Quiz: Florida Facts

Quiz: Florida

Instructions: Type the correct word or words in the blanks to complete the facts about Florida. If you type a space after your answer, it will look like it is correct, but it will be marked wrong. Use the tab key to move from space to space.

The capital of Florida is ⁽¹⁾.
Florida's nickname is ^{(2) "}.^"
Back in the early 1800s, Florida was considered such a miserable ⁽³⁾ that Congress debated whether or not to acquire it.
In 1513 Ponce de Leon saw the coast of Florida and claimed it for ⁽⁴⁾ and named it Pascua Florida, meaning the feast of flowers.
In the mid-sixteenth century, the Spanish brought ⁽⁵⁾ trees to St. Augustine, where they flourished in the sandy soil and subtropical climate.
Some accounts say that Ponce de Leon originally came to Florida in search of the Fountain of ⁽⁶⁾. Judging from the millions of senior citizens who have retired there, there might be some truth to the legend.
In 1959, a great influx of ⁽⁷⁾ refugees fled their country after Fidel Castro and his forces overthrew the Batista government. They have had a huge influence on Florida's culture, particularly in Miami.
It's moderate climate and more than 1100 miles of ⁽⁸⁾ make Florida one of the world's top travel destinations. In 2005, 84.6 million visitors poured more than 62 billion dollars into the local economy.
The Florida sun shines more than 350 days a year, so it's only natural that a local boy, Benjamin Green, would invent ⁽⁹⁾ lotion. During II, the airman and future pharmacist developed the protective lotion for soldiers in the South Pacific.
Sunny beaches used to be Florida's biggest attraction, but now it's Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando. Covering 47 square miles, it's the largest theme-park resort in the world, and it is also the largest single-site ⁽¹⁰⁾ in the United States.
Almost all of the southeastern peninsula and the entire southern end are covered by the ⁽¹¹⁾, the world's largest Saltgrass swamp, and the only place in the world where both alligators and crocodiles live side by side.
Four of the 20th century's five most lethal ⁽¹²⁾ made landfall in Florida, and it is second only to Louisiana in the amount of rainfall it receives. It also leads the nation in the number of people killed by lightening.
One of the cofounders of Standard Oil, Henry Flagler, built the magnificent Ponce de Leon Hotel in St. Augustine. Then he built a ⁽¹³⁾ to get his friends to it. In 1905, people thought he was crazy when he decided to extend it through the Florida Keys between Miami and Key West.
In the 1950s, Florida and the rest of America became captivated by a new challenge--space. To meet President Kennedy's challenge to reach the moon, NASA's officials had to get serious about finding a suitable place to build a launch facility. The perfect place was ⁽¹⁴⁾ because it sticks out very prominently, and it is safe to launch over the ocean, away from houses.

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