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

Stonewall Jackson
Dwight Eisenhower
Andrew Jackson

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

Beignets
Gumbo
Jambalaya

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Nope, sorry. 😢

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Preservation Hall is famous for what kind of musical performances?

Gospel
Jazz
Blues

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Nope, sorry. 😢

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

Storyville
Little Amsterdam
Little Paris

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

Christmas
Lent
Easter

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

06 Lower Ninth Ward

Lower Ninth Ward
French Quarter
Garden District

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

07 Tennessee Williams

Stanley Kowalski
Tennessee Williams
Arthur Miller

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

08 Louis Armstrong

Cab Calloway
Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington

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

09 Lake Pontchartrain

Lake Pontchartrain
Lake Chartres
Yazoo River

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

10 Saints

Saints
Lords
Kings

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Nope, sorry. 😢

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

11 Easy Rider

On the Waterfront
Cool Hand Luke
Easy Rider

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

12 City Park

Jackson Square
City Park
Canal Street

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

13 Bourbon Street

Royal Street
Decatur Street
Bourbon Street

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

14 France

Denmark
Spain
France

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

15 The Superdome

The Superdome
Reliant Stadium
The Millennium Dome

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