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Florida - A Quirky State Trivia Quiz
The Sunshine State has a rich and colorful history and continues to be the home of some of the craziest events of the last thirty years. Let's take a quick trip around Florida.
Everybody knows Miami, Orlando, and Jacksonville, but can you believe they have cities like , Christmas, and Bay! Let's start off in the southern most point in Florida, Key West. Lunch at Margaritaville, a slice of key lime, but we almost hit one of the many running loose in the streets. A couple hours later, we're off to Miami. Someone told us their hockey team, the Florida won the Stanley Cup again in 2025. It's 95 degrees today and they're talking about hockey? A couple of hours on South Beach and we're off to the West Coast.
We hop onto I-75 at Fort Lauderdale to head to Naples and they nicknamed this long highway with very few lights as Alley. As we arrive in Naples, we see lots of huge houses. A local told that nine percent of the city's residents are . We head north to County to see the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg; a local told us the city's name was actually chosen by a coin flip in 1888!
We catch a ferry to visit Tampa and we heard a story about a drunk Tom Brady throwing the prestigious trophy to his teammate in another boat and it fell into the Hillsborough River! It's late and we visit Ybor City to see The Castle, a club known for their love of Goth and even . This has been one crazy trip so far. Last stop we head to Weeki Wachee and see the mythical perform a magical show.
Mayo, Florida is a small quaint town in Lafayette County. Population is right around a thousand people in 2020. Cockroach Bay is a little more famous. Located in Central Florida, it's known for the Cockroach Bay Preserve State Park where you can kayak and see some of Florida's exotic wildlife.
Key West is known for their free running chickens in the streets. Locals call them "gypsy chickens" and they're featured in local artwork commemorating the unique city. The Florida Panthers are based in Miami and won the National Hockey League's prized trophy back to back in 2024 and 2025.
Alligator Alley got its nickname due to the fact that the I-75 highway runs next to the Everglades and back in the day, wild alligators would sun bathe right next to the road. Naples has a famous beachfront road called "Millionaire's Row" which some of the city's 1200 millionaires call home.
Pinellas County is home to cities like Clearwater, St. Petersburg, and Dunedin. A popular myth about the city of St. Petersburg was that it was named after a coin flip. Peter Demens and John C. Williams would flip a coin, if Williams won the city would have been named Detroit, Florida. But if Demens won the flip and named it would be named after St. Petersburg, Russia.
In a Super Bowl LV celebration, an inebriated quarterback Tom Brady of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers tossed the Lombardi Trophy to teammate Cameron Brate but it ended up falling into the river. The Castle in Ybor City opened in 1992. The club wanted to celebrate alternative lifestyles and hosted events like the "Endless Night: Tampa Vampire Ball". The "vampire" club was parodied in a famous "Saturday Night Live" skit.
Weeki Wachee is a beautiful waterfront city in Hernando County. The Weeki Wachee Silver Springs is a beautiful recreational area and the city's highlight are the daily mermaid shows.
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