Q 01/05

Key West holds which geographic distinction among cities in the contiguous United States?

A) Southernmost

B) Westernmost

C) Lowest elevation

D) Rainiest

Answer · why

A) Southernmost

It sits about 130 miles southwest of Miami and roughly 95 miles north of Cuba at the end of the Florida Keys.

Q 02/05

Key West's original Spanish name, Cayo Hueso, literally means what?

A) Sun cay

B) Bone cay

C) Fish cay

D) West cay

Answer · why

B) Bone cay

Legend says the island was littered with the bones of earlier native inhabitants who used it as a communal graveyard.

Q 03/05

Key West is the county seat of which Florida county?

A) Dade

B) Collier

C) Monroe

D) Broward

Answer · why

C) Monroe

The county covers most of the Florida Keys and part of the Everglades; the city's motto is 'One Human Family'.

Q 04/05

Which famous roadway has its southern terminus in Key West?

A) Interstate 95

B) U.S. Route 41

C) Florida A1A

D) U.S. Route 1

Answer · why

D) U.S. Route 1

Mile-marker numbering on the Overseas Highway starts at 0 in Key West and runs up to 106 at Key Largo.

Q 05/05

What is Key West's main commercial street, running from the Gulf to the Atlantic?

A) Duval

B) Whitehead

C) Simonton

D) Truman

Answer · why

A) Duval

It is only 14 blocks long, which makes 'walking the Duval crawl' from one body of water to the other a local ritual.