Just How Much Do You Know About Mardi

JUST HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT MARDI GRAS?

• THE FIRST KREWE TO HAVE A CELEBRITY KING WAS…

• A) BACCHUS

• B) REX

• C) ZULU

• Zulu was the first krewe to

have a celebrity

monarch in 1949, when

Louis Armstrong

was chosen to be king.

• ALL OF THE JEWELRY WORN BY THE KINGS AND QUEENS OF VARIOUS CARNIVAL KREWES IS FAKE.

• A) TRUE

• B) FALSE

• FALSE. IN THE PRESBYTERE, THERE IS A TIARA WITH REAL GOLD AND

DIAMONDS.

• IF YOU GET THE BABY FROM THE KING CAKE, YOU WILL

• A) BREAK YOUR TOOTH

• B) BUY THE NEXT KING CAKE

• C) BE LUCKY

BUY THE NEXT KING CAKE AND BE LUCKY

• THE SKELETONS SEEN ON MARDI GRAS DAY ARE DERIVED FROM THE

MEXICAN DAY OF THE DEAD.

• A) TRUE

• B) FALSE

• FALSE, THE SKULL AND

BONE KREWES

WERE STARTED IN 1819 BY A

GENTLEMAN OF COLOR WHO CAME

FROM MOBILE.

• THE BABY DOLLS WERE ORIGINALLY GOVERNESSES TO THE CHILDREN OF THE WEALTHY CREOLE FAMILIES.

• A) TRUE

• B) FALSE

• THE BABY DOLLS WERE ORIGINALLY “LADIES OF THE NIGHT”

• WANT TO KNOW MORE, THEN VISIT THE MARDI GRAS MUSEUM AT THE PRESBYTERE IN NEW ORLEANS.