Tampa Basics
This body of water Tampa sits on is part of the Gulf of Mexico.
What is Tampa Bay?
Florida became the ___ state in 1845.
What is the 27th?
This famous Tampa theme park opened in 1959.
What is Busch Gardens?
Nicknamed “sea cows,” these marine mammals can be found all throughout Hillsborough river.
What are manatees?
This college football rivalry is called the “Sunshine Showdown,” played between these in-state universities.
What is Florida vs. Florida State?
This pirate-themed festival takes over Tampa every January.
What is Gasparilla?
Established in 1947, this was the first national park located east of the Mississippi River.
What is Everglades National Park?
This river runs through downtown Tampa.
What is the Hillsborough River?
This Florida city is known as the “Theme Park Capital of the World.”
What is Orlando?
This Florida university’s men’s basketball team became the NCAA national champions in 2025.
What is the University of Florida?
This major airport serves the Tampa Bay area.
What is Tampa International Airport (TPA)?
This was Florida’s first capital.
What is Tallahassee?
This Tampa sports team won the Super Bowl in 2021.
Who are the Tampa Bay Buccaneers?
This meme comes from bizarre news headlines across the state.
What is “Florida Man”?
This Florida city annually hosts one of the most famous NASCAR races in the world.
What is Daytona Beach?
This Tampa industry boomed in the late 1800s due to immigrant labor.
What is cigar manufacturing?
Florida was originally claimed by this European country in 1513.
What is Spain?
This historic Tampa district is famous for its brick streets, cigar factories, and Cuban heritage.
What is Ybor City?
If you're brave enough it's legal to wrestle one of these Florida natives.
What are alligators?
As of early 2026, the Tampa Bay Rays agreed to start negotiating a plan to build a new stadium on the campus of this local college.
What is Hillsborough College?
Tampa officially became a city in this year.
What is 1887?
This Florida location became the first space launch site in the United States.
What is Cape Canaveral?
Home to the Tampa Bay Lightning, this arena opened under the name.
What is the Ice Palace?
When temps drop these reptiles can often be found falling out of trees.
What are iguanas?
As of 2025, this is the total number of times the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have played in the Super Bowl.
What is 3?