Statistics for History of Louisiana

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What hurricane devastated New Orleans in 2005?	Katrina	93%
What country controlled Louisiana from 1762-1800?	Spain	91%
Who was President when the United States bought Louisiana from France in 1803?	Thomas Jefferson	87%
What jazz trumpeter was born in New Orleans on August 4, 1901?	Louis Armstrong	83%
Who was the leader of France that sold it?	Napoleon	83%
What famous bank robbing couple were machine-gunned to death in Bienville Parish in 1934?	Bonnie and Clyde	82%
What company was responsible for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010?	BP	77%
The Battle of New Orleans took place in January 1815. What war was that battle a part of?	War of 1812	76%
What house in New Orleans has been the "ruin of many a poor girl", according to the folk song?	House of the {Rising} {Sun}	73%
What group of people settled in Louisiana after being exiled from eastern Canada in the 1700s?	Acadians (Cajuns)	69%
What brand of hot sauce has been made by the McIlhenny Company of Avery Island since 1868?	Tabasco	63%
Who was the victorious American general at that battle?	Andrew Jackson	61%
What day was declared an official state holiday in 1875?	Mardi Gras	58%
What stadium sheltered 10,000 people during that hurricane?	The Superdome	54%
What depression-era governor, nicknamed "Kingfish", was assassinated in 1935?	Huey Long	35%
What disease killed nearly 8,000 New Orleans residents during a 1853 outbreak?	Yellow Fever	24%