How Well Do You Know New Orleans?

Which general is honored with a statue in the heart of the French Quarter?

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Andrew Jackson

• Stonewall Jackson

The Cafe du Monde, which has been operating since the 1800s, is famous for serving what New Orleans specialty?

• Beignets

• Gumbo

• Jambalaya

Preservation Hall is famous for what kind of musical performances?

• Jazz

• Blues

• Gospel

In the early 1900s, New Orleans had a notorious red-light district known as:

• Little Amsterdam

• Storyville

• Little Paris

New Orleans is famous for its Mardi Gras celebration. Mardi Gras marks the beginning of what season?

• Easter

• Christmas

• Lent

In 2005, flooding from Hurricane Katrina devastated what part of the city?

• Lower Ninth Ward

• French Quarter

• Garden District

Which author immortalized the city in the play "A Streetcar Named Desire"?

• Arthur Miller

• Tennessee Williams

• Stanley Kowalski

Which musician famously sang "Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans"?

• Cab Calloway

• Duke Ellington

• Louis Armstrong

New Orleans sits below sea level and is surrounded by three bodies of water: the Mississippi River, the Gulf of Mexico and:

• Yazoo River

• Lake Chartres

• Lake Pontchartrain

New Orleans's professional football team is known as the:

• Kings

• Saints

• Lords

What classic movie was filmed, in part, in one of the famous cemeteries of New Orleans?

• On the Waterfront

• Cool Hand Luke

• Easy Rider

Which National Historic Park in New Orleans has the oldest collection of oak trees in the country?

• Jackson Square

• Canal Street

• City Park

Which street in the French Quarter is a popular tourist attraction famous for its night-life, lined with bars, cabarets, and restaurants?

• Decatur Street

• Bourbon Street

• Royal Street

What country were the first European settlers in New Orleans from?

• France

• Spain

• Denmark

Which building in New Orleans is the World's largest steel-constructed room unobstructed by poles?

• The Millennium Dome

• The Superdome

• Reliant Stadium