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State Quiz - Louisiana

Can you guess these facts about the U.S. state of Louisiana?
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Last updated: July 15, 2015
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Largest city
New Orleans
State capital
Baton Rouge
Third largest city
Shreveport
Louisiana's version of a county
Parish
Longest river
Mississippi
Hurricane that struck in 2005
Katrina
State bird
Brown Pelican
President who made the
Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson
Louisiana is on this ocean gulf
Gulf of Mexico
Company that spilled oil
in that gulf in 2010
BP
Term for a marshy lake or
slow-moving river
Bayou
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French ethnic group
Cajuns
Afro-American religion
Voodoo
Avery Island hot sauce brand
Tabasco
TV show about vampires in the
fictional town of Bon Temps
True Blood
French for "Fat Tuesday"
Mardi Gras
General who won the
Battle of New Orleans in 1815
Andrew Jackson
Proper way to spell "Go Saints"
Geaux Saints
Name of LSU's sports teams
Tigers
Chain of fried chicken restaurants
that is "Louisiana fast"
Popeye's
What is andouille?
a Sausage
What is a muffaletta?
a Sandwich
41 Comments
+8
Level 92
Jul 15, 2015
Can we put "Proper" in quotation marks as well?
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Level 61
Dec 20, 2016
I'm from Baton Rouge and I can't stand when people spell go like that. The spelling has even made it to our government -- the website that Louisianians use to register to vote and get election information is www.geauxvote.com
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Level 69
Feb 9, 2021
I agree. I'm a Saints fan, but I'm also French, and if you were trying to spell it the French way, you'd need to spell it "gueaux", otherwise, that G in front of an E makes a soft G instead of the hard G you want. "Geaux", in addition to being nonsensical in French, is pronounced "joe".
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Level 69
Feb 9, 2021
Interesting... very first comment is on French spelling. And from Louisiana too! I agree. Allez-y les Saints!
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Level 51
Feb 9, 2021
Nah man no quotation marks needed it is true in Louisiana
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Level 59
Oct 18, 2015
TWO hurricanes slammed into Louisiana in 2005: Katrina and Rita. Also a bayou is never a marshy lake. It may flow into a marshy lake or swamp or it may flow through a wetland, but it is a small, slow-moving, muddy river.
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Level 89
Apr 21, 2019
And which one is world famous and in school kids' history books forevermore?

Jeesh.

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Level 43
Nov 20, 2020
Some bayous are marshy lakes, but they started out as tidal rivers and turned to lakes through erosion. They just never changed the name. Kinda like how Lake Borgne is a bay, not a lake. You can see that a lot in St. Bernard and Plaquemines.
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Level 79
Oct 19, 2015
Muffaleta is a kind of bread...
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Level 74
Nov 17, 2015
...and also a sandwich.
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Level 75
Dec 5, 2015
Tabasco is not a brand, it's a variety. McIlhenny, for example, is a brand.
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Level ∞
Dec 5, 2015
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabasco_sauce
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Level 88
Dec 6, 2015
It's definitely a brand. It may also be a variety, but most people that live in Louisiana would refer to it as the brand. If you were to ask for Tabasco Sauce at a restaurant, they may reply that they don't carry it, but that they carry Crystal (Or Louisiana) hot sauce instead.
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Level 48
Aug 30, 2016
Seconded. I tried McIlhenny first, then Tabasco.
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Level 74
Dec 5, 2015
Can you possibly accept Catrina? They're basically two ways to spell the same name...
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Level 75
Dec 5, 2015
I wouldn't have thought so, no. The hurricanes are basically named in alphabetical order, so the fact it began with 'K' was significant.
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Level 48
Apr 14, 2016
Born in Louisiana but grew up out west, I didn't discover the muffaletta till I was 35. That's some good stuff.
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Level 84
Jun 19, 2016
A Bayou, is actually a river that flows in both directions depending upon outside factors such as weather and tides. It does not have to be marshy, and it can move swiftly, slowly, or stand still at different times. Many bayous in Louisiana (and elsewhere in the world) look like rivers, and have no marsh grasses, Cypress trees, etc. in them. They may pass through swamps or marshes.
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Level 52
Feb 7, 2017
As a Louisianian, I'm ashamed I missed the two foods...got everything else, though!
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Level 25
May 22, 2017
You spelled tobasco wrong idoit
+3
Level 83
Apr 10, 2018
Geez, who is the "idoit"? Trouble spelling "tobasco" yourself?
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Level 89
Jul 31, 2018
I think that joke was over your head.
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Level 43
Jan 30, 2019
r/whoooosh
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Level 66
Jun 11, 2018
Creoles should be accepted for Cajuns.
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Level 72
Mar 19, 2019
Not necessarily. Creole in Louisiana can indicate and include Spanish ancestry as well as French. Cajun is exclusively French.
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Level 21
Mar 6, 2019
Wait...im was born Metairie Live In Shreveport
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Level 75
Sep 6, 2019
The "proper" way to spell the largest city is "N'awlins"
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Level 33
Jan 31, 2023
No one spells or pronounces it like that, unless they are from out of state.
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Level 51
Nov 20, 2020
I was gonna type "bog" for the bayou question. Right after I typed B I reached for the O, but accidently pressed P instead. I got the question above it.
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Level 91
Feb 9, 2021
Man, now I'm craving Popeye's...
+3
Level 74
Feb 9, 2021
I believe it's spelled Popeyes with out the apostrophe
+2
Level 67
Feb 9, 2021
knew much more than expected
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Level 75
Feb 9, 2021
Funny that this is on the front page same day as Mardi Gras
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Level 77
Jul 28, 2021
i think that was probably deliberate...
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Level 76
Feb 11, 2021
I think "vodou" is the most commonly accepted spelling.
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Level 70
Mar 7, 2021
no
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Level 48
Mar 6, 2022
No, it's just voodoo. At least, I've never seen it spelled vodou in my time living in Louisiana.
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Level 48
Mar 6, 2022
As a New Orleans resident, I feel that NOLA should be an accepted answer for the most populous city as that is a very common abbreviation here.
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Level 26
Apr 26, 2022
I live here and I only got 64%
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Level 60
Jan 16, 2023
Shouldn't African Methodist Episcopal (or AME) be accepted for "Afro-American religion"?
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Level 56
Apr 23, 2023
I just love that chicken from Popeyes