The ultimate Miss America quiz

Do you know your Misses? Your pageant controversies and firsts? See if you have what it takes to win the crown.

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On Sep 9, 2016

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At the 2016 pageant, Miss Colorado, Kelley Johnson, delivered a monologue about being a nurse, seen here in the pageant preliminaries. What happened after the pageant that caused a national controversy?

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Miss America 2016, Betty Cantrell, managed to break the streak held by three consecutive winners from New York. Which state did Cantrell hail from?

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Miss Missouri, Erin O'Flaherty, will notch a Miss America first at the 2017 pageant. What is it?

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Miss America's Show Us Your Shoes Parade is an Atlantic City tradition. What's the story behind the fixation on shoes?

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The Miss America statue on the boardwalk in Atlantic City has become a favorite site where visitors and contestants take photos -- and do other things. Who is it modeled after?

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Miss New Jersey 2013, Cara McCollum, died in February after a car accident. She didn't win Miss America the year she competed, but after graduating from Princeton University, her job kept her in the spotlight. What was that job?

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The Miss America pageant returned to Atlantic City from Las Vegas in 2013. That year's winner achieved what first?

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Shortly after Miss America 2015 was crowned in September 2014, HBO's John Oliver took the pageant to task -- for what?

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This is Brenna Weick, Miss New Jersey 2016. What region of the state have the last three Miss New Jerseys come from?

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After she won the pageant, Miss America 2016, Betty Cantrell, said her onstage question was kind of "funky." What was it about?

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What portion of the pageant final counts the most towards a contestant's score?

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Neva Jane Langley of Georgia, at right, was Miss America 1953. Miss America 1945 achieved what first?

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In what year did Vanessa Williams become the first black Miss America?

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Vanessa Williams returned to the Miss America pageant in 2015 to serve as head judge. What else did she get besides the title?

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What was so significant about the first contestant from New Jersey to become Miss America?

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