State Quiz - Mississippi - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
U.S. states that border Mississippi	Alabama	97%
U.S. states that border Mississippi	Louisiana	95%
U.S. states that border Mississippi	Arkansas	93%
Hurricane that killed 238 people in the state in 2005	Katrina	92%
This crop was "king" in Mississippi prior to the Civil War	Cotton	91%
State capital	Jackson	91%
U.S. states that border Mississippi	Tennessee	91%
63% of Mississippians attend this nearly every week, the most of any state	Church	88%
In 2020, Mississippi removed this symbol from its state flag	{Confederate} Battle Flag	86%
As of 2010, this group comprised 37% of Mississippi's population, more than in any other state	African-Americans	77%
Beverage made from sarsparilla first produced by Edward Adolf Barq in 1898	Root Beer	61%
State nickname (Hint: a flower)	The {Magnolia} State	60%
Name one of the three most populous cities on Mississippi's Gulf Coast	Gulfport / Biloxi / Pascagoula	56%
City where Elvis was born in 1935	Tupelo	51%
During the Civil War, Grant's capture of this city allowed the North to control the entire length of the Mississippi River	Vicksburg	41%
Style of blues music that originated in Mississippi	{Delta} Blues	39%
Actor / narrator who owns a blues club in Clarksdale	Morgan Freeman	37%
TV host born in Kosciusko in 1954	Oprah Winfrey	35%
Author of "The Sound and the Fury" and "Absalom, Absalom!"	William Faulkner	33%
Singer born in McComb in 1981	Britney Spears	28%

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