Q 01/05

Which sports drink was invented in 1965 for a Florida college football team wilting in the heat?

A) Gatorade

B) Powerade

C) Vitaminwater

D) Lucozade

Answer · why

A) Gatorade

Gatorade began when an assistant coach asked kidney specialist Robert Cade why his players lost so much weight in games yet rarely needed the restroom...

Q 02/05

Which drink did Florida's legislature name the official state beverage in 1967?

A) Orange juice

B) Grapefruit juice

C) Sweet iced tea

D) Coconut water

Answer · why

A) Orange juice

Orange juice became the state beverage in 1967; wartime scientists had worked out how to concentrate it, and frozen concentrate then turned Florida's ...

Q 03/05

What is the nickname of Florida?

A) The Sunshine State

B) The Golden State

C) The Peach State

D) The Garden State

Answer · why

A) The Sunshine State

The Sunshine State has been Florida's official nickname since 1970; from 1910 to 1986 one evening newspaper backed the boast by giving its edition awa...

Q 04/05

Which inventor wintered in Fort Myers for decades, next door to his friend Henry Ford?

A) Thomas Edison

B) Alexander Graham Bell

C) Nikola Tesla

D) Orville Wright

Answer · why

A) Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison bought his Fort Myers riverfront in 1885, and Henry Ford, who had once worked for an Edison company, bought the house next door in 1916;...

Q 05/05

Which space shuttle lifted off from Florida in April 1981 on the program's first orbital flight?

A) Challenger

B) Columbia

C) Enterprise

D) Discovery

Answer · why

B) Columbia

Columbia flew first, on April 12, 1981; the earlier test shuttle Enterprise had been built without engines or a working heat shield and could never re...