Welcome to our page of Florida trivia questions! Florida is a state known for its beautiful beaches, diverse culture, and rich history, making it a fascinating destination for trivia enthusiasts. Our selection of questions covers a wide range of topics including the state's history, culture, geography, and landmarks. Whether you're a native of Florida or just a curious learner, our trivia questions will help you discover new and exciting information about this great state.
For those interested in the history of Florida, our trivia questions will take you through the state's past, from its early days as a Spanish colony to the present. We also cover the state's famous landmarks such as the Everglades National Park, the Kennedy Space Center and the historic Castillo de San Marcos. Culture enthusiasts can learn about the state's diverse cultural heritage, traditional customs, and local art forms.
Florida's geography and wildlife are also an important part of the state's identity, and our questions cover information about the state's natural wonders like the Florida Keys, the Cypress Swamp and the unique wildlife such as the Manatee and the state bird, the Northern Mockingbird.
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125 Florida Trivia Questions Ranked From Easiest to Hardest (Updated for 2024)
- Florida shares a land border with what state that also immediately follows it on an alphabetical list of the U.S. states?
Answer: Georgia
- The 2000 U.S. presidential election was officially decided by a controversial Supreme Court decision following a recount of votes in what state? The recount determined that George W. Bush had defeated Al Gore in that state by a mere 537 votes.
Answer: Florida
- Blanche, Dorothy, Rose, and Sophia share a home in Miami and share the auric experiences of being widows and divorcées in what NBC sitcom with the unforgettable theme song “Thank You For Being A Friend”?
Answer: The Golden Girls
- Most people know about the Rochester, Minnesota campus, but Mayo also has a couple of other notable locations: Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona, and Jacksonville in what sunny state?
Answer: Florida
- For three seasons beginning in 2009, the opening of a new clothing boutique by two Kardashian sisters was the focus of the reality show called "Kourtney and Kim Take" what Florida city?
Answer: Miami
- What public research university in Orange County was founded in 1963, with its mascot being the Knights, and has black and gold school colors?
Answer: University Of Central Florida
- Each January 1st from 1992 through 1995, you could count on the Nebraska Cornhuskers winning what NCAA football bowl game that formerly took place annually in a namesake stadium in Miami, Florida?
Answer: Orange Bowl
- Florida is the finish line of the East Coast Greenway. Which state does the 3,000-mile bike route start in?
Answer: Maine
- Former Florida Governor Robert Ritchie should have known not to run against a show’s protagonist as he was only able to muster 119 electoral votes against incumbent Jed Bartlet during the 2002 presidential election on what NBC White House drama?
Answer: The West Wing
- What NASA field center, located on Merritt Island in Florida, is named for the United States’ 35th president?
Answer: Kennedy Space Center
- "On Becoming a God in Central Florida" was a Showtime series that lasted just one season, starring what "Spider-Man" actress as a theme park employee turned con artist?
Answer: Kirsten Dunst
- ThunderBug is the official mascot of what NHL Eastern Conference team?
Answer: Tampa Bay Lightning
- Which supermarket chain headquartered in Florida was started by the Jenkins family in 1903 and is the biggest employee-owned company in America?
Answer: Publix
- As the 3rd-largest city in the state of Florida, it's not too surprising that Tampa is the seat of its home county, which is named what?
Answer: Hillsborough County
- John Dyer, former Florida State Senate member who was elected Orlando mayor in 2003, goes by what nickname? The name was also the first name of the Rock and Roll pioneer who performed with his Crickets.
Answer: Buddy
- Six-year-old Moonee lives with her unemployed mother in a motel in Kissimmee in what 2017 coming-of-age film starring Willem Dafoe?
Answer: The Florida Project
- Blastoff! What three-digit telephone area code, activated in 2000, is meant to honor the space shuttle launches of Cape Canaveral and Florida's "Space Coast?"
Answer: 321
- Rural Floridian writer Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings is probably best known for what 1938 book about a young boy who adopts an orphaned fawn that is, as the title suggests, about one year old?
Answer: The Yearling
- In what STATE would you find the airport that uses the acronym ECP for "Everyone Can Party" as its code? The city where the airport resides is a well-known destination for spring breakers.
Answer: Florida (Panama City)
- Up to three non-exempt players can gain entry to the British Open at an annual Orlando-area golf invitational named for what legendary pro and mixed soft drink namesake?
Answer: Arnold Palmer
- What airline headquartered in Florida is listed on the NASDAQ with the symbol SAVE?
