How Well Do You Know Midwestern Lingo And Slang?

Question 1/20

In the Midwest, cornhole is used to refer to:

A person's mouth, typically when they need to shut it
A party game that literally everyone plays
A famer's tool for harvesting corn

Question 2/20

When you are from the Midwest and you are thirsty, you might reach for a:

Soda
Pop
Soft drink

Question 3/20

If someone from the Midwest asks where the washroom is, they really mean which of the following?

Kitchen
Locker room
Restroom

Question 4/20

If someone from the Midwest offers you puppy chow at a party, they are really doing what?

Telling you that you are no better than a dog
Asking if you would like to meet their pets
Offering you a delicious snack made with cereal, chocolate, and peanut butter

Question 5/20

Which of the following might you hear in a conversation with someone you haven't spoken to in a while?

Howdy do?
How's by you?
How doing?

Question 6/20

If you ask a Midwesterner where the nearest water fountain is, they might understand what you are saying, but what do they normally call water fountains?

Town taps
Bubblers
Water whistlers

Question 7/20

While you might call them casseroles, people from the Midwest refer to these baked concoctions as what?

Hot dish
Stew
Soup

Question 8/20

If someone says, "jeet" to you, what are they really saying?

Watch your feet
How about this heat
Did you eat?

Question 9/20

What is a more Midwestern way of saying someone is drunk?

They are plaster-faced
They are three sheets to the wind
They are schnookered

Question 10/20

New Orleans might have King Cake for Mardi Gras, but what delicious delicacy do Midwesterners enjoy right before Lent starts?

Baklava
Pierogi
Paczki

Question 11/20

While you may use a vacuum to clean your carpets and floors, Midwesterners call their vacuums what?

Suckers
Sweepers
Dusters

Question 12/20

Which of the following is another name for traffic lights in the Midwest?

Stop signal
Red light
Stop and go light

Question 13/20

You may think of pasties as something you might see in a strip club, but pasties are also what to some Midwesterners?

Fruit-filled pastries
Savory meat pies
People who need a tan

Question 14/20

If you're from Minnesota, you've probably played this game in school:

Duck, duck, goose
Duck, duck, gray duck
Cluck, cluck, chicken

Question 15/20

We may attribute this phrase to a certain former Alaska governor, but it's a Midwestern saying, through and through.

You betcha
Ohh yeah
Lipstick on a pig

Question 16/20

If you're from Northern Illinois/Chicago/Indiana, you don't have a living room, you have a what?

Family room
Front room
Parlor room

Question 17/20

If you're a Midwesterner and you see a car with a headlight out, what is the first thing you say?

Padiddle!
Popcorn!
Party lights!

Question 18/20

What should be knee-high by the Fourth of July?

Grass
Corn
Growing babies

Question 19/20

If you win a meat raffle, you've actually won:

Enough meat to feed your family for quite some time
The Pork Queen crown
A small herd of cows or pigs

Question 20/20

Midwesterners love to end sentences with prepositions. Which of the following might you hear if you are being invited to go somewhere?

Come with?
Going to?
Travel at?