1. Palm Beach
   Key West
2. Sarasota
   Tallahassee

Located in the state's western panhandle, Tallahassee has served as Florida's capital since 1824. Just the seventh-largest city in the state in terms of population, Tallahassee is home to the state's Capitol and Supreme Court, as well as Florida State University.

1. David
   Carl
2. Andrew
   Edgar

Andrew was a Category 5 storm with winds in excess of 165 mph when it struck South Florida near the city of Homestead in 1992. At least 65 people were killed and tens of thousands lost their homes. Hurricane Andrew caused a staggering $20 billion in damage, making it one of the costliest hurricanes in Florida history.

1. Christopher Columbus
   Amerigo Vespucci
2. Juan Ponce de Leon
   Captain James Cook

It was explorer Ponce de Leon who gave Florida its name. The name comes from a Spanish term meaning "feast of flowers."

1. Orange juice
   Corn
2. Cherries
   Beef

Florida has been a leader in U.S. citrus production since the mid-1800s. More than 75,000 people in the state are employed in the citrus industry, and 90 percent of all orange juice consumed in the U.S. comes from Florida oranges. Sadly, a condition known as citrus greening has been plaguing citrus farmers in the state and hurting production since 2005.

1. Bugs
   Fish
2. Sandwiches
   Mixed drinks

Also known as the American cockroach, the Palmetto bug is the largest roach that takes up residence inside U.S. homes ... and these bugs are all over the state of Florida. Measuring 2 inches long, these creepy critters not only make many people's skin crawl, but also spread bacteria and parasites. The government of Monroe County, Florida suggests that good sanitation is the best weapon to keep these critters out of your residence.

1. Theme parks
   Diamond mines
2. Rocket launches
   Popular zoo

Cape Canaveral on Florida's east coast is home to Kennedy Space Center. This is where Apollo 11 launched from on July 16, 1969, transporting Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins one giant leap to the moon.

1. Chocolate
   Route to India
2. Edge of the planet
   Fountain of Youth

Ponce de Leon was probably searching for gold when he set sail for what is now Florida in the early 1500s, but a deep-rooted legend suggests he was actually searching for the mythical Fountain of Youth. Since at least the 1800s, the city of St. Augustine has taken advantage of this story, welcoming tourists to take in the waters at the Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park.

1. Tennis
   Baseball
2. Auto racing
   Water polo

Beginning way back in 1902, drivers with souped-up cars raced along the Beach Road Course in Daytona. Built in 1959, Daytona International Speedway builds on that legacy, welcoming visitors to take in the spectacle of the Daytona 500, one of NASCAR's most iconic events.

1. The Palm Tree State
   The Sunshine State
2. Home of Disney World
   Home of Florida Man

Florida has plenty of sun, so its official nickname of The Sunshine State makes sense. If you've ever lived there, or even visited, you might be aware that all that sun is often interrupted by rain. In fact, Florida is one of the top five rainiest states in the U.S., with 50 inches of precipitation falling each year.

1. 1
   2
2. 3
   None

Florida has three pro football teams, second only to the four teams that call California home. Florida's NFL teams include the Jacksonville Jaguars, Miami Dolphins and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

1. Everglades National Park
   Seminole National Park
2. Bluestone National Park
   Florida Keys National Park

Dedicated as a national park in 1947, the Everglades welcomes over a million visitors a year. You may be surprised to learn it is the third-largest National Park in the whole U.S., after Death Valley and Yellowstone out west.

1. Henry Flagler
   J.P. Morgan
2. Cornelius Vanderbilt
   Jay Gould

After making a fortune with Standard Oil, Henry Flagler turned his attention to Florida, building the Florida East Coast Railway to connect Jacksonville to Key West. The route opened in 1912, connecting Key West's 20,000 residents to the mainland. Flagler also left behind iconic hotels along the route to support the railroad. He was so instrumental to Florida development that the city of Miami was almost named in his honor.

1. Lake Orlando
   Lake Banff
2. Lake Okeechobee
   Reedy Creek Lake

One of more than 7,000 lakes in the state and measuring 700 square miles, Lake Okeechobee is Florida's largest lake. It's also the eighth largest freshwater lake in the entire nation, according to the Florida Department of State.

