Symbols and History
This is the official state reptile of Florida
American alligator
The Mosaic Company is a Forture 500 company best known for their mining of THIS commodity
Phosphate
This hurricane was the most destructive until it was surpassed 25 years later by Hurricane Irma.
Hurricane Andrew
This term is often used to describe the recognizable “grains” in carbonate rocks composed of intraclasts, ooids, fossils, and fecal pellets
Allochem
While born in Boppard, West Germany, this comedian grew up in Titusville, Florida. They attended the UCF (1996), and specializes in observational comedy, satire, cringe comedy, and homoerotic humor.
Daniel Tosh
This is the official state beverage of Florida
Orange Juice
Henry Flagler mined much of the Key Largo limestone in his construction of THIS 128 mile long feature
Overseas Railroad
Relative to Gainesville, this cardinal direction (i.e., on a compass) best describes the location of Keystone Heights, FL
East OR More specificall Northeast
THIS Eocene-aged stratigraphic unit is sandwiched between the Ocala Limestone and the Oldsmar Formation
Avon Park Formation
Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017) was an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and local Gainesvillager. This was the name of his most famous band assembled.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
In the song “Old Folks at Home” our state song refers to this Florida River.
Suwanee River
Featured in Water’s Journey: The River Returns, THIS mildly obnoxious duo of dialogue-heavy adventures investigated the sewers of municipal Florida in search of the path of water of the St. Johns River.
Jill and Tom
Due East of Gainesville a kidney-shaped lake nearly 1.12 miles wide goes by THIS name.
Newnan’s Lake
Well before the formation of Pangea, Florida was attached to THIS supercontinent comprised of Africa, South America, Antarctica, Australia, and India
Gondwana
While sadly not a member of Marvel's Avengers, this wrestler, actor, and television personality residing in Clearwater Beach will always be your brother.
Hulk Hogan
One of the state’s best-known attractions, THIS was built in 1971 on the Mount Dora Pleistocene sand ridge.
Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom
THESE two nutrients are responsible for eutrophication in Florida’s freshwater and saltwater environments.
Nitrate and phosphate
In the Florida keys, a very long bridge of THIS MANY MILES connects Marathon and Bahia Honda Keys
7 miles long
An altered product of limestone present in older carbonate rocks, THIS mineral is NOT just calcium carbonate, but it is a calcium-magnesium carbonate
Dolomite
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!
In 2007, a 21-year old Andrew Mayer went down in history for exclaiming these four words at a UF forum featuring US Senator John Kerry. Hint: One of these words was listed as the New Oxford American Dictionary words of the year.
Don’t tase me, bro!
A former Naval officer of the Iraq war, this is current governor of Florida
Ron Desantis
Composed of cherty Suwanee Limestone, the Turlington Potato Rock (found in Turlington Plasa) tops out at THIS mass in tons (closest team gets the money)
10 tons
The Canaveral in “Cape Canaveral” is derived from the Spanish “cañaveral” meaning THIS
Reedbed, sugarcane field, etc
Florida is tied for first place as having the fewest earthquakes of any US state with THIS Midwestern state bordering Canada.
North Dakota
In 1989, this UF prodigy and citrus-industry tycoon from Frostproof, FL was ranked 261st on the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans.
Ben Hill Griffin Jr.