Announcing the Official
"Test Your Southern I.Q."
Online Olympiad

Get ready to test your Southern I.Q.! The University of North Carolina Press and the Center are sponsoring the official "Test Your Southern I.Q." Online Olympiad this spring to coincide with the publication of Yellow Dogs, Hushpuppies, and Bluetick Hounds: The Official "Encyclopedia of Southern Culture" Quiz Book.

The Olympiad, featuring 40 questions from the book, was posted on UNC Press Online on April 22, the book's publication date. Contestants are able to answer the questions online and automatically forward them by electronic mail to the Press, where a committee of Southern culture experts will evaluate the answers. The Grand Prize, worth $80, will be a copy of Yellow Dogs, Hushpuppies, and Bluetick Hounds and an Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. Ten copies of the quiz book will be given to runners-up. In the event of a tie, a special tie-breaker question will be e-mailed to the contestants involved.

The official "Test Your Southern I.Q." Online Olympiad will run from April 22 through June 10. Answers to the questions and the names of all winners will be posted on UNC Press Online in June. Winners will also be announced at the American Booksellers Association annual convention on June 15 in Chicago.