My Hometown
The city of New Orleans lies on this river.
What is Mississippi?
The year the hurricane hit the city of NOLA.
What is 2005?
A thick soup with seafood.
What is stew?
Krewes usually throw this at people during the parade
What are throws?
This crunchy, juicy food is made by frying pieces of certain meat, and it's a popular meal in the South.
What is fried chicken?
A phrase that means 'to reveal a secret'.
What is 'spill the beans'?
Following Hurricane Katrina, about this many people had to leave their homes due to the destruction and flooding in New Orleans.
What is more than 1,000,000 people?
The people that live in urban areas: cities and towns.
What is city folk?
A hidden figurine is placed in this sweet treat
What is king cake?
This spicy rice dish from Louisiana usually has meat like sausage or chicken, plus shrimp and veggies.
What is jambalaya?
This phrase means 'to know something very well'.
What is 'to know something like the back of your hand'?
The hurricane started there.
What is the Bahamas?
This idiom, meaning to get information from the most reliable source, originally came from the practice of checking a horse’s teeth to determine its age.
What is 'straight from the horse's mouth'?
Colours of Mardi Gras
What are purple, gold and green?
This warm dessert is made by baking old bread with milk, eggs, sugar, and sometimes raisins or sauce on top.
What is bread pudding?
These iconic paddlewheel vessels, often seen cruising the Mississippi River, are a symbol of New Orleans’ historic charm and riverfront life.
What is a riverboat/steamboat?
This percentage of New Orleans was underwater after the levees broke, with water reaching up to 20 feet deep in some areas.
What is 80 percent?
This hearty Louisiana stew often includes okra, seafood, or sausage.
What is gumbo?
This Christian holy day, marked by the placing of ashes on the forehead, signals the beginning of Lent.
What is Ash Wednesday?
This creamy dessert, often spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg, is made with an orange root vegetable and is a holiday favorite in the South.
What is sweet potato pie?
A blend of Spanish, French, African, and Native American cultures has shaped New Orleans' identity, especially in this flavorful aspect of daily life.
What is cuisine?
To escape the rising floodwaters during Hurricane Katrina, the narrator and their family fled to this part of the house.
What is the attic?
This phrase, meaning to be not nearly as good as someone or something else, comes from the old practice of apprentices assisting skilled workers by providing light.
What is 'hold a candle to'?
First introduced in the 1960s by New Orleans’ Krewe of Rex, these colorful aluminum coins are tossed to visitors of parades and often collected as Mardi Gras souvenirs.
What are dubloons?
These small, pale beans with a dark spot are often eaten on New Year’s Day in the South for good luck.
What is black-eyed peas?