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History of Louisiana - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 8,714 times
- The average score is 11 of 16
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| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| What hurricane devastated New Orleans in 2005? | Katrina | 93%
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| What country controlled Louisiana from 1762-1800? | Spain | 91%
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| Who was President when the United States bought Louisiana from France in 1803? | Thomas Jefferson | 87%
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| What jazz trumpeter was born in New Orleans on August 4, 1901? | Louis Armstrong | 83%
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| Who was the leader of France that sold it? | Napoleon | 83%
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| What famous bank robbing couple were machine-gunned to death in Bienville Parish in 1934? | Bonnie and Clyde | 82%
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| What company was responsible for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010? | BP | 77%
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| The Battle of New Orleans took place in January 1815. What war was that battle a part of? | War of 1812 | 76%
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| 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%
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| What group of people settled in Louisiana after being exiled from eastern Canada in the 1700s? | Acadians (Cajuns) | 69%
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| What brand of hot sauce has been made by the McIlhenny Company of Avery Island since 1868? | Tabasco | 63%
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| Who was the victorious American general at that battle? | Andrew Jackson | 61%
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| What day was declared an official state holiday in 1875? | Mardi Gras | 57%
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| What stadium sheltered 10,000 people during that hurricane? | The Superdome | 54%
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| What depression-era governor, nicknamed "Kingfish", was assassinated in 1935? | Huey Long | 35%
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| What disease killed nearly 8,000 New Orleans residents during a 1853 outbreak? | Yellow Fever | 24%
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