Government
An American politician, attorney, and former naval officer he is the 46th governor of Florida.
Who is Governor Ron DeSantis.
South Florida has two contemporary Native American tribes.
Who are the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida.
This animal is Florida's official state mammal.
What is the Florida panther.
This central Florida location is known as the Horse Capital of the World.
What is Ocala.
Lake Okeechobee, Florida's largest lake, has this Native American meaning.
What is Big Water.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2025, Florida's human population reached, approximately, this 8 figure number.
What is 23.5 million people.
Approximately 2,000 years ago, this fierce and dominating Florida society occupied coastal areas in Southwest Florida.
Who are the Calusa. They are extinct.
This vast chain of mangrove islands between Cape Romano (south of Marco Island) and Lostman’s River is known for its fishing, wildlife, and night-sky viewing.
What is 10,000 Islands.
Mickey Mouse welcomes approximately this many people to Walt Disney World annually.
What is 50 million people annually.
Sea level rise is no stranger to Florida, with the state having been covered with sea water at least this many times.
What is at least four times.
Although actually a grass, this is Florida's designated state tree.
What is the sabal palm, or cabbage palm.
The term "Florida cracker" is derived from early settlers in the 18th and 19th century doing this.
What is cracking their whips to herd cattle. It is also a term used in modern days to describe a Floridian descended from many generations of Floridians.
This annual challenge seeks to eliminate a particular terrestrial nonnative, invasive species.
What is the Florida Python Challenge. This challenge is aimed at removing Burmese pythons from the wild.
This controversial facility was once an airport project in the Everglades that was planned to be five times larger than the JFK International Airport but was shutdown due environmental concerns.
What is Alligator Alcatraz.
This is the percentage of Florida's surface area that is covered by water, which includes over 7,700 lakes larger than 10 acres, extensive coastal bays, and inland waters.
What is approximately 18.5%.
This popular expression used by adolescents is also the number of counties in Florida.
What is 67.
A 6 inch statuette unearthed on Marco Island in 1896 and estimated to have been carved 500 to 1500 years ago has the likeness of both a human and a panther.
What is the Key Marco Cat.
Florida is home to two native semiaquatic carnivorous reptiles that can grow to more than 15 feet in length.
What is the American alligator and the American crocodile. South Florida is the only place in the world where the American alligator and the American crocodile occur naturally.
Crops located on the southern edge of Lake Okeechobee, Florida is the largest producer by volume of this crop in the United States.
What is sugar cane.
The Everglades has this nickname, dubbed by Marjory Stoneman Douglas in her non-fiction book.
What is the River of Grass.
Florida’s current state seal has three depictions representing the state - a woman, a tree, and a type of transportation (3-part answer).
What is a Seminole woman, a sabal palm, and a steamboat.
In 1521, believing he could colonize an area near what is now near Charlotte Harbor in Southwest Florida, Conquistador Juan Ponce de Leon instead met his demise by dying from this unfortunate (for him) event.
What is getting hit by a poisonous arrow by the indigenous people who already occupied Southwest Florida. He fled to Cuba and died.
This type of orchid is only found in Florida, Cuba, and possibly the West Indies.
What is the ghost orchid.
A Florida State Park tourist attraction features performing mermaids.
What is Weeki Wachee State Park.
Florida has dry seasons and wet seasons; annually receiving approximately this many inches of rain per year.
What is between 50-60 inches of rainfall, typically, per year.