Answer: Lincoln
Of the four choices, Lincoln is the only president who was assassinated. The parish was actually named for President Lincoln. It was established as a parish during Reconstruction. Interestingly, Zachary Taylor is the only U. S. president who actually resided in Louisiana during his lifetime, but no parish is named for him.
From Quiz: Louisiana Parishes
Answer: Hurricanes
In 2008, Hurricane Gustav was the worst hurricane to hit Baton Rouge at the time, with winds over 100 mph.
From Quiz: Speaking of Baton Rouge...
Answer: Special Olympics
This was the only kind of Olympics that Louisiana has ever had there. It was held at the Louisiana State University (LSU).
From Quiz: Louisiana the Great
Answer: Louis Armstrong
The Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport was built just outside New Orleans in Kenner, Louisiana after World War II and was known as Moisant Field. It was renamed in July 2001 for Louis Armstrong to honour the centennial of his birth.
From Quiz: New Orleans - The Big Easy II
Answer: 18th
Louisiana is the 18th state. Louisiana became a member of the United States on April 30, 1812.
From Quiz: Facts about Louisiana
Answer: Louisiana iris
The bald cypress is the state tree, and magnolia is the state flower. As for daisy, it has nothing to do with Louisiana.
From Quiz: Louisiana Symbols
Answer: 1803
In December 1803 France turned Louisiana over to the USA. The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States.
From Quiz: Louisiana
Answer: 60 miles
Baton Rouge is in southeast Louisiana, approximately 60 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. The Mississippi River is on the eastern side.
From Quiz: Speaking of Baton Rouge...
Answer: War of 1812
This was the war that made Andrew Jackson very popular across America at that time. The battle started approximately two weeks after the War of 1812 had ended.
From Quiz: Louisiana the Great
Answer: Frenchmen Street
Frenchmen Street, a short walk downriver from the French Quarter, features a number of live music venues such as Snug Harbor, d.b.a, Blue Nile and Spotted Cat, where artists such as Coco Robicheaux, John Boutte, Ingrid Lucia, and Irvin Mayfield regularly perform. The street also has a variety of interesting restaurants and cafes.
From Quiz: New Orleans - The Big Easy II
Answer: Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge is French for "red stick". It got its name when French explorer Andre Penicaut spotted a red stick on the bluffs of the Mississippi River in about 1700.
From Quiz: Louisiana-The Pelican State
Answer: April 30, 1812
Louisiana became the 18th state on April 30, 1812.
From Quiz: Facts about Louisiana
Answer: american alligator
Because Louisiana is a swampy state, there are many alligators in the swamps of Louisiana.
From Quiz: Louisiana Symbols
Answer: Rural and Protestant
North Louisiana, consisting of cities like Shreveport and Monroe, mirrors other Southern States in culture and heritage. The Southern part of Louisiana, New Orleans, Lafayette etc. is a unique blend of many races and nationalities, including Cajuns, and Creole.
From Quiz: Louisiana
Answer: DeSoto
Marquette and Joliet were French explorers who traveled the Mississippi River more than 150 years after DeSoto's discovery. Coronado explored the southwestern United States. DeSoto himself never saw what is now DeSoto Parish. He died shortly after crossing the Mississippi River at least 150 miles from what would become the parish that bears his name. (Historians disagree about whether he died in Louisiana or in Arkansas.)
From Quiz: Louisiana Parishes
Answer: Red stick
Sieur d'Iberville, a French explorer who was taking an exploration party on the Mississippi River, saw a reddish cypress pole adorned with bloody animals. He called the pole and its location the "red stick".
From Quiz: Speaking of Baton Rouge...
Answer: Jazz
Louis Armstrong was one of the pioneers of jazz. He is one of the greatest jazz players to ever live.
From Quiz: Louisiana the Great
Answer: 4
The state songs are 'Give Me Louisiana' and 'You Are My Sunshine'. The second state song is 'State March Song'. 'Gifts of the Earth' is the official state environmental song.
From Quiz: Facts about Louisiana
Answer: brown pelican
The state bird is the brown pelican. You may find white or grayish pelicans but the brown pelican is the symbol of Louisiana.
From Quiz: Louisiana Symbols
Answer: Huey Long
Huey Long is perhaps the best known Governor of Louisiana. He ran a political machine that was undoubtedly corrupt, but also gave the state many improvements, such as paved roads, and free textbooks.