1. Dolphin
   Panther
2. Shark
   Pelican

Felis concolor coryi, or the panther, is the official state animal of Florida. This wild cat is part of the mountain lion family and has been on the U.S. endangered species list since the 1960s.

1. St. Augustine
   Pensacola
2. Jacksonville
   Homestead

Claimed by Spain as a colony in 1565, St. Augustine in northeast Florida is the oldest city in the U.S. More than 40 years older than Jamestown, Virginia, St. Augustine celebrated its 450th anniversary in 2015. That's even more impressive when you consider that the U.S. as a nation only turned 238 that year.

1. Mark Twain
   F. Scott Fitzgerald
2. John Steinbeck
   Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway wrote part of "To Have and Have Not" while living in Key West in the 1930s. The author of "The Old Man and the Sea" and "For Whom the Bell Tolls" is remembered by a Hemingway lookalike contest held at Sloppy Joe's bar every year since 1981. Visitors can also visit his Whitehead Street home and pet dozens of cats descended from those owned by Ernest himself.

1. In God We Trust
   Live Free or Die
2. North to the Future
   The People Rule

For many years, Florida went with "In God is Our Trust" as their state motto. They later made a sweeping change to replace it with the same motto used by the U.S. government, going with the totally different and new "In God We Trust" starting in 1868.

1. I-95
   I-10
2. I-75
   I-4

As a major tourist draw, Florida needs plenty of highways to get visitors from one site to the next. While I-95 runs north to south along the Atlantic and I-75 runs north to south along the Gulf, it's I-4 that passes through Orlando, carrying travelers to Walt Disney World to visit with Mickey and friends.

1. Puka shell necklace
   Hermit crab
2. Personalized beach towel
   Sub

Publix is a chain of more than 800 supermarkets located throughout Florida. Locals love them for their Pub Subs, made-to-order sandwiches filled with meats, cheeses and veggies galore. If you want to blend in with your Florida neighbors, you can't go wrong with a sub stuffed with chicken tenders.

1. Key West
   Key Largo
2. Sugarloaf Key
   Big Pine Key

The Florida Keys are a string of islands that begin 15 miles south of Miami and are home to more than 70,000 residents. Of the four islands listed, Key Largo is the furthest north, and is located between Mile Markers 91 and 107. For reference, Key West is Mile Marker 0 on the road through the keys.

1. Orlando
   Miami
2. Tampa
   Jacksonville

With more than 5 million people in its metro area, Miami in the southeast part of the state is Florida's most populous city by a wide margin. The Tampa-St. Petersburg area ranks second with 2.5 million, followed by Orlando, Jacksonville and Sarasota.

1. Miami
   Orlando
2. Tampa
   Sarasota

Florida is home to two MLB teams, including the Miami Marlins and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. It's also home to a pair of NBA teams, including the Miami Heat and Orlando Magic.

1. Miami
   Jacksonville
2. Key West
   Tallahassee

Sparks from a wood cooking stove led to a fire that destroyed much of Jacksonville in 1901. At least 2,000 buildings were lost and 10,000 people were left homeless. Despite the devastation, the fire never quite made headlines like similar events in Chicago in 1871 and San Francisco in 1906.

1. 270 miles
   380 miles
2. 503 miles
   1,100 miles

A whopping 503 miles separate Jacksonville from Key West, Florida. Driving from Key West to Pensacola in the Florida panhandle clocks in at just under 800 miles, and roughly 360 miles separate the Atlantic and Gulf from east to west along mainland Florida.

1. Bikini
   Surfboard
2. Sunscreen
   Sunglasses

Miami pharmacist Benjamin Green mixed veterinary petroleum with coconut oil and cocoa butter in the 1940s to make the first sunscreen. He called it Glacier Cream, but it would soon be sold as Coppertone Sunscreen, allowing beachgoers to enjoy the sun without skin damage.

1. James Madison
   Andrew Jackson
2. Thomas Jefferson
   John Adams

Andrew Jackson was an Army general who fought in the First Seminole War, which helped free Florida from Spanish rule. He later became the state's first territorial governor, then went on to serve as U.S. president from 1829 to 1837.

