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

Stonewall Jackson
Andrew Jackson
Dwight Eisenhower

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

Jambalaya
Gumbo
Beignets

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Hmm, I don't think so. 😔

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Preservation Hall is famous for what kind of musical performances?

Gospel
Blues
Jazz

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

Little Amsterdam
Storyville
Little Paris

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I'm afraid that wasn't it. 😔

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

Easter
Christmas
Lent

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

06 Lower Ninth Ward

French Quarter
Garden District
Lower Ninth Ward

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

07 Tennessee Williams

Arthur Miller
Stanley Kowalski
Tennessee Williams

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

08 Louis Armstrong

Duke Ellington
Cab Calloway
Louis Armstrong

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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

Yazoo River
Lake Pontchartrain
Lake Chartres

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

10 Saints

Kings
Lords
Saints

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

11 Easy Rider

Easy Rider
On the Waterfront
Cool Hand Luke

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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

Decatur Street
Royal Street
Bourbon Street

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

14 France

France
Spain
Denmark

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

15 The Superdome

The Millennium Dome
The Superdome
Reliant Stadium

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