” not “Which Exit?” Yes=New Jersey Do you have traffic circles. Yes=New Jersey Do you have jughandles? Yes=New Jersey Can you pump your own gas? No=New Jersey ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-your-region-of-the-us-with-a-yes-no-question/966327/3 "2022-06-16T20:30:47Z")
Do you have a left turn named after you? Yes=Michigan Do you have the most, the cleanest and the worst fresh water in the country? Yes=Michigan Does your biggest state college have a mascot that doesn’t presently exist in the wild in the state? Yes=Michigan Is it OK to attempt to kidnap your governor? Yes=Michigan Can you carry guns openly in your state capitol? Yes=Michigan Does the quality of your roads reflect that you are the largest automobile producer in the country? No=Michigan ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-your-region-of-the-us-with-a-yes-no-question/966327/4 "2022-06-16T20:36:34Z")
Are the people in your state WAY overly proud of their state? Yes=Texas. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-your-region-of-the-us-with-a-yes-no-question/966327/5 "2022-06-16T20:39:06Z")
Are people in your area capable of hours-long debates over the relative merits of different pizza/hot dog/Italian beef restaurants? Yes = Chicago ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-your-region-of-the-us-with-a-yes-no-question/966327/6 "2022-06-16T20:43:12Z")
Do you have the largest kangaroo population outside of Australia? No, not since 2010 = Georgia ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-your-region-of-the-us-with-a-yes-no-question/966327/7 "2022-06-16T20:43:21Z")
Is there a type of white sauce served in Mexican restaurants in your area that’s indigenous only to your area? Yes= Hampton Roads, Virginia. > **[The story of white sauce, Virginia's unique contribution to Mexican American...](https://www.pilotonline.com/food-drink/article_fe7119ba-6c23-11e9-be4f-1f7a7c9f8291.html)** > > Sit down at a family-style Mexican restaurant in southeastern Virginia, and chances are you will be served a mysterious white sauce unknown in Mexico. And it’s _delicious_. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-your-region-of-the-us-with-a-yes-no-question/966327/8 "2022-06-16T20:44:01Z")
Have you ever played the children’s game “Duck, duck, grey duck?” Yes= Minnesota Have you ever drank from a bubbler? Yes= Milwaukee ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-your-region-of-the-us-with-a-yes-no-question/966327/9 "2022-06-16T20:48:41Z")
Is LinkedIn headquartered in your city? Yes = Sunnyvale CA ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-your-region-of-the-us-with-a-yes-no-question/966327/10 "2022-06-16T20:54:49Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > Does your biggest state college have a mascot that doesn’t presently exist in the wild in the state? > Yes=Michigan Does your state flag have an animal that doesn’t presently exist in the wild in the state? Yes = California (grizzly bear) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-your-region-of-the-us-with-a-yes-no-question/966327/11 "2022-06-16T21:02:29Z")
Do you regularly hear people say, “Ope! Lemme just squeeze past ya real quick”? Yes = Wisconsin ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-your-region-of-the-us-with-a-yes-no-question/966327/12 "2022-06-16T21:02:48Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > Have you ever drank from a bubbler? > Yes= Milwaukee That’s true in Boston, too, but we’d say “bubblah”. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-your-region-of-the-us-with-a-yes-no-question/966327/13 "2022-06-16T21:09:29Z")
Do you have chili peppers on your current license plate? Do you have a UFO museum? Was the nuclear bomb developed and first tested there? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-your-region-of-the-us-with-a-yes-no-question/966327/14 "2022-06-16T21:34:05Z")
Is your trip through the state not complete unless you’ve stopped and bought a walnut bowl? Yes=Missouri ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-your-region-of-the-us-with-a-yes-no-question/966327/15 "2022-06-16T21:35:13Z")
Do you think you’re part of the South when you’re actually Midwest? Do you count Dallas Cowboys as your home team? Do you go outside to look when you hear tornado sirens? all Oklahoma ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-your-region-of-the-us-with-a-yes-no-question/966327/16 "2022-06-16T21:41:28Z")
Have you ever surfed in the morning and (snow) skied in the afternoon? A: Yes. Southern California ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-your-region-of-the-us-with-a-yes-no-question/966327/17 "2022-06-16T22:00:42Z")
Does “Rocky Road” make you think of the stairs leading up to the art museum? Yes = Philadelphia ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-your-region-of-the-us-with-a-yes-no-question/966327/18 "2022-06-16T22:12:48Z")
Is “hella” a commonly used intensifier in your region? Yes = Northern California I was once riding BART (San Francisco Bay Area transit system) and the young woman sitting in the seat behind me managed to use “hella” in literally every sentence as she was chatting with her friend. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-your-region-of-the-us-with-a-yes-no-question/966327/19 "2022-06-16T22:24:17Z")
You get Lake Effect Snow? Yes = Cleveland ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-your-region-of-the-us-with-a-yes-no-question/966327/20 "2022-06-16T23:58:57Z")
Is Pizza cut square? Yes = St. Louis [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-your-region-of-the-us-with-a-yes-no-question/966327.md?page=2)