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CE QUIZ

(Earn 1 NVRA CE credit)
How much do you

know about New
Orleans? Take this
quiz to find out and
start learning more
about the history of
the “Big Easy.” Circle
the letter beside

each correct answer.

1. Which general is honored with a statue in the heart of 7. Which author immortalized the city in the play “A
the French Quarter? Streetcar Named Desire?”
a) Andrew Jackson b) Dwight Eisenhower a) Tennessee Williams b) Stanley Kowalski
c) Stonewall Jackson c) Arthur Miller

2. The Café du Monde, which has been operating since the 8. Which musician famously sand “Do You Know What it
1800s, is famous for serving what New Orleans Means to Miss New Orleans”?
specialty? a) Duke Ellington b) Louis Armstrong
a) Gumbo b) Beignets c) Cab Calloway
c) Jambalaya
9. New Orleans sits below sea level and is surrounded by
3. Preservation Hall is famous for what kind of musical three bodies of water: the Mississippi River, the Gulf of
performances? Mexico and:
a) Blues b) Jazz a) Yazoo River b) Lake Chartres
c) Gospel c) Lake Pontchartrain

4. In the early 1900s, New Orleans had a notorious 10. Which National Park in New Orleans has the oldest
red-light district known as: collection of oak trees in the country?
a) Little Paris b) Little Amsterdam a) Canal Street b) City Park
c) Storyville c) Jackson Square

5. New Orleans is famous for its Mardi Gras celebration. It 11. What country were the first European settlers in New
marks the beginning of what season? Orleans from?
a) Easter b) Christmas a) Denmark b) Spain
c) Lent c) France

6. In 2005, flooding from Hurricane Katrina devastated 12. Which building in New Orleans is the world’s largest
what part of the city? steel constructed room unobstructed by poles?
a) French Quarter b) Lower Ninth Ward a) Reliant Stadium b) The Millennium Dome
c) Garden District c) The Superdome
Source: Quizly.com

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Deadline for Submission: April 30, 2019