Answer: Spirit Airlines
- Featuring Guerdy Abraira, Alexia Echevarria, Lisa Hochstein, and others, RHOM is an abbreviation for "The Real Housewives of" what city?
Answer: Miami
- According to a Season 10 episode of "South Park," the animated sitcom "Family Guy" is scripted by what whiskered Florida sea cows?
Answer: Manatees
- Prague-born Jan Hammer composed the music for what 1980s TV series that starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as detectives in Florida?
Answer: Miami Vice
- 50/50 Golf/Disc Golf analogy! Florida is to PGA Headquarters, as what neighboring state is to the headquarters of the PDGA, or Professional Disc Golf Association?
Answer: Georgia
- "With Arms Wide Open" is the only number-one hit by what alt-rock band that formed in Tallahassee in 1994?
Answer: Creed
- What Fort Lauderdale native has set many of his novels in the Sunshine State, including "Tourist Season" (1986) and "Strip Tease" (1993), which was made into a film starring Demi Moore?
Answer: Carl Hiaasen
- The Florida Reef is not just the third largest of its kind in the world, it’s also the only living one in the continental United States. Which kind of reef is it?
Answer: Coral Barrier
- When you think of early America, Philly and Boston probably jump to mind. While they’re great, neither is the oldest city in the U.S. Which city in Florida has that distinction, as it was settled by Spanish explorers in 1565? (Hint: They named it after a Catholic saint because they landed on their late-summer feast day.)
Answer: St. Augustine
- Way before Plymouth, Spanish explorers celebrated a Thanksgiving feast with the Timucua, near the eventual site of the Castillo de San Marcos in what Atlantic Coast state?
Answer: Florida
- Prolific author Carl Hiaasen wrote more than a dozen humor-inflected novels dealing with crime, environmentalism, and political corruption in his native Florida. In 2002, he made his first foray into young adult fiction with what four-letter owl-centric novel that was named a Newbery Medal honor book?
Answer: Hoot
- "From Florida With Love" is a track from "Dark Lane Demo Tapes," a 2020 album by what rapper more often associated with Canada than with Florida?
Answer: Drake
- What is the four-letter name for a fragment sometimes created when holes are made in a paper or card? The "hanging" variety of this common noun became a hot topic during the 2000 U.S. presidential election in the state of Florida.
Answer: Chad
- Dontrelle Willis, Josh Beckett, and Miguel Cabrera all spent time playing for the Kane County Cougars in Geneva, Illinois while the team was part of what Major League team's farm system?
Answer: Florida Marlins
- With the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819, the United States was able to negotiate the acquisition of Florida from what European power?
Answer: Spain
- While it probably makes you think of sky-high activities like space launches and theme park rides, which southern state is actually the flattest?
Answer: Florida
- Matt Passmore starred as a Chicago police detective who moves to Florida in what early-2010s A&E TV series named after a nickname for a National Park?
Answer: The Glades
- Angering many Key Lime Pie lovers, what alliterative red-fruit treat became Florida's official state dessert in March 2022, per an act signed by Governor Ron DeSantis?
Answer: Strawberry Shortcake
- Located on the Manatee River south of Tampa, what Florida city is home to the Bishop Planetarium and the Parker Manatee Aquarium?
Answer: Bradenton
- Found with a lot of white-sanded beaches is Bahia Honda State Park Campgrounds which is in which U.S. state?
Answer: Florida
- What Tampa, Florida theme park, which first opened in 1959, was originally developed as a marketing vehicle for the owner's beer business, and featured stables housing some of the world's most famous Clydesdales?
Answer: Busch Gardens
- He was "Free Fallin'" in 1989, began "Learning to Fly" in 1991, which led to "Something in the Air" in 1994. Which Florida-born member of the Traveling Wilburys had a recurring role as Elroy "Lucky" Kleinschmidt in the animated comedy series King of the Hill?
Answer: Tom Petty
- What passenger railroad line, the only privately owned passenger rail service in the U.S., runs between Miami and West Palm Beach, Florida?
Answer: Brightline
- What 3-word emo band from Middleburg, Florida released the albums "Don't You Fake It," "Lonely Road," and "Am I the Enemy"? The band is best known for their 2006 single "Face Down."
Answer: The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
- In 2020, what Florida MLB team hired Kim Ng as its general manager, making her the first woman GM in the league's history?
Answer: Miami Marlins
- Modeled after "Jersey Shore," what MTV reality series set in the Florida Panhandle, and stretching all the way to Alabama, premiered on November 27, 2017?
