Statistics for History of Florida

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What theme park was built near Orlando in 1971?	Disney World	96%
What was he looking for? (According to a dubious legend)	Fountain of {Youth}	89%
What beverage was invented to help the Florida Gators football team in 1965?	Gatorade	89%
What two countries are the largest sources of Florida's foreign-born population?	Cuba	88%
What national park was established in 1934?	Everglades	87%
What drug did the Medellin Cartel bring into Miami in great amounts in the 1980s?	Cocaine	85%
Where were space shuttles launched from?	{Kennedy} Space Center	83%
What 1930s architectural style is Miami's South Beach famous for?	Art {Deco}	73%
What bearded, daiquiri-loving novelist lived in Key West from 1931 to 1939?	Ernest Hemingway	70%
What stock car race was first held in 1959, and won by Lee Petty?	{Daytona} 500	65%
What future President fought against those Native Americans while serving as military governor of Florida?	Andrew Jackson	64%
What was explorer Hernando de Soto looking for when he visited Florida in 1539?	Gold	62%
What group of Native Americans fought three wars against the U.S. government in the 1800s?	Seminole	60%
In the 1880s, Ybor City was famous for its cigar industry. What city is Ybor City part of today?	Tampa	60%
What two countries are the largest sources of Florida's foreign-born population?	Haiti	59%
What hurricane devastated South Florida in 1992?	Hurricane Andrew	58%
What city, founded in 1565, is the oldest European settlement in the U.S.?	St. Augustine	57%
What disease was eradicated from Florida in the 1940s with the help of DDT?	Malaria	55%
What part of a ballot can be "fat", "pregnant", or "hanging" - as was famously demonstrated in 2000?	Chad	51%
Who is given credit as the first European to explore Florida?	Juan Ponce de León	43%