- 1. What is the largest tributary of the Mississippi River?
A) Arkansas River
B) Illinois River
C) Ohio River
D) Missouri River
- 2. In which city does the Mississippi River end by flowing into the Gulf of Mexico?
A) St. Louis
B) New Orleans
C) Minneapolis
D) Memphis
- 3. Which European explorer is often credited with discovering the Mississippi River?
A) Christopher Columbus
B) Hernando de Soto
C) James Cook
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 Erie
B) Lake Michigan
C) Lake Itasca
D) Lake Superior
- 6. Which U.S. president was born in a state bordering the Mississippi River?
A) George Washington
B) Franklin D. Roosevelt
C) Thomas Jefferson
D) Abraham Lincoln
- 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) Cold War
B) War of 1812
C) American Civil War
D) World War II
- 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) Mississippi Delta
B) Great Barrier Reef
C) Grand Canyon
D) Niagara Falls
- 9. Which famous author wrote about the Mississippi River in his novel 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'?
A) F. Scott Fitzgerald
B) Mark Twain
C) John Steinbeck
D) Ernest Hemingway
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