Quiz
1. What National Historic Park in New Orleans has the oldest collection of oak trees in the country?
2. What street in the French Quarter is a popular tourist attraction famous for its night-life, lined with bars, cabarets, and restaurants?
3. What music festival has taken place in New Orleans every spring since 1970?
4. Café du Monde in the French Quarter is famous for serving what pastry dusted with powdered sugar?
5. What famous cathedral is located in the Place John II neighborhood of the historic French Quarter?
6. The first European settlers in New Orleans were from what country?
7. What hurricane struck New Orleans in 2005, displacing a million people and killing almost 1,800?
8. What building in New Orleans is the World's largest steel-constructed room unobstructed by poles?
9. Which of the following Universities is not located in New Orleans?
10. What famous New Orleans festival, also called "Fat Tuesday," is celebrated with parades, costumes, and beads?
1. What National Historic Park in New Orleans has the oldest collection of oak trees in the country?
City Park.
2. What street in the French Quarter is a popular tourist attraction famous for its night-life, lined with bars, cabarets, and restaurants?
Bourbon Street.
3. What music festival has taken place in New Orleans every spring since 1970?
Jazz Fest.
4. Café du Monde in the French Quarter is famous for serving what pastry dusted with powdered sugar?
Beignets.
5. What famous cathedral is located in the Place John II neighborhood of the historic French Quarter?
St. Louis Cathedral.
6. The first European settlers in New Orleans were from what country?
France.
7. What hurricane struck New Orleans in 2005, displacing a million people and killing almost 1,800?
Hurricane Katrina.
8. What building in New Orleans is the World's largest steel-constructed room unobstructed by poles?
The Superdome.
9. Which of the following Universities is not located in New Orleans?
Vanderbilt University.
10. What famous New Orleans festival, also called "Fat Tuesday," is celebrated with parades, costumes, and beads?
Mardi Gras.