Here's some Mississippi and Elvis trivia for you. Years ago I lived in Tupelo, MS and took the school bus five days a week to Tupelo High School. The bus passed Elvis' home, a little white house on the back road. Elvis was still alive at the time but not as popular as he once was. If you wanted to see inside the house, which was always locked, you had to walk down the street to a little old lady who had the key, and she'd let you in. Additionally, Elvis performed at the Lyric Theatre (the movie house) in Tupelo when he was young. The Lyric was also one of the first theatres in the US to show THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW as a midnight movie, back in 1975 (might have been '76), and I first saw RHPS at one of those midnight showings.
In a “ six degrees of separation “ sort of a thing: Robin Williams’ great grandfather was a governor of Mississippi ( Joseph Mclaurin ), he later became a senator for the state as well.
As an alum of Mississippi College in Clinton, it is a private college that was founded in 1826. Mississippi University for Women was the first public college for women and is located in Columbus, MS founded in 1884. Mississippi College was the first institution to grant a degree to a woman in 1831 but it was a coeducational institution and a private institution.
Yeah when he said Clinton I was confused. I took a couple of dual enrollment classes at MUW when I was in high school. It may be a small campus compared to other universities but it is a very beautiful campus.
That was so much fun! I joined in on question #2! Please make another "battle" for each state!! I learned a lot about the lesser known facts! Thank you, thank you very much!
I agree but I live here and I’m so happy to finally find a video that doesn’t just make fun of my state just because of some stereotypes about our state
“Did the river come before the state or did the state come before the river?” Oh Lord. How do I say this nicely in my Mississippi mother tongue? Bless her heart.
Why you gotta make me miss where I just left to go live elsewhere? Seriously, though.. I thoroughly enjoyed my time living in MS and miss it. Lots of beautiful scenery, lovely folks and yeah, the occasional hurricane and/or tornado. :)
Just got back from Vegas. We stayed at the Westgate which used to be the Hilton and before that was The International where Elvis stayed and performed live for months at a time in Vegas. My souvenir ? Of course a T shirt with Elvis on it ! 💋
The first question: has two choices with river It's a Southern Thing: *lAnD* Ah yes, perfect logic Fun fact: The Ojibwe, where the name of the state came from, aren't even from Mississippi! They're from the Midwest and Canada, where they are the second largest of the First Nations. Michigan is also a state name of Ojibwe origin. It is the gallicized (French) variant of the Ojibwe word mishigama, which means "large lake"
Elvis got the answer about the first public women’s college in the United States, but it was not Mississippi College in Clinton. I am an alumni from it, Mississippi State College for Women was founded in 1884. I attended from 1975-1980 when it became Mississippi University for Women.
@Don C don’t worry about it, it has been co-Ed for a long time now. I don’t remember the exact year, but I attended in 1975 and I believe their were a few men enrolled then.
It did not become co-Ed until 1981 when a male nursing student sued for admittance and won. It is in terrible shape now and has lost its character. Many dorms have been demolished.
When my sister saw Elvis on TV, she would French kiss the television screen. You might say, “No big deal,” but I had to clean that dad gum screen! She has an alter, complete with candles, as an homage to this man! 😏
Is nobody gonna mention that they put the wrong answer for the international ballet competition question? Cuz they put C for lacrosse instead of B for fishing
About the Mississippi River question about how long it would take,... exactly from what starting point? Itasca Lake in Minnesota? Actually, in looking this up, I was surprised the Mississippi River extends up into Minnesota. I thought it ended around Wyalusing, WI since I live in Wisconsin and have been to Wyalusing State Park looking at where the Mississippi trails off into the Wisconsin River. I guess, I didn't see the part that keeps going north.
Yes. First college for women is correct. MSCW (Mississippi State College for Women) in Columbus. Now it is MUW. Not Mississippi College. That is (or was) a Baptist college. Thanks for all the nice things y’all said about Mississippi! Love what y’all do!
When I went to Israel, I was impressed that the Palestine Arabs could speak Hebrew, Arabic, Aramaic, and English. And yes, when they learn English, they do the Mississippi rhyme. A lot of foreigners like the name
As someone who is bingeing on watching In the Heat of the Night... I got the first (don't know how I remembered) and last one right (answered the whole date before the question was finished) I know ITHOTN was filmed in Georgia. Yee Haw!
