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Southerners are sick and tired of hearing about how
dumb they are........ So they challenge any so-called
smart Yankee to take this exam administered by the
Georgia Tech Engineering Department:

1. Calculate the smallest limb diameter on a persimmon
tree that will support a 10-pound possum.

2. Which of these cars will rust out the quickest when
placed on blocks in your front yard? A '65 Ford
Fairlane, a '69 Chevrolet Chevelle or a '64 Pontiac
GTO.

3. If your uncle builds a still which operates at a
capacity of 20 gallons of shine produced per hour, how
many car radiators are required to condense the
finished product?

4. A woodcutter has a chainsaw which operates at 2700
RPM. The density of the pine trees in the plot to be
harvested is 470 per acre. The plot is 2.3 acres in
size. The average tree diameter is 14 inches. How many
Budweisers will be drunk before the trees are cut
down?

5. If every old refrigerator in the state vented its
charge of R-12 simultaneously, what would be the
percentage decrease in the ozone layer?

6. A front porch is constructed of 2x8 pine on 24-inch
centers with a field rock foundation. The span is 8
feet and the porch length is 16 feet. The porch floor
is 1-inch rough sawn pine. When the porch collapses,
how many hound dogs will be killed?

7. A man owns a Tennessee house and 3.7 acres of land
in a hollow with an average slope of 15%. The man has
five children. Can each of his grown children place a
mobile home on the man's land and still have enough
property for their electric appliances to sit out on
the front porch?

8. A 2-ton truck is overloaded and proceeding 900
yards down a steep slope on a secondary road at 45
MPH. The brakes fail. Given average traffic conditions
on secondary roads, what is the probability that the
truck will strike a vehicle with a muffler?

9. A coal mine operates a NFPA Class 1, Division 2
Hazardous Area. The mine employs 120 miners per shift.
A gas warning is issued at the beginning of the 3rd
shift. How many cartons of unfiltered Camels will be
smoked during that shift?

10. At a reduction in the gene pool variability rate
of 7.5% per generation, how long will it take a town
which has been bypassed by the Interstate to breed a
country-western singer?

Guess you're not smart enough to be from the South