Talk doesn’t believe that anybody should have made fun of Gov. Mark Sanford last week just because he couldn’t correctly identify South Carolina’s top agricultural product during an appearance on MSNBC’s “Hardball.”

Gov. Sanford probably just got distracted by blowhard host Chris Matthews’ screaming at the top of his lungs as he always does.

Plus it’s not as if we knew the answer either. Our guess probably would have been something like Slim Jims.

Sanford, however, first gave timber as an answer, then tried tomatoes. Both were, as Alex Trebek likes to say, incorrect.

(We’d never suggest — as we heard some people whisper — that Sanford might have gotten the answer right if he had attended public schools.)

The right answer? Broilers, as in chickens, followed by greenhouses and nurseries, turkeys and tobacco. (We’re pretty sure Slim Jims must rank fifth.)

But the entire episode got us thinking that many folks probably don’t know as much about their native state as they should. So we have devised a little home-grown quiz to test your knowledge of all things Palmetto. Give it a try.

Just remember, though, that you’ll have no “Millionaire” lifelines such as Ask the Audience, 50:50, or Phone-a-Friend.

1. What is the state reptile? a)lounge lizard; b) garter snake; c) loggerhead sea turtle; d)Froggy on “The Little Rascals”

2. What is the state bird? a)broilers; b) fighting gamecocks; c) Foghorn Leghorn; d) Carolina wren

3. What is the state flower? a)Yellow Jessamine; b) Orange Julius; c) Black Sabbath; d) Blue Sky

4. What is the state song? a)“Hail! South Dakota” b) “Ain’t Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)” c) the theme from “2001: A Space Odyssey” d)“Carolina”

5. What is the state stone? a)cubic zirconia; b) blue granite; c) Mick Jagger; d) gravel

6. What is the state animal? a)whitetail deer; b) Bomber the Mouse; c) legislative weasel; d)dead skunk in the middle of the road

7. What is the state fish? a)Charlie the Tuna; b) the Gay Dolphin; c) striped bass; d)polka-dotted bass

8. What is the state dance? a)the Hustle; b) the Shag; c) the Electric Slide; d) the Solar Clog

9. What is the state beverage? a) milk; b) Blenheim ginger ale; c)contaminated well water; d) RC Cola.

10. What is the state hospitality beverage? a) Jack Daniel’s; b)Zima; c) whatever’s in your brown bag; d) tea

11. What is the state insect? a)flying cockroach; b) Carolina mantis; c) deer tick; d) Congaree mosquito

12. What is the state grass? a)Astroturf; b) a hybrid of Kentucky Bluegrass, Featherbed Bent and Northern California Sensimilla; c) Indian grass; d)centipede

13. What is the state dog? a)Boykin spaniel; b) Citadel bulldog; c) Taco Bell Chihuahua; d) Snoop Dogg

14. What is the state popular music? a) Sandhills music; b)mountain music; c) beach music; d) swamp music

15. What is the state fruit? a)mango; b) Froot Loops; c)lime on the rim of a Corona bottle; d)peach

OK, are you finished? Let’s review the answers. (That includes you, Gov. Sanford, just in case you make a return appearance on “Hardball.”)

1. c. 2. d. 3. a. 4. d. 5. b. 6. a. 7.c. 8. b. 9. a. 10. d. 11. b. 12. c. 13. a. 14. c. 15. d.

How did you do? Check the grading scale:

1 to 5 right: Even you could be on “Hardball.”

6 to 10 right: You’re eligible for an honorary degree from the state-supported college of your choice.

11 to 14 right: You must be historian Walter Edgar.

15 right: You’re the state’s new governor!