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History of Florida - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 9,800 times
- The average score is 14 of 20
Answer Stats
| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| What theme park was built near Orlando in 1971? | Disney World | 96%
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| What beverage was invented to help the Florida Gators football team in 1965? | Gatorade | 89%
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| What two countries are the largest sources of Florida's foreign-born population? | Cuba | 88%
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| What was he looking for? (According to a dubious legend) | Fountain of {Youth} | 88%
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| What national park was established in 1934? | Everglades | 87%
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| What drug did the Medellin Cartel bring into Miami in great amounts in the 1980s? | Cocaine | 85%
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| Where were space shuttles launched from? | {Kennedy} Space Center | 81%
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| What 1930s architectural style is Miami's South Beach famous for? | Art {Deco} | 73%
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| What bearded, daiquiri-loving novelist lived in Key West from 1931 to 1939? | Ernest Hemingway | 69%
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| What future President fought against those Native Americans while serving as military governor of Florida? | Andrew Jackson | 65%
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| What stock car race was first held in 1959, and won by Lee Petty? | {Daytona} 500 | 64%
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| What was explorer Hernando de Soto looking for when he visited Florida in 1539? | Gold | 62%
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| What two countries are the largest sources of Florida's foreign-born population? | Haiti | 60%
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| What group of Native Americans fought three wars against the U.S. government in the 1800s? | Seminole | 60%
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| In the 1880s, Ybor City was famous for its cigar industry. What city is Ybor City part of today? | Tampa | 60%
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| What city, founded in 1565, is the oldest European settlement in the U.S.? | St. Augustine | 57%
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| What hurricane devastated South Florida in 1992? | Hurricane Andrew | 54%
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| What disease was eradicated from Florida in the 1940s with the help of DDT? | Malaria | 53%
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| What part of a ballot can be "fat", "pregnant", or "hanging" - as was famously demonstrated in 2000? | Chad | 48%
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| Who is given credit as the first European to explore Florida? | Juan Ponce de León | 42%
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