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Florida True or False?
Can you guess whether these statements about Florida are true or false?
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| First submitted | January 26, 2021 |
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1. Florida is struck by more hurricanes than any other state
True
False
2. Miami is the capital of Florida
The capital of Florida is Tallahassee
True
False
3. Florida borders Alabama
True
False
4. Of all 50 states, Florida is the southernmost
Hawaii is further south
True
False
5. People in Florida are younger than in most other states
Florida is one of the oldest states. Only Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and West Virginia are older.
True
False
6. The population of Florida has declined since the year 2000
Florida is one of the fastest-growing states. Its population increased by 41% from 2000–2023
True
False
7. Florida was once home to the Seminole tribe of Native Americans
Most of the Seminole were forced to move to Oklahoma in the 1800s, but a few remained in the Florida swamplands
True
False
8. Jacksonville is the most populous city in Florida (by city proper population)
At 874.67 square miles, Jacksonville is also the largest city by area in the continental U.S.
True
False
9. St. Augustine is the oldest city in Florida
True
False
10. Florida was part of the Confederacy
True
False
11. For nearly 30 years, Florida was an independent country
True
False
12. Miami gets an average of 2 or 3 inches of snow in a typical year
It has snowed in Miami only once in recorded history (1977)
True
False
13. Ernest Hemingway once lived in Florida
He lived in Key West
True
False
14. Will Smith wrote a song about Miami
True
False
15. Orlando is located on the coast
True
False
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Unless I'm missing something? I've definitely never heard of Tribune ever being mentioned in the context of largest cities by area. Jacksonville has always taken that crown (regarding the 48 contiguous states) every time I've seen the question asked.
As such, you're definitely right that the question as phrased is incorrect, however the easy solution, as proposed by @cpgatbyu, would be to just amend the word "continental" to "contiguous," rather than removing the question entirely.
Which, ugh, gets complicated I suppose. The city-county of Tribune/Greely, sure, is the largest incorporated area in the contiguous 48 states. But that's still not quite the same as the city of Tribune, which remains 0.74 square miles.
I'm personally inclined to say that this thing that exists is not really a city, but I can see the argument either way, so it's certainly not a hill I'd want to die on.
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There were many Native American groups who escaped to Florida in the 18th century. They merged together and only then, in Florida, did they become the Seminole.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seminole
"The Seminole are a Native American people originally from Florida."
The reason being: I wasn't immediately certain when Florida became a state, and a small part of my brain was wondering if it might not have been part of the confederacy because it hadn't been made a state yet.
I just learned this moment by looking it up that Florida was admitted after Michigan but before Wisconsin. That's not something someone could reasonably guess at. I also just learned that the Kanas-Nebraska Act of 1854 did not make either territory a state. Kansas became a state seven years later, and Nebraska 13 years later. There's a lot of history to learn. Not everyone remembers it all.