- 1. What is the largest tributary of the Mississippi River?
A) Arkansas River
B) Ohio River
C) Illinois River
D) Missouri River
- 2. In which city does the Mississippi River end by flowing into the Gulf of Mexico?
A) St. Louis
B) Minneapolis
C) Memphis
D) New Orleans
- 3. Which European explorer is often credited with discovering the Mississippi River?
A) Sir Walter Raleigh
B) Hernando de Soto
C) Christopher Columbus
D) James Cook
- 4. What famous musician wrote a song titled 'Big River' about the Mississippi River?
A) Elvis Presley
B) B.B. King
C) Johnny Cash
D) Muddy Waters
- 5. What is the primary source of the Mississippi River?
A) Lake Itasca
B) Lake Superior
C) Lake Erie
D) Lake Michigan
- 6. Which U.S. president was born in a state bordering the Mississippi River?
A) Franklin D. Roosevelt
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) George Washington
D) Thomas Jefferson
- 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) Mark Twain
B) Ernest Hemingway
C) F. Scott Fitzgerald
D) John Steinbeck
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