Mississippi Bluesmen

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1. What Blues King was born to the Nelson family in Indianola, MS? B.B. King King Edward Freddie King Albert King

2. Who claimed to have sold his soul to the devil at the crossroads? Howlin' Wolf Robert Johnson Tommy Johnson Blind Lemon Jefferson

3. What Inverness native was signed to three of the most important labels in music history, cutting records for Sun, Chess, and Stax? Little Milton Rufus Thomas Howlin' Wolf Albert King

4. Who was born McKinley Morganfield? B.B. King Howlin' Wolf Muddy Waters Sonny Boy Williamson II

5. Which one of these artists is not associated with the delta area of the state? Muddy Waters Elmore James Charley Patton Howlin' Wolf

6. What Vicksburg born songwriter's classics, recorded by the likes of Muddy Waters and Mississippi Fred MacDowell, became some of the definitive and most imitated staples of Urban Blues? Artie "Blues Boy" White Jimmy Rodgers Louisian Red Willie Dixon

7. Who was the Northern Mississippian famous for playing a fife? Jimmy Reed Son House Skip James Otha Turner

8. A Baptist preacher in his early teens, what man's almost supernatural and super powerful playing mesmorized delta youths such as Robert Johnson, Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters? Big Bill Broonzy Charley Patton Son House Skip James

9. What primal force and delta icon recorded what might be his most well known tune with members of the Motown house band? Albert King Jimmy Reed John Lee Hooker Son House

10. What 1920's delta superstar was famous for his stage antics and, despite his tiny frame, his huge voice? Son House Charley Patton Skip James Mississippi John Hurt