Louisiana-The Pelican State Trivia Quiz

Answer: True

The name was chosen by Sieur La Salle.

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.

Answer: False

It is actually "Union, Justice, and Confidence".

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.

Answer: Shreveport

It is held every year in October.

Answer: Avoyelles

Avoyelles is located three miles southeast of Marksville.

Answer: Driskill Mountain

Driskill Mountain is only 535 feet, but it is still the highest point in the state.

Answer: Metairie

It is called the Lake Pontchartrain causeway and connects Metairie with St. Tammany Parish on the North Shore. The causeway is 23.9 miles long and actually consists of two parallel bridges. It originally opened in 1956 as a two-way, two-lane bridge. The second opened in 1969. Over 30,000 cars cross the causeway each day.

Answer: Rayne

Rayne was established in 1880 when businesses from the town of Poupeville moved about a mile to the newly established Rayne railroad station. The annual Frog Festival is held in September and attracts about 50,000 people each year.

Kaplan is known as "The Most Cajun Place on Earth". Gueydan is the "Duck Capital of America", and Mamou bills itself as "The Cajun Music Capital of the World".

Answer: parishes

This is a holdover from when Louisiana was a Spanish colony. "Parish" is actually a church term for administrative areas of the Roman Catholic church and the Anglican church.

Answer: New Orleans

New Orleans is the largest city with a population of 496,938 (1990 census); Baton Rouge is second with 219,531; Shreveport is third with 198,525.

Answer: King Cake

King Cakes are eaten in Louisiana in honor of Rex, the king of Mardi Gras. They are pastries, frosted with purple, green, and gold icing. A little doll is baked inside each cake and whoever finds it is declared "king" of the party and has to supply the next cake or host another King Cake party.

Answer: All of them

Louisiana is famous for Cajun and Creole cooking.

Answer: Ville Platte

It is called The Swamp Pop Capital due to the town's long history of contributing to "swamp pop" music. It is home to JIN Records, which has produced more swamp pop acts than anywhere else in the state, including Boogie Kings, Jivin Gene, and Warren Storm.

Ville Platte means "flat town". It is rich in Cajun culture and is also home to Chicot State Park and the Louisiana State Aboretum, as well as being the home to many festivals and special events.

Answer: 2

The two state forests in Louisiana are the Alexander State Forest, located in central Louisiana and the Dean Lee State Forest which lies north of New Orleans.