Inauguration 2008

Inauguration 2008 - Louisiana Governors Quiz

QUIZ

 

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Question 1

Who was the founder and first governor of the Louisiana territory?

Pierre Lemoyne, Sieur d'Iberville et d'Ardillieres
Antoine de Lamothe, Sieur de Cadillac

Question 2

Which governor of Louisiana also served as a governor in France?
Pierre Lemoyne, Sieur d'Iberville et d'Ardillieres
Antoine de Lamothe, Sieur de Cadillac

Question 3

Which governor organized the first public school system?

William Charles Cole Claiborne
Jacques Phillipe Villere

Question 4

Who was the first native-born governor of Louisiana?

Henry Schuyler Thibodaux
Jacques Phillipe Villere

Question 5

Which governor served for only a one-month?


Henry Schuyler Thibodaux
Jacques Phillipe Villere

Question 6

Which governor established the first institution of higher education in Louisiana?

William Charles Cole Claiborne
Pierre Auguste Bourguignon Derbigny

Question 7

Which governor was the father of a a Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court?

Edward Douglass White
Henry Clay Warmoth

Question 8

Which governor served as chairperson of the convention that led to Louisiana secession?

Alexandre Mouton
James Houston Davis

Question 9

Which governor was first in his class at West Point?

Paul Octave Hebert
Richard Webster Leche

Question 10

Which governor of Louisiana was impeached for election fraud?

Henry Clay Warmoth
Edward Douglass White

Question 11

Who was the first African American to serve as a governor of a U. S. state?

Alexandre Mouton
Pickney Benton Stewart Pinchback

Question 12

Which governor was the captain of the LSU football team and played in the first LSU-Tulane game?

Ruffin Golson Pleasant
Henry Clay Warmoth

Question 13

Which governor was assassinated in the State Capitol?
Huey Pierce Long
Edward Douglass White

Question 14

Who was the first Louisiana governor to serve a prison sentence?

Richard Webster Leche
Edwin W. Edwards

Question 15

Which governor advocated a free lunch program for schoolchildren?

Earl K. Long
Huey Pierce Long

Question 16

Which governor was also a country music artist and built the Sunshine Bridge?

John J. McKeithen
James Houston Davis

Question 17

During the term of which governor was the building of the Super Dome in New Orleans approved?

John J. McKeithen
Edwin W. Edwards

Question 18

Which governor served an unprecedented four terms?

Huey Pierce Long
Edwin W. Edwards

Question 19

Who was the first woman elected to the Public Service Commission and also elected Governor of Louisiana?

Pickney Benton Stewart Pinchback
Kathleen Babineaux Blanco

Question 20

Who was the youngest person to be elected Louisiana Governor?

Huey Pierce Long
Bobby Jindal


 

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