Lol I actually grew up with the guy who is playing Elvis and he’s a great guy and good friend.
He's a great Elvis!
That’s amazing!
Is this david lee?
@@user-rr3yw9dn1l you are correct sir
As a native of Mississippi, I feel ashamed at how many I missed. The ballet one threw me for a loop.
Here's some Mississippi and Elvis trivia for you. Years ago I lived in Tupelo, MS and took the school bus five days a week to Tupelo High School. The bus passed Elvis' home, a little white house on the back road. Elvis was still alive at the time but not as popular as he once was. If you wanted to see inside the house, which was always locked, you had to walk down the street to a little old lady who had the key, and she'd let you in.
Additionally, Elvis performed at the Lyric Theatre (the movie house) in Tupelo when he was young. The Lyric was also one of the first theatres in the US to show THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW as a midnight movie, back in 1975 (might have been '76), and I first saw RHPS at one of those midnight showings.
I visited his house when I was a child. It only had two rooms, a bedroom and a kitchen.
I live there now and always have
This was great. You should do this for every Southern state. This was fun to watch. Great job.
I loved this one. I agree with Liz, it was better than I expected.
When he corrected the name of the town it was a wrap. 😂
nice to see some mississippi trivia without the implication that it is the worst place on earth.
The King Lives!! A little Mississippi trivia: How many of you knew that there's a town called 'Hot Coffee'?
Also a Soso Mississippi
And Coffeeville.
I've been to Hot Coffee but I blinked! Also been to D'Lo.
@@lorenstribling6096 You didn't stop for hot coffee in Hot Coffee???😄
@@ARWest-bp4yb Missed the whole dang town.
In a “ six degrees of separation “ sort of a thing: Robin Williams’ great grandfather was a governor of Mississippi ( Joseph Mclaurin ), he later became a senator for the state as well.
@@klptravel1 you can find his mother’s bio , it tells about her dad and grandfather.
Well, now...he's a pretty darn good Elvis!
He is a really good Elvis!!
This was fun! Do more of these, please. 😊
It's a Southern Thing, remember, when taking hints from Elvis you need to have a Suspicious Mind!
Exactly! He left the It's a Southern Thing team All Shook Up over some of those misdirected clues.
But they got caught in a trap…
As an alum of Mississippi College in Clinton, it is a private college that was founded in 1826. Mississippi University for Women was the first public college for women and is located in Columbus, MS founded in 1884.
Mississippi College was the first institution to grant a degree to a woman in 1831 but it was a coeducational institution and a private institution.
Yeah when he said Clinton I was confused. I took a couple of dual enrollment classes at MUW when I was in high school. It may be a small campus compared to other universities but it is a very beautiful campus.
Thank you for posting this! As soon as they said MC in Clinton I was like “No! No!” Excellent summary and kudos to both outstanding universities.
I thought the same thing! MC is great, but it’s not MUW. Mac is also a Baptist College that draws people from all over.
I was like not Clinton, it's The "W".
You guys just make me smile and laugh! I was even shouting at my screen! HA!
That was so much fun! I joined in on question #2! Please make another "battle" for each state!! I learned a lot about the lesser known facts! Thank you, thank you very much!
I didn't expect this to be so much fun. :)
This is the crossover we y'all *needed*
Dang, Elvis HASN'T left the room! This was fun and I actually learned some stuff about Mississippi (not that I particularly wanted to know).
I was going to make that joke, or similar, Elvis, hasn't left the building.
I agree but I live here and I’m so happy to finally find a video that doesn’t just make fun of my state just because of some stereotypes about our state
@@jfarrow781 you're right, poor Mississippi often gets a bad rap!
I think I'm stuck between the game of Pictionary and Trivial Pursuit. Nice artwork on the fly! 💖🤣
Oh Lord, I’m from MS and I would have embarrassed myself during this trivia.
Same lol
Elvis needs to be a regular.
This was better than I thought it would be.😂
“Did the river come before the state or did the state come before the river?”
