Florida Heritage Month

Florida Heritage Month Quiz
  • 1) Ponce de Leon’s pilot, the most skilled in the Caribbean, was:
    • Panfilo Narvaez
    • Anton de Alaminos
    • Tristan de Luna
    • Hernando de Soto
  • 2) In 1956, this Florida governor was first to win a victory in the primary system:
    • Fuller Warren
    • Napoleon Broward
    • Dan McCarty
    • LeRoy Collins
  • 3) In which year was Florida's Reconstruction or "Carpet Bag" Constitution passed?
    • 1861
    • 1845
    • 1821
    • 1868
  • 4) Built by French Huguenots in 1564, this fort was destroyed by Spanish in 1564:
    • Fort Caroline
    • Fort Clinch
    • Fort Brooke
    • Fort DeSoto
  • 5) This educator founded the Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute for Negro Girls:
    • Gwendolyn Sawyer Cherry
    • Blanche Armwood
    • Mary McLeod Bethune
    • Christina Meacham
  • 6) Former Standard Oil partner and Florida railroad baron who built a string of exotic resort hotels down Florida's east coast:
    • H. B. Plant
    • Barron Collier
    • Henry Flagler
    • Ignacio Haya
  • 7) Florida originally had two state capitals; name them:
    • Tampa/Orlando
    • Jacksonville/Pensacola
    • Miami/St. Augustine
    • Pensacola/St. Augustine
  • 8) Name the notable female cosmetics manufacturer who became the founder and director of the Women's Air Force Service Pilots (WASP) in World War II?
    • Gwen Margolis
    • Paula Hawkins
    • Ruth Bryan Owen
    • Jacqueline Cochran
  • 9) Florida's first African-American cabinet member, serving as Secretary of State from 1868 to 1874:
    • Charles Beecher
    • Jonathan C. Gibbs
    • George Alden
    • Charles H. Pearce
  • 10) Name the following Governor of Florida who often participated in "work days," serving as a police officer, railroad engineer, school teacher and other occupations:
    • Lawton Chiles
    • Bob Graham
    • Reubin Askew
    • LeRoy Collins
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