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Key West Florida General Knowledge

Just random history and geography quiz of Key West Florida. Most are actual facts, some general and local knowledge, and maybe just how I remember it living and growing up there.
Probably easy if you grew up here, not so much if you didn't
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Last updated: October 10, 2019
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Before given the name Key West, the island was known by this Spanish Name
Cayo Hueso
The Spanish name translates to this in English
Bone Key
People born and raised here are called
Conchs
People who have lived, but not born, in Key West for a long time are known as this kind of the above
Fresh Water
Biologically, a conch is really a giant type of this
Sea Snail
What are considered the original Conchs, came primarily from this country (modern name)
Bahamas
Old time male Conchs generally called or greeted each other by this common southern nickname
Bubba
Key West has how many Forts from the civil war era
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Key West was aligned with which side during the Civil War
Union
This Fort, close to but not in Key West, is known for being a prison holding John Wilkes Booth's doctor
Fort Jefferson
Most famous bar in Key West because of its association with Ernest Hemingway
Sloppy Joe's
The original location of that bar is named after a former Key West mayor and smuggler
Capt Tony's
Not really the longest, but called the longest road in the US since it stretches all the way from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico
Duval St
If you drink yourself from one end of this street to the other, it's called the
Duval Crawl
When harvesting sea turtles was a legal industry in Key West, they were kept in a pen called this
Kraal
Closest "suburb" of Key West, named this because most of the cattle were kept there
Stock Island
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