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Exploring New Orleans: A Quiz on History and Culture

Test your knowledge about New Orleans with this engaging quiz covering its history, culture, and notable figures.

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1 Who played Henry Ferber in the movie New Orleans?

2 What does the following picture show? Esplanade Avenue at Burgundy Street, looking lakewards (1900) A view of the New Orleans Central Business District as seen from the Mississippi River (2007) French Quarter, 2002

3 The population density of New Orleans: How many people are there per square kilometre?

4 How many feet above sea level is New Orleans?

5 What role did Jack Lambert play in the movie New Orleans?

6 Who played Biff Lewis in the movie New Orleans?

7 During the last campaign of the ________, the British sent a force of 11,000 troops in an attempt to capture New Orleans.

8 Who played Billy Slade in the movie New Orleans?

9 Who played Grace Voiselle in the movie New Orleans?

10 What timezone is New Orleans in?

💡 Interesting Facts

  • nineteeth-century entrepreneur Maunsel White (pictured) of New Orleans invented a wine sauce in honor of his friend Andrew Jackson that is still manufactured today.
  • in June 1994 the NBA blocked the sale of the Minnesota Timberwolves to a group seeking to move the franchise to New Orleans, thus keeping the Timberwolves in Minneapolis.
  • no commercial boat has beaten the steamboat Robert E. Lee's 1870 speed record between New Orleans and St. Louis of 90 hours and 14 minutes to this day.
  • the New Orleans-based family of master plasterer Earl Barthé has specialized in historical and decorative plasterwork since 1850.
  • three members of the Hot 8 Brass Band have died as a result of gun violence in New Orleans.
  • the Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts is the first of three major theaters in New Orleans, USA, to reopen since Hurricane Katrina struck the city in August 2005.
  • head coach Chris Scelfo's Tulane football team was forced to play all eleven of its games in different cities during the 2005 season after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans.
  • chef Austin Leslie (pictured), known as the Godfather of Fried Chicken, died in Atlanta after being evacuated from New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
  • ImageAmerica provided Google Earth with high resolution black and white images of New Orleans immediately after the events of Hurricane Katrina.
  • Bruce Spizer, a New Orleans tax attorney, wrote 2,592 questions for a special Beatles edition of the board game Trivial Pursuit.
  • James Wayne "Jim" Tucker of suburban New Orleans will in 2008 become the first Republican Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives since Reconstruction.
  • St. Patrick's Church was the first Catholic parish established in New Orleans outside the French Quarter, so that Irish immigrants would have a parish that was not dominated by French-speaking Creoles.
  • before Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, the United Teachers of New Orleans was the largest trade union in the city.
  • as Hurricane Katrina approached New Orleans it underwent an eyewall replacement cycle that caused it to decrease in intensity but increase in diameter.
  • New Orleans Creole chef Leah Chase owns a restaurant named Dooky Chase which has served as a gallery for an extensive African American art collection since the 1950s, was a gathering place for Civil Rights leaders.
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