1. St. Johns River
   Seminole River
2. Tampa River
   West Florida River

At more than 430 miles, the Chattahoochee River that passes through Georgia and Alabama is the longest river with any part within Florida. The longest river contained entirely within Florida is the St. Johns at 310 miles long. The state is also home to the Suwanee River, made popular by the traditional tune "Old Folks at Home."

1. 95
   20
2. 75
   1

Route 1 travels the entire east coast of Florida from north to south, then continues all the way through the Florida Keys. Using a series of 42 bridges, it spans the 113 miles between the tip of mainland Florida and the colorful city of Key West.

1. Blue
   Green
2. Yellow
   White

The state flag of Florida is white with a large red cross, known as the St. Andrews Cross, running from corner to corner and forming an X at the center. Where the two lines meet the flag features the official state seal, which includes an image of a palm tree and a Seminole Indian.

1. 2nd
   5th
2. 10th
   20th

With 1,200 miles of coastline, Florida ranks second among U.S. states in terms of coastline miles. In terms of total area, it comes in 22nd place with 58,560 miles.

1. 1942
   1959
2. 1971
   1991

After experiencing success with Disneyland in California in the '50s, Walt Disney began buying up land in Florida to build a second theme park. Just a few years after his death, Magic Kingdom opened near Orlando, Florida, on Oct. 1, 1971. Today the park welcomes 20 million visitors a year, making it the most popular theme park in the world.

1. Halloween
   Labor Day
2. Thanksgiving
   Memorial Day

One of the most intense hurricanes in U.S. history struck the Florida Keys on Labor Day in 1935. The Category 5 storm brought winds of 200 mph or more, which killed 400 people throughout the state. The storm is particularly notable for killing 200 WWI veterans who were in the Keys building a highway as part of Roosevelt's New Deal.

1. 3 million
   8 million
2. 12 million
   20 million

A staggering 20 million people live in Florida, according to the Department of State, making it the fourth most populous state in the U.S. This represents a huge increase from the 13 million residents in Florida in 1990.

1. 1774
   1801
2. 1845
   1902

For hundreds of years, Florida served as a colony of Spain. It became a U.S. territory in 1821, then was named the 27th U.S. state on March 3, 1845.

1. None
   A few hundred
2. 100,000
   Several million

There were an estimated 100,000 people living in the area now known as Florida when Europeans first came to the state in the early 1500s. This number doesn't include the Seminole Indians who are so closely associated with Florida. They actually came to the state in the 1700s after most of the state's earlier natives had died thanks to contact with Europeans.

1. 1,000
   10,000
2. 100,000
   1,000,000

At 13 feet long and weighing an average of 800 pounds, the American alligator is a fearsome predator. If you're ever tempted to swim in unfamiliar water in Florida, think twice, because the Key West Aquarium estimates that more than a million 'gators are swimming free in Florida water.

1. 100
   1,000
2. 500,000
   1,000,000

Only about 1,000 Key Deer remain in the wild, though this is an improvement from the 1950s, when fewer than 100 were left. Weighing in at less than 75 pounds these small members of the whitetail family are found only in the Florida Keys, where they swim between islands seeking food and shelter.

1. Florida A&M University
   Florida Gulf Coast University
2. University of Central Florida
   University of Miami

With around 57,000 undergrads in 2018, University of Central Florida in Orlando is the biggest college in the U.S. Florida International University in Miami also ranks among the top five largest in the nation with 48,000 undergrads.

1. Naples
   Fort Lauderdale
2. Tampa
   Pensacola

Situated just 30 miles north of Miami on Florida's Atlantic coast, Fort Lauderdale is a boater's paradise. More than 165 miles of canals within the city make it easy to pull that yacht up right next to your favorite restaurant instead of bothering with a car or taxi.

1. Jacksonville
   St. Petersburg
2. Miami
   Key West

Inspired by the War of 1812, construction of the 5-foot-thick walls of Fort Zachary Taylor began in 1845. The fort played an important role for the U.S. in the Spanish-American War and both world wars. A National Historic Landmark since the '70s, it sits on the island of Key West and serves as a perfect spot for visitors to take a tour of history.