| 1. | Mississippi was the ____ state in the union. |
| a. | | 5th |
| b. | | 12th |
| c. | | 20th |
| d. | | 34th
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| 2. | What is the capital city of Mississippi? |
| a. | | Jackson |
| b. | | Bioxi |
| c. | | Hattiesburg |
| d. | | Tupelo
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| 3. | The world's oldest Holiday in is located in this Mississippi town. |
| a. | | Biloxi |
| b. | | Oxford |
| c. | | Jackson |
| d. | | Clarksdale
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| 4. | Which of the following does not border Mississippi? |
| a. | | Louisiana |
| b. | | Alabama |
| c. | | Tennessee |
| d. | | Florida
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| 5. | In 2005, what was the population of Mississippi? |
| a. | | 1.2 million |
| b. | | 2.4 million |
| c. | | 2.9 million |
| d. | | 3.2 million
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| 6. | The majority of Mississippi residents are white. What is the next most common ethnicity? |
| a. | | American Indian |
| b. | | Hispanic |
| c. | | Black |
| d. | | Asian American
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| 7. | Mississippi is the poorest state in the nation. |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False
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| 8. | In what Mississippi town was Elvis born? |
| a. | | Tupelo |
| b. | | Biloxi |
| c. | | Jackson |
| d. | | Pescagoula
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| 9. | The Mississippi River is the ___ largest in the United States. |
| a. | | Second |
| b. | | Fourth |
| c. | | Sixth |
| d. | | First
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| 10. | How old is the Petrified Forest in Flora, Mississipppi? |
| a. | | 2 million years |
| b. | | 20 million years |
| c. | | 36 million years |
| d. | | 6,000 years
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| 11. | In what town in Mississippi was Oprah Winfrey born? |
| a. | | Bay St. Louis |
| b. | | Kosciusko |
| c. | | Clinton |
| d. | | Tupelo
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| 12. | What soft drink was first bottled and sold in Mississippi? |
| a. | | Pepsi Cola |
| b. | | Fanta |
| c. | | Coca Cola |
| d. | | A & W root beeer
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| 13. | In what year did Theodore Roosevelt refuse to shoot a captured bear in Mississippi on a hunting expedition, thereby giving rise to the new invention, the teddy bear? |
| a. | | 1900 |
| b. | | 1902 |
| c. | | 1901 |
| d. | | 1920
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| 14. | The Mississippi flag colors are what? |
| a. | | Red, white, blue |
| b. | | Red, white |
| c. | | Orange, blue |
| d. | | Orange, blue, white
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| 15. | Mississippi has two nicknames: the Hospitality State and the ______ State. |
| a. | | Golden |
| b. | | Magnolia |
| c. | | Southern |
| d. | | Friendly
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| 16. | What is mississippi's favorite snack? |
| a. | | Fried chicken |
| b. | | Catfish |
| c. | | Pecans |
| d. | | Hushpuppies
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| 17. | What dessert is mississippi famous for? |
| a. | | Brownies |
| b. | | Coconut cream pie |
| c. | | Mississippi mud pie |
| d. | | Pecan pie
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| 18. | What is the mississippi drink? |
| a. | | Orange juice |
| b. | | Milk |
| c. | | Friut punch |
| d. | | grape juice
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| 19. | What is the biggest city in Mississippi? |
| a. | | Gulfport |
| b. | | Jackson |
| c. | | Tupelo |
| d. | | Natchez
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| 20. | How many coastal counties are in Mississippi? |
| a. | | 4 |
| b. | | 2 |
| c. | | 6 |
| d. | | 3
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| 21. | how many counties does mississippi have |
| a. | | 82 |
| b. | | 84 |
| c. | | 100 |
| d. | | 200
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| 22. | what famous football player is from mississippi? |
| a. | | eli manning |
| b. | | micheal vick |
| c. | | brett farve |
| d. | | both a and c
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What others think about Mississippi |
| By: Sophie Taylor on Feb 25, 2011 |
| | Did you know that :
The first brige to get built across the missisippi river was in 1855 |
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| By: LaTonja on Jan 22, 2010 |
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| By: jayne on Jan 4, 2010 |
| | Mississippi's gulf coast is great! Many talented people here. Lot's of history... |
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| By: Robert on Aug 17, 2009 |
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| By: Peter Drackett on Jul 6, 2009 |
| | It has a vary wide variety of scenery |
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| By: jeremy on Aug 8, 2008 |
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| By: Candace and William on Jul 26, 2008 |
| | its tootin hot down here!!! |
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