Answer: Floribama Shore
- Florida's Fort Jefferson, now part of Dry Tortugas National Park, was once a Civil War-era prison. Its most famous prisoner, Dr. Samuel Mudd, was sent to Fort Jefferson after setting the broken leg of what nefarious actor in 1865?
Answer: John Wilkes Booth
- What 2005 family film stars AnnaSophia Robb as a young girl who adopts a dog she finds at a Florida supermarket, naming him after the supermarket chain?
Answer: Because of Winn-Dixie
- After nearly a decade of complaints from fans upset at the "evil" associations, what word was dropped in 2007 from a Florida MLB team's name to make them the Tampa Bay Rays?
Answer: Devil
- A sandwich known as the camel rider or desert rider, a specialty of Arab-owned delicatessens in Jacksonville, Florida, consists of deli meat and dressing on what kind of bread?
Answer: Pita
- As of 2024, how many U.S. Presidents have born in the state of Florida?
Answer: Zero
- Located on Kings Bay on Florida's Gulf Coast, what is the name of the national wildlife refuge that was created specifically for the protection of Florida manatees?
Answer: Crystal River
- In 1998, Florida-born Michael Page debuted a pink, purple, and blue flag on his website that went on to become globally used. This flag was meant to celebrate what specific type of pride?
Answer: Bisexual
- Rapper Flo Rida's biggest hit, a #1 that spent 10 weeks on the Billboard charts, is what 2007 song with a name that might show up in a weather report?
Answer: Low
- With more than three million volumes in its collection, the Broward County Library System is considered one of the 25 largest systems in the U.S. In what state would you find these libraries?
Answer: Florida
- What longtime Florida State coach is the second-winningest FBS coach of all-time and led the Seminoles to National Championships in 1993 and 1999?
Answer: Bobby Bowden
- What “M” cancer center is a nonprofit located in Tampa, Florida? Established in 1981 by the Florida legislature, it opened on the USF campus in 1986.
Answer: Moffitt Cancer Center
- In the 2019 Minor League Baseball season, the Gwinnett Stripers and the Florida Fire Frogs were both affiliates of what Major League team? The former was a Triple-A team and the latter a Class A team.
Answer: Atlanta Braves
- The expression "hanging chad" gained notoriety during the 2000 U.S. presidential election. "Hanging chads" were the focus in a recount in which state?
Answer: Florida
- Orlando, Florida is seated in what county? It is also the name of a Colin Hanks film about applying to college.
Answer: Orange County
- In May 2021, Heineken USA announced that it would be sponsoring its first NFL team as its exclusive import beer partner. What is this Florida-based team that plays its home games in Hard Rock Stadium?
Answer: Miami Dolphins
- A major factor in making the 2000 U.S. presidential election so close, especially in Florida, was the Green Party campaign of what man who rose to fame in the 1960s as a consumer advocate, and author of “Unsafe At Any Speed?”
Answer: Ralph Nader
- What magical space of 25,000 acres in Lake Buena Vista and Bay Lake, Florida, is split into six distinct parks and 27 hotels? It was founded in 1971 as an expansion of a California location.
Answer: Walt Disney World
- What “E” National Park in Florida is 1.5 million acres of wetlands preserve at the southern tip of the state? It is home to mangroves, marshes, and swamp wildlife.
Answer: Everglades National Park
- The corporate headquarters of Publix supermarkets and the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed buildings of Florida Southern College can be found in what city located east of Tampa?
Answer: Lakeland
- Billing itself as America's largest Latin music festival, the Calle Ocho festival takes place in March in what Florida city?
Answer: Miami
- What largest lake in Florida has been dealing with major algae blooms in recent years?
Answer: Lake Okeechobee
- Orlando-based Darden Concepts is a restaurant group whose popular brands include LongHorn Steakhouse and what Italian chain where "we're all family here?"
Answer: Olive Garden
- The world's first commercial airline, established in 1914 and running for only four months, was located in what U.S. state?
Answer: Florida
- The lower half of the Florida state flag features what four-word phrase that also appears above the White House on the reverse side of a U.S. $20 bill?
Answer: In God We Trust
- Key West, Florida is the place to find the 1930s residence, now a landmark and museum, that belonged to what famous American author, the writer of “A Moveable Feast” and “To Have And Have Not?”
Answer: Hemingway Home And Museum
- What city along Florida's Gulf Coast is located approximately 5,400 miles from the city in the Italian region of Campania that it is named after?
Answer: Naples
- In Gainsville, you can go ona tour of our universe without ever leaving Earth by taking a stroll along which mile-long display that was put up in 2002 (back when Pluto was still a planet, so it’s included!)
