I wouldn't put it past your average american, wing nut or otherwise.  I had a wonderful Spanish exchange student some years back, she used to come home exasperated when idiots would ask her stupid stuff.  I can still see her shaking her head and saying, "Do you know what someone asked me today?  He asked me if we have cars in Spain! I told him 'No, we have horses and carts."

I think very few Americans would understand that Georgia in Europe was even comparable to Georgia in the South.

"I said, 'Wait a minute, Chester, You know I'm a peaceful man...'" Robbie Robertson