Florida
Florida projects between the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. This topic is part of U.S. Geography within Geography. This page currently draws on 37 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Florida trivia questions
Florida is a U.S. state shaped largely like what landform?
Answer: Peninsula
Bonus fact: Florida projects between the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.
What vast wetland ecosystem covers much of southern Florida?
Answer: Everglades
Bonus fact: The Everglades is a slow-moving subtropical wetland.
What is the Florida counterpart to the Cactus League?
Answer: Grapefruit League
Bonus fact: Most MLB clubs train in one of these two circuits.
Why was Spanish Florida attractive to some escapees?
Answer: Spain had offered freedom to some fugitives from British colonies
Bonus fact: Spanish policy encouraged flight from British plantations.
Who played Florida Evans on Good Times?
Answer: Esther Rolle
Bonus fact: Janet Jackson later joined the cast as Penny Gordon Woods.
Which strait lies between Florida and Cuba?
Answer: Straits of Florida
Bonus fact: The passage connects the Gulf of Mexico with the Atlantic Ocean.
Which U.S. state is famous for the Florida Keys?
Answer: Florida
Bonus fact: The Florida Keys form an island chain extending southwest from the Florida peninsula.
What is the capital of Florida?
Answer: Tallahassee
Bonus fact: Tallahassee is in northern Florida.
Florida is known by which nickname?
Answer: The Sunshine State
Bonus fact: Florida is a peninsula bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.
Under the U.S. Census Bureau's regional system, Florida belongs to which division?
Answer: South Atlantic
Bonus fact: The South Atlantic division extends from Delaware and Maryland south through Florida and also includes the District of Columbia.
Why are Burmese pythons a major ecological concern in Florida?
Answer: They are an invasive predator in the Everglades
Bonus fact: Released or escaped snakes established a breeding population and have reduced some native mammal populations.
The disputed Florida recount helped decide the 2000 presidential election between George W. Bush and whom?
Answer: Al Gore
Bonus fact: Florida's electoral votes were decisive in an extraordinarily close national election.