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157 free Florida trivia questions with answers — geography quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
50 free Florida trivia questions with answers. From the coral reefs of the Keys to the launch pads of Cape Canaveral, Florida is a state of extremes. Test your knowledge of its geography, history, wildlife, culture, and all the quirky facts that make the Sunshine State unlike anywhere else.
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Q 01What is the capital city of Florida?
Tallahassee
Tallahassee has been the capital of Florida since 1824. It was chosen because of its central location between the two former capitals of St. Augustine and Pensacola.
Q 02Which Florida city is known as "The Theme Park Capital of the World"?
Orlando
Universal's resort, opened in 1990, is the only major theme park actually inside the city limits; Disney World lies about 21 miles southwest in Bay Lake.
Q 03What is the nickname of Florida?
The Sunshine State
Florida is The Sunshine State; the slogan appeared on its license plates from 1949 and was adopted as the official state nickname by the legislature in 1970.
Q 04Which massive wetland ecosystem covers much of southern Florida?
The Everglades
The Everglades, nicknamed the 'River of Grass', is a slow sheetflow of shallow water moving from Lake Okeechobee south toward Florida Bay; Everglades National Park was dedicated in 1947.
Q 05What is the most populous city in Florida?
Jacksonville
Jacksonville had about 950,000 residents at the 2020 census, more than twice Miami's 442,000; it has been Florida's largest city since its 1968 city-county consolidation.
Q 06Which European country first claimed Florida, in 1513?
Spain
Spain claimed Florida after Juan Ponce de León landed in April 1513 and founded St. Augustine in 1565; Britain held the territory only from 1763 to 1783.
Q 07Which NASA facility on Merritt Island has been the agency's primary orbital launch site since 1968?
Kennedy Space Center
Kennedy Space Center, originally the Launch Operations Center, was renamed in 1963; it has hosted Apollo, Skylab, Space Shuttle and Artemis launches from Merritt Island.
Q 08Which animal is Florida's official state marine mammal?
Manatee
The statute never named a species, but the Florida manatee subspecies is the only one normally found in state waters; they crowd into warm springs each winter.
Q 09Since 1947, Weeki Wachee Springs has drawn tourists with underwater shows by women dressed as what?
Mermaids
Weeki Wachee's mermaids breathe from underwater air hoses, a trick stunt swimmer Newt Perry built the show around; the viewing windows are cut into limestone below the spring.
Q 10Which February NASCAR race on Florida's Atlantic coast is the sport's biggest event yet opens the season?
Daytona 500
The Daytona 500, first run in 1959 when Daytona International Speedway opened, is NASCAR's most prestigious race and opens the Cup Series season each February.
Q 11Which city is the southernmost in the contiguous United States?
Key West
Key West is also the westernmost island in the Florida Keys reachable by highway, about 130 miles southwest of Miami.
Q 12Which invasive snake species has become a major ecological threat in South Florida's wetlands?
Burmese python
The Burmese python, descended from escaped or released pets, was recognized as a reproducing population in the Everglades in 2000 and has since devastated native mammal numbers there.
Q 13In what year did Walt Disney World open in Central Florida?
1971
Walt Disney World opened on October 1, 1971, nearly five years after Walt Disney, who chose the site himself, died in December 1966.
Q 21Which Lakeland school's campus holds the world's largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings?
Florida Southern College
Florida Southern College's campus, commissioned by president Ludd Spivey in 1938, holds Wright's 'Child of the Sun' buildings, the largest single-site collection of his work anywhere.
Q 22Which author's 1930s Florida Keys house is now a museum famous for its polydactyl cats?
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway moved into the Key West house in 1931 and wrote there through the decade; roughly half the museum's cats are polydactyl, though all carry the gene.
Q 23Which name is given to the southernmost 284-mile stretch of US Route 41 in Florida?
Q 14What is Florida's largest freshwater lake?
Lake Okeechobee
Lake Okeechobee covers about 730 square miles; it is the largest lake in Florida and, outside the Great Lakes, the largest freshwater lake lying wholly within the contiguous United States.
Q 15Which South Florida NFL team completed the only perfect season in league history in 1972?
Miami Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins went 14-0 in the 1972 regular season and finished 17-0 by winning Super Bowl VII; the team plays its home games in Miami Gardens.
Q 16What neighborhood in Miami is the center of Cuban-American culture in Florida?
Little Havana
Little Havana, centered on Calle Ocho (8th Street), has been the heart of Miami's Cuban community since the 1960s. It is famous for its cafecitos, domino games in Domino Park, and annual Calle Ocho Festival.
Q 17What road carries US Route 1 across 42 bridges to the end of the Florida Keys?
Overseas Highway
The Overseas Highway opened in 1938 on the right-of-way of the Florida East Coast Railway's Key West Extension, which the 1935 Labor Day hurricane had destroyed.
Q 18Which category of natural disaster poses the greatest threat to Florida each year?
Hurricanes
Hurricanes are Florida's greatest recurring hazard; with coastline on both the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico, the state has taken more hurricane landfalls than any other and rarely passes a season without a tropical storm.
Q 19Which Panhandle resort town became a well-known spring break destination for college students?
Panama City Beach
Panama City Beach in the Florida Panhandle has been one of America's top spring break destinations for decades, drawing hundreds of thousands of college students each March and April.
Q 20What year did Florida become a US state?
1845
Florida became the 27th state on March 3, 1845, 24 years after Spain ceded the territory to the United States in 1821.
Tamiami Trail
The Tamiami Trail, a portmanteau of Tampa and Miami, opened on April 26, 1928 and crosses the Everglades between the two cities.
Q 24Which Florida city has hosted Gasparilla, a mock pirate invasion and parade, most years since 1904?
Tampa
Tampa's Gasparilla Pirate Festival began in 1904; each year a krewe dressed as the mythical pirate José Gaspar's crew sails a replica pirate ship into downtown Tampa and 'captures' the city.
Q 25What is the highest natural point in Florida?
Britton Hill
Britton Hill in Walton County is the highest natural point in Florida at just 345 feet (105 meters) above sea level, making Florida the flattest state and the state with the lowest high point in the US.
Q 26Which NBA team won back-to-back championships in 2012 and 2013?
Miami Heat
The Miami Heat, led by LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, won consecutive NBA championships in 2012 and 2013, beating the Thunder and then the Spurs in the Finals.
Q 27What unique geographic feature makes Florida's aquifer system one of the most productive in the world?
Limestone karst terrain
Florida sits on porous limestone karst terrain that feeds the Floridan aquifer, which supplies drinking water to about 10 million people and riddles the state with springs and sinkholes.
Q 28Which US president made a Florida Keys commandant's quarters his 'Little White House'?
Harry S. Truman
He spent 175 days there across 11 visits during his presidency; the house is now a museum in the Truman Annex neighborhood of Old Town.
Q 29What is the name of the only living coral barrier reef in the continental United States?
Florida Reef
The Florida Reef (also called the Great Florida Reef) extends about 360 miles from the Dry Tortugas to Martin County. It is the third-largest coral barrier reef system in the world and the only one in the continental US.
Q 30Which Florida university's football team is known as the Gators?
University of Florida
The University of Florida Gators, based in Gainesville, compete in the SEC. The school chose the alligator as its mascot in 1911, reflecting the abundance of gators in the state. Their mascots are Albert and Alberta.