Answer: Gainsville Solar Walk
- Sunny Florida might seem like the last place to catch an ice hockey game, but the state has two NHL teams—one named after an animal, and one named after a weather event. Can you name either (or both) of the teams?
Answer: Tampa Bay Lightning
- His real name is Faheem Rasheed Najm, but you probably know the “Buy U a Drank” rapper as "T-Pain." The stage name was inspired by which Florida city (and the state capital) where he was born in 1984?
Answer: Tallahassee
- Every July, Key West holds a week-long celebration of which famous writer who wrote some of his greatest works (like “For Whom the Bell Tolls”) while living there?
Answer: Hemingway
- A museum and gift shop in tiny Ochopee, Florida is the "Headquarters" of the hunt for what legendary ape-like creature, often called "Florida's Bigfoot?"
Answer: Skunk Ape
- Which Florida city sounds like you’re asking for a smooch and is home to the Osceola Heritage Park, Scotty’s Landing, and The Loop?
Answer: Kissimmee
- What colorful flight demonstration squadron of the U.S. Navy, the second oldest such unit in the world after the Patrouille de France, is headquartered in the Florida city of Pensacola?
Answer: Blue Angels
- Tallahassee is the largest city in what informal region of the Florida panhandle that stretches from the Apalachicola River to the St. Johns River and shares its name with a Texas national park on the Rio Grande?
Answer: Big Bend
- In 2022, the Florida legislature passed a law abolishing the RCID, an "improvement district" that's home to Walt Disney World. What does the "RC" stand for in "RCID?"
Answer: Reedy Creek
- Captiva Island is often referred to as a pair with what larger nearby island that also belongs to Florida's Lee County?
Answer: Sanibel Island
- Hawaii and Florida are the only two states that have which type of warm, moist climate?
Answer: Tropical
- The Florida city of St. Petersburg set a Guinness World Record from 1967 to 1969 of 768 straight days of what, specifically?
Answer: Sunshine
- According to various sources, what Florida city is either named for a distinguished soldier in the Seminole Wars or a character from the Shakespeare play As You Like It?
Answer: Orlando
- In 2008, Florida adopted updated lyrics to what state official song written by Stephen Foster in 1851?
Answer: Swanee River (Old Folks at Home)
- The castle at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney Resort in Florida is Cinderella Castle. The castle at the original Disneyland is named after what animated Disney classic?
Answer: Sleeping Beauty
- What two-word Florida city is presided over by Mayor Dan Gelber, who announced in March 2023 that his city doesn't "embrace the spring break atmosphere" with which it is associated?
Answer: Miami Beach
- In July 1995, which hurricane that made its way to Texas after pummeling Florida was the first to hit the continental U.S. since Hurricane Andrew back in ‘92?
Answer: Erin
- What private rail company, which already runs passenger trains in Florida, has officially proposed to build a bullet train between Las Vegas and Los Angeles?
Answer: Brightline
- In December 2000, PepsiCo acquired a litany of popular brands through the purchase of Quaker Oats, including Cap’n Crunch, Aunt Jemima, and what famous sports drink product that was invented by a team of scientists at the University of Florida in 1965?
Answer: Gatorade
- Located in the southern United States, what is the only state capital city that has three pairs of double letters in its name?
Answer: Tallahassee
- What stone in the feldspar family is Florida's state gem? The state legislature chose it because of the space program at Cape Canaveral, even though the gem is not naturally found anywhere in the state.
Answer: Moonstone
- Gatorade, the popular sport drink owned by PepsiCo, got its name because it was invented at what American university?
Answer: University of Florida
- The name of what juice brand adorns the stadium in St. Petersburg, Florida where the Tampa Bay Rays play? Before this brand bought the naming rights, the stadium was originally known as the Florida Suncoast Dome.
Answer: Tropicana
- What Ocala native became the first Black woman to win a Winter Olympic gold medal in an individual sport? She is also the first Black American woman to medal in speed skating.
Answer: Erin Jackson
- What (very appropriate) three numbers were selected as the area code for Florida's "Space Coast," including Cape Canaveral, after a successful petition by residents in 1999?
Answer: 321
- Which U.S. state, currently governed by Ron DeSantis, was told in July 2023 by a federal judge that it violates the ADA by placing children with complex medical situations in nursing homes?
Answer: Florida
- As of 2023 data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), which state has the most real estate agents—perhaps because people with Disney dreams are looking for a beachside property?
Answer: Florida
- As of summer 2023, scientists think Hansen’s disease might be endemic in parts of Florida. What did the disease used to be called, back when folks who contracted it were often forced to live in colonies?