Oh Lord. How do I say this nicely in my Mississippi mother tongue?
Bless her heart.
This was Sooooo much fun!!! Loved it!!
Sooo loved this !!! Thank You Thank you very much ❤️
This is one of the best Its a Southern Thing videos. Loved it.
Why you gotta make me miss where I just left to go live elsewhere? Seriously, though.. I thoroughly enjoyed my time living in MS and miss it. Lots of beautiful scenery, lovely folks and yeah, the occasional hurricane and/or tornado. :)
So much fun to watch! Thanks!
This was great a d so much fun...Please do more like this!
I love the guy playing Elvis! Such a fun video and great chemistry between all 4 people.
Best channel on TH-cam!!
That was a lot of fun you should do more like this
Just got back from Vegas. We stayed at the Westgate which used to be the Hilton and before that was The International where Elvis stayed and performed live for months at a time in Vegas. My souvenir ? Of course a T shirt with Elvis on it ! 💋
I like how they just picked up a random Elvis impersonator off the streets of Las Vegas and just went with it.
Actually if its who i think it is he lives in Birmingham, al.
Born and raised in Gulfport and so happy to know so many of these answers
Y'all should've bribed Elvis with a fried Peanut Butter & Banana sandwich.
If you knew anything about Ayulvis, it's"fried peanut butter 'n' ' nanner sammiches".
@@doughesson Banner sammiches? Just don't make them angry; Elvis wouldn't like them when they're angry... 😺
@@HariSeldon913 Dang stubby thick fingers hit the b instead of the n.
Thanks
@@doughesson Well we do have Thick Stubby fingers down South. Esp here in Louisiana!
Looks like he's already had a few! 😆
Man! Thanks for the LOLs! I haven't laughed this much in a while!
The first question: has two choices with river
It's a Southern Thing: *lAnD*
Ah yes, perfect logic
Fun fact: The Ojibwe, where the name of the state came from, aren't even from Mississippi! They're from the Midwest and Canada, where they are the second largest of the First Nations. Michigan is also a state name of Ojibwe origin. It is the gallicized (French) variant of the Ojibwe word mishigama, which means "large lake"
Obviously the river came before the state even though neither was named until the European settlements started.
Are you making stuff up, because you know we don't know? lol
@@HappyLife693 No, they're correct.
I love this elvis!!! Amazing
Who else was yelling at the screen when they asked his birthday?
All I knew was that he was born in January
If Elvis only wrote sad songs
He would've been known as Elvis Depressley
A definite fail in the Elvis trivia there. Maybe you should check which songs he actually wrote.
That was a lot of fun!
You tied Elvis. You can never beat Elvis. Thank you, thank you very mutch.
Elvis got the answer about the first public women’s college in the United States, but it was not Mississippi College in Clinton. I am an alumni from it, Mississippi State College for Women was founded in 1884. I attended from 1975-1980 when it became Mississippi University for Women.
@Don C don’t worry about it, it has been co-Ed for a long time now. I don’t remember the exact year, but I attended in 1975 and I believe their were a few men enrolled then.
It did not become co-Ed until 1981 when a male nursing student sued for admittance and won. It is in terrible shape now and has lost its character. Many dorms have been demolished.
I really enjoyed watching the trivia contest.
This was fun! Do this again with Georgia being one of the first 13 American colonies!
There's a brand new water tower on HWY61 at Leland with a big Kermit painted on it.
What fun! Thanks guys.
Well played, Elvis. Well played.
🤣🤣🤣😍 we a dang mess. Also A WHOLE LOT OF US PRONOUNCE IT MI'SIPPI 😅 js. Tha Sip
Sip
Gang gang 😎
🤣
That was enjoyable!
When my sister saw Elvis on TV, she would French kiss the television screen. You might say, “No big deal,” but I had to clean that dad gum screen! She has an alter, complete with candles, as an homage to this man! 😏
Loved it!
There should be an Arkansas trivia game
with a Johnny Cash impersonator.
Do one for every southern state. This was fun to watch!
Way to find Mississippi's most flattering ranking. No hate, I'm just saying
As someone from Mississippi, yes we tend to rank very high on the list of many bad things… 😓
We need more Elvis vs the southern thing
That was fun to watch!