From Quiz: Louisiana
Answer: Cameron
Cameron Parish was, of course, not named for David Cameron. Instead, it was named for Simon Cameron, President Lincoln's first Secretary of War. Cameron Parish is one of the largest in area, but it is the least populated of all. Much of its land mass is made up of marshes and wetlands. In 1957 the parish was devastated by Hurricane Audrey which killed almost 500 people, most of them residents of Cameron Parish.
From Quiz: Louisiana Parishes
Answer: The Advocate
"The Advocate" has been published by Capital City Press. Capital City Press was founded by Charles P, Manship, Sr. and James Edmond. The paper was originally called "Democratic Advocate".
From Quiz: Speaking of Baton Rouge...
Answer: slow-moving river
The term most likely came from the local Choctaw language. It was first used by the English in Louisiana.
From Quiz: Louisiana the Great
Answer: Pat O'Brien's
A traditional Hurricane contains four ounces of rum, mixed with passion fruit juice, orange juice and lime juice and other undisclosed ingredients. Visitors to Pat O'Brien's can buy packages of Hurricane mix to take home.
From Quiz: New Orleans - The Big Easy II
Answer: Green Tree Frog
It is also known as the fried bacon frog, the cowbell frog, and the bell frog. The green treed frog lives in swamps, bayous, and other damp areas.
From Quiz: Louisiana-The Pelican State
Answer: blue, white, and gold
Red, white, and blue are the colors of the United States' flag.
From Quiz: Louisiana Symbols
Answer: Andrew Jackson
Jackson had help from the infamous pirate Jean Lafitte in defeating the British. The battle actually occured after the War of 1812 was already over. No telephones in those days.
From Quiz: Louisiana
Answer: St. Mary
St. Mary is one of eight Louisiana parishes named for saints. The southern half of the state is very French and very Catholic. St. Mary Parish is one of the coastal parishes in the state with an economy that relies heavily on oil and on seafood.
From Quiz: Louisiana Parishes
Answer: LSU Tigers
LSU Tigers represent Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. They compete in three difference conferences: The Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Their mascot is Mike the Tiger.
From Quiz: Speaking of Baton Rouge...
Answer: New Orleans
New Orleans also has the largest metro area in Louisiana. New Orleans was founded in 1718 by the French Mississippi Company under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville.
From Quiz: Louisiana the Great
Answer: Old Square
The French Quarter is an area of 78 square blocks that are the oldest part of New Orleans. Although the name is French, most of the French Quarter was built during the period when the Spanish controlled New Orleans.
From Quiz: New Orleans - The Big Easy II
Answer: Shreveport
It is held every year in October.
From Quiz: Louisiana-The Pelican State
Answer: Spanish
While originally constructed in the French style, a fire in the late 1700s led to a rebuilding of the structures during Spanish rule.
From Quiz: New Orleans
Answer: Sugar Bowl
The Sugar Bowl is played each year on New Year's Day at the Superdome in New Orleans.
From Quiz: Facts about Louisiana
Answer: crawfish
Louisiana is popular for crawfish when it is in season. Everybody enjoys the hot, boiled crawfish once a year.
From Quiz: Louisiana Symbols
Answer: Pontalba
This building is located in Jackson Square, right next to one of the oldest Cathedrals in the US, St Louis Cathedral.
From Quiz: Louisiana
Answer: Grant
Grant is the only one of the four choices who was a Union general. All of the others were in the armies of the C.S.A. Colfax, the parish seat of Grant Parish, is named for Schuyler Colfax, President Grant's Vice President. Grant Parish is one of the Louisiana parishes that were established during Reconstruction.
From Quiz: Louisiana Parishes
Answer: Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is 2320 miles. It is the fourth longest river in the United States and flows through ten states: Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
From Quiz: Speaking of Baton Rouge...
Answer: The water table is too high to bury below ground.
If the coffins were buried in the ground, a heavy rain could cause the coffins to shift and rise up. Early settlers tried weighing the coffins down with stones, but the coffins would still pop up when the water table rose with the rain.
From Quiz: New Orleans - The Big Easy II
Answer: Avoyelles
Avoyelles is located three miles southeast of Marksville.
From Quiz: Louisiana-The Pelican State
