- 1. What is the largest tributary of the Mississippi River?
A) Illinois River
B) Ohio River
C) Arkansas River
D) Missouri River
- 2. In which city does the Mississippi River end by flowing into the Gulf of Mexico?
A) Memphis
B) St. Louis
C) Minneapolis
D) New Orleans
- 3. Which European explorer is often credited with discovering the Mississippi River?
A) James Cook
B) Christopher Columbus
C) Hernando de Soto
D) Sir Walter Raleigh
- 4. What famous musician wrote a song titled 'Big River' about the Mississippi River?
A) Johnny Cash
B) B.B. King
C) Elvis Presley
D) Muddy Waters
- 5. What is the primary source of the Mississippi River?
A) Lake Michigan
B) Lake Superior
C) Lake Erie
D) Lake Itasca
- 6. Which U.S. president was born in a state bordering the Mississippi River?
A) George Washington
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) Thomas Jefferson
D) Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 7. What major conflict was a watershed moment in the history of the Mississippi River, as it played a strategic role in the outcome of the war?
A) World War II
B) War of 1812
C) Cold War
D) American Civil War
- 8. What is the geographical feature created by the Mississippi River as it flows south of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, into the Gulf of Mexico?
A) Niagara Falls
B) Mississippi Delta
C) Grand Canyon
D) Great Barrier Reef
- 9. Which famous author wrote about the Mississippi River in his novel 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'?
A) Ernest Hemingway
B) Mark Twain
C) John Steinbeck
D) F. Scott Fitzgerald
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