I started not to watch this; thinking it would be to stupid to put up with.
By the end, I was cheering for chunky elvis
merry christmas y’all
This was Awesome!!👍😁
Best video yet
That was fun!
Congratulations y'all I have been entertained
Shoutout Meridian, MS my home town 😂😂
I think it would be awesome and educational if you did this with every "official" Southern state!!
Is nobody gonna mention that they put the wrong answer for the international ballet competition question? Cuz they put C for lacrosse instead of B for fishing
This should be a series.....impersonator from ever southern state vs IAST
My favorite Michigan joke: Spell "Mississippi".
(The river or the state?)
That was fun 😄.
My nephew’s wife, her dad is a famous Elvis impersonator, he even had a movie made of his life
I gotta thank Johnny Cash for the first answer. The only answer I got right.
A!! Jan 8, 1935. Same b'day as David Bowie's; & he was 1 yr. Older than my Mom!!! 💖💖💖 That's how I remember Elvis' Birthday!!!
Mississippian here. I got all but 2 right...and I knew about Elvis's birthdate (living in Pontotoc County right next to Tupelo has an advantage).
About the Mississippi River question about how long it would take,... exactly from what starting point? Itasca Lake in Minnesota? Actually, in looking this up, I was surprised the Mississippi River extends up into Minnesota. I thought it ended around Wyalusing, WI since I live in Wisconsin and have been to Wyalusing State Park looking at where the Mississippi trails off into the Wisconsin River. I guess, I didn't see the part that keeps going north.
They probably dropped a plastic ball with a tracker in the river to track the water flow.
We moved to Mississippi, Jackson and Richland respectively, so that my dad could work on the radio station, WSLI, back in the 80’s.
Matt: "Everybody's a Winner when Mississippi's involved."
Me: "Really, because I can name a lot of stuff Mississippi isn't a winner at.
But those are too easy!
He Did The Thing!😅
I’m actually from Tupelo, Mississippi same with Elvis!!!
Yes. First college for women is correct. MSCW (Mississippi State College for Women) in Columbus. Now it is MUW. Not Mississippi College. That is (or was) a Baptist college.
Thanks for all the nice things y’all said about Mississippi! Love what y’all do!
Candy Corn does seemed like it appeared out nowhere. Like someone wished for a really sweet corn like candy from some evil genie.
I like candy corn.
Mix it pound for pound with boiled peanuts & it tastes just like a Payday candy bar.
Elvis still has a house in Tennessee
Where?
@@doughesson did you ever hear of. GRACELAND, in Memphis…
@@anitapennington6195 Somewhere here in Memphis?
Nope.Where would it be?
I’m from Mississippi and I personally got all of these right
I love this Elvis
When I went to Israel, I was impressed that the Palestine Arabs could speak Hebrew, Arabic, Aramaic, and English. And yes, when they learn English, they do the Mississippi rhyme. A lot of foreigners like the name
Wooooo. Mississippi. Cool trivia. I knew most of those.
I hope all y’all are gonna be safe in the storm love from Georgia
I'm standing strong from living in Memphis for 3 years and never going to Graceland.
Stenis space center close to interstate 10 at. The East side of Mississippi almost at Louisiana where they test Rocket engines
As someone who is bingeing on watching In the Heat of the Night... I got the first (don't know how I remembered) and last one right (answered the whole date before the question was finished)
I know ITHOTN was filmed in Georgia. Yee Haw!
If it makes y’all feel any better I’m born and raised in MS and It’s A Southern Thing answered more correctly than I did. 😂
This is so funny, the only answer I knew was Elvis's birthday. I'm also in Washington state, so there's that.
Elvis, come back!
David lee is definitely a true tribute artist
Page 14 of the Walker County History book, thank you.
Ya… I’m from MS, and I said Belzoni incorrectly until someone from Clarksdale corrected me. 🤷🏻♀️
Belzonah...just like Missourah.....it's definitely a southern thing. David Lee.....Elvis!!!
Buddy Holly has left the room
Hah, the only reason I knew Elvis’s birthday is because it’s the same as my mom’s!