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Photo: formulanone from Huntsville, United States, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0.How well do you know Mississippi? Test your knowledge on the rich history, unique culture, iconic landmarks, and famous figures of this Southern state.
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Mississippi adopted the magnolia as the state flower in 1952 and the state tree back in 1938, earning its famous nickname. In 2021, the state officially debuted a gorgeous new flag featuring a blooming white magnolia surrounded by stars, replacing its old confederate-themed design.
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Mississippi mud pie is a famous chocolate dessert featuring a chocolate crust, dense cakey filling, and a rich pudding layer. While its exact origin is unclear, it became widely popular in the 1970s. The name comes from its resemblance to the dark, thick mud along the banks of the Mississippi River.
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Elvis Presley was born in a humble two-room shotgun house in Tupelo on January 8, 1935. His childhood home has since been preserved as a historic museum, attracting thousands of music fans each year. It was in Tupelo where he bought his very first guitar at the local hardware store.
Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. Reproduction Number: LC-USZ6-2067 Location: NYWTS -- B, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
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Tupelo proudly calls itself the 'First TVA City': in 1934 it was the first city to buy cheap electric power from the Tennessee Valley Authority, a huge New Deal project that built dams across the region. The deal brought affordable electricity to homes and businesses in northern Mississippi.
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Belzoni is recognized as the Catfish Capital of the World, producing a massive portion of the nation's farm-raised catfish. The town hosts an annual World Catfish Festival, featuring a crowning of the Catfish Queen and a highly competitive catfish eating contest.
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The Mississippi Delta is a distinctive northwest region shaped by regular flooding of the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers, creating incredibly rich soil for cotton. It is globally celebrated as the birthplace of blues music, where legends like Muddy Waters grew up and played.
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The Siege of Vicksburg was a key Union victory that gave the North control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two. During the long siege, residents dug more than 500 caves into the town's clay hills to shelter in, and locals called them 'bombproofs'.
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Windsor Ruins consist of 23 towering columns that survived a devastating 1890 fire, which destroyed the largest antebellum Greek Revival mansion in the state. The grand home had survived the Civil War intact, only to be accidentally burned down by a guest's dropped cigarette during a party.
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
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The Pascagoula is often described as one of the last large rivers in the lower 48 states with no dams on its main channel. Its 'singing' is a soft humming sound, said to be loudest on late-summer evenings, and nobody knows for sure what causes it: guesses range from insects and fish to gas bubbling up from the riverbed.
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Jackson was named in honor of General Andrew Jackson for his role in the War of 1812, years before he became the US President. An interesting detail is that the city is built directly on top of an extinct volcano, which sits about 2,900 feet beneath the Mississippi Coliseum.
Photo: formulanone from Huntsville, United States, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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