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1 The state repealed its segregationist era poll tax in 1989 and its ban on interracial marriage (________) in 1987.

2 How many metres above sea level is Mississippi?

3 Which of the following is east of Mississippi?

4 Its catfish ________ farms produce the majority of farm-raised catfish consumed in the United States.

5 How long is Mississippi?

6 What role did W.C. Fields play in the movie Mississippi?

7 What is the largest city of Mississippi?

8 Who played centre in the Mississippi?

9 What office has Mississippi held?

10 What is Mississippi's nickname?

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the studio band of radio station WRAG (now WREN) in Carrollton, Alabama, is credited with popularizing bluegrass music in central Alabama and eastern Mississippi?
  • the NAACP forced the cancellation of some wrestling events in Mississippi to protest a tar-and-feather match featuring Melvin Nelson wrestling as "Burrhead Jones"?
  • although the damages by Hurricane Dennis in Mississippi in 2002 were mostly minor, 41 counties in the state were declared federal disaster areas?
  • the 1979 Easter flood was among the most costly and devastating ever to occur in Mississippi, with over $1.4 billion in damages?
  • the Harrell Prairie Botanical Area is one of the last undisturbed portions of the Jackson Prairie in the U.S. state of Mississippi?
  • the name "regular Fronthall" was used to refer to brave soldiers in honor of the courage of Max Fronthall of the 16th Regiment Mississippi Volunteers?
  • the first Singing Christmas Tree took place in Mississippi in 1933 while the first indoor tree debuted in North Carolina in 1958?
  • Weidmann's Restaurant, established in 1870, is the oldest restaurant in the state of Mississippi?
  • the Simmons & Wright Company building, built in far eastern Mississippi in 1884, was filmed for the movie Due Date?
  • Great American Country television host Nan Kelley (then Nan Sumrall) became Miss Mississippi in 1985 after her fellow Mississippian Susan Akin was crowned Miss America?
  • feminist Jo Freeman was moved from Mississippi by the SCLC in 1966 after the Jackson Daily News published her photo and denounced her as a professional agitator?
  • English-born architect William Nichols designed and built statehouses for North Carolina, Alabama, and Mississippi in the early 19th century?
  • Mississippi-born Joshua Green had successive careers as a major figure in the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet and as a Seattle banker?
  • dozens of tornadoes were produced during a two-day tornado outbreak in 1997, killing at least 27 people in Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee, USA?
  • Meridian Baptist Seminary was the first school in Mississippi to offer high school diplomas to African-American students?
  • George E. Johnson, Sr., who was born in a Mississippi shack and dropped out of high school, founded the first Black-owned company ever traded on the American Stock Exchange?
  • African American artist James W. Washington, Jr. first gained visibility in 1938 working with the WPA in his native Mississippi, but was later associated with the Northwest School?
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