WorksheetsHow Well Do You Know Mississippi?
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
What is the capital of Mississippi?
Tupelo
Biloxi
Jackson
Natchez
Who was the first football player on a cereal box?
Walter Payton from Columbia, MS
Jerry Rice from Crawford, MS
Steve McNair from Mount Olive, MS
Deuce McAllister from Ludlow, MS
Where is the second largest national cemetery located?
Greenville
Natchez
Meridian
Vicksburg
In 1898, which town did Edward Adolf Barq, Sr. create root beer?
Oxford
Clarksdale
Biloxi
Starkville
Of Mississippi's 82 counties, which is the largest?
Yazoo
Sunflower
Alcorn
Hinds
What is the state flower for Mississippi?
Rose
Daisy
Sunflower
Magnolia
What was the name of the civil rights activist, member of the NAACP, and World War II veteran that graduated from Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College, now known as Alcorn State University?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
James Bevel
Medgar Evers
James Earl Chaney
What actor from Charleston, MS has appeared in the following movies: Bruce Almighty, Dolphin Tale, The Lego Movie, and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves?
Morgan Freeman
William Best
James Earl Jones
Ray Walston
Who is the news anchor on Good Morning America that is from Pass Christian, MS?
Joan Lunden
Diane Sawyer
Michael Strahan
Robin Roberts
What famous Mississippian had a guitar named Lucille?
B.B. King
Charlie Pride
Muddy Waters
Lester Young
What is the state bird?
Blue Jay
Robin
Mockingbird
Cardinal
Where is the highest place above sea level in Mississippi?
McCool Lookout, Attala County
Woodall Mountain, Tishomingo County
Mortin Benchmark, Scott County
Tippah Hills, Tippah County