Answer: Leprosy
- Which baseball pitcher who played for the Montreal Expos and the Florida Marlins was born on May 5, 1980, in Alaska?
Answer: Chad Bentz
- The Lightner Museum, a namesake lighthouse, the 17th century Castillo de San Marcos, and the Bridge of Lions all draw visitors to what oldest town in the U.S.?
Answer: St. Augustine, Florida
- Striking the Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana in mid-to-late August 1992 and causing dozens of fatalities along with over $20 billion in damages was what male-named hurricane?
Answer: Andrew
- On January 24, 1989, what famous serial killer was put to death in the Florida State Prison in an electric chair known as "Old Sparky"?
Answer: Ted Bundy
- Perhaps you should see an oneirologist. Barbara Eden and Larry Hagman starred in what 1960s TV show set in Cocoa Beach, Florida?
Answer: I Dream of Jeannie
- Which American rock band formed in the 1960s in Florida originally went by the name “My Backyard?” Members of the band were killed when their airplane crashed in 1977.
Answer: Lynyrd Skynyrd
- What Tennessee native was the first presidential candidate and nominated as a member of the Democratic party? Although he served in both houses of congress, as well as governor of Florida, he was probably best known for his heroics in the Battle of New Orleans.
Answer: Andrew Jackson
- To fans of the musical stylings of bands like Nasty Savage and Morbid Angel, Tampa Bay is known as the capital of which subgenre of metal that’s not for the faint of heart?
Answer: Death
- A walk-through St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge in Florida's panhandle inspired what book, the first of Jeff Vandermeer's "Southern Reach" trilogy and the basis of a 2018 film?
Answer: Annihilation
- Which category 5 hurricane that devastated Florida, the Bahamas, and Louisiana in August of 1992 is remembered as one of the worst natural disasters of the ‘90s?
Answer: Andrew
- Because it was the setting for many of the writer's stories, the city of Eatonville, Florida hosts an annual festival dedicated to her. She's often considered a central figure of the Harlem Renaissanc and 1937's "Their Eyes Were Watching God" remains the most popular of her 50+ published works. Who is she?
Answer: Zora Neale Hurston
- A relatively unknown Boca Raton school whose sports teams go by the Owls made an unexpected run to the Men’s Final Four in March 2023. What is the name of that university?
Answer: Florida Atlantic University
- What Spanish explorer led the first official European expedition to Florida and also served as the first governor of Puerto Rico?
Answer: Juan Ponce de León
- Biscayne, San Marco, and Di Lido are artificial islands in Miami that are collectively known by what name, in reference to another city with significant water features?
Answer: Venetian Islands
- Listeners of “Ghost Church” follow host Jamie Loftus to Cassadaga, dubbed the “Psychic Capital of the World.” What state is the town in?
Answer: Florida
- The Seminole Wars between 1816 and 1858 were also known as the wars of which Southern U.S. state, since that’s where they took place?
Answer: Florida
- The first scheduled commercial air service, piloted by Antony Habersack Jannus, made its first flight on January 1, 1914. In what U.S. state did the flight take place?
Answer: Florida
- Led by Doug Logan, what Floridan firm used “kinematic markers” to audit ballots in Arizona’s Maricopa County from the 2020 U.S. presidential election starting in April 2021?
Answer: Cyber Ninjas
- At a Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Tarpon Springs, you’ll find a “weeping” statue. Since the 1970s, people have reported seeing crystal tears fall in the eyes of the Icon of which saint?
Answer: Nicholas
- What is the scary, military name of the bearded, blue-eyed mascot of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who replaced parrot mascot Skully in 2000?
Answer: Captain Fear
- What is the idyllic-sounding name of the Starcruiser where you can have a two-night immersive experience at Walt Disney World Florida, including lightsaber lessons and a view of space from your cabin?
Answer: Halcyon
- Listed as one of the top 200 U.S. companies by annual revenue, what is the current name of the American energy company with the greatest production and storage capacity for wind and solar energy? The company began its corporate life under the name Florida Power & Light Company in 1925.
Answer: NextEra Energy
- "Florida" is the title of a 2019 short story collection by what American author who's also known for "Fates and Furies" and "Matrix?"
Answer: Lauren Groff
- Although born in Ohio and most often associated with the state of New Jersey, Thomas Edison established a botanic laboratory with Harvey Firestone and Henry Ford in what separate state?
Answer: Florida
- What “M” auction house founded in Kissimmee, Florida in 1988 specializes in collector and classic cars, and is named after its founder Dana?
Answer: Mecum
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