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1. True or False: The first organised Mardi Gras celebration in America took place in New Orleans.
2. Which of the following is not one of New Orleans' Mardi Gras colors?
3. Which of the New Orleans Mardi Gras colors is not a Mobilian Mardi Gras color?
4. What medieval tradition can Mardi Gras be traced back to?
5. What does the French expression 'Mardi Gras' literally translate to in English?
6. What is the name of the first mystic society, created in 1830?
7. When did this original mystic society hold its parade?
8. How did the Spanish add their touch to the French Mardi Gras?
9. Which of the following was New Orleans' first mystic society?
10. Which of the following individuals gained fame for reviving Mardi Gras after the Civil War?
11. Which of the following societies did Joseph Cain found?
12. What was the first black mystic society in Mobile?
13. Which of the following was Mobile's first women's society?
14. What is Mardi Gras known as in the Christian calendar?
15. What Mobilian mystic society rides aboard floats that are decorated with sarcastic remarks and drawings and rarely throws candy and trinkets?
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