Q 01/05

Miami is noted as the only major US city founded by a woman. Who was she?

A) Julia Tuttle

B) Mary Brickell

C) Marjory Stoneman Douglas

D) Barbara Capitman

Answer · why

A) Julia Tuttle

A citrus grower originally from Cleveland, she owned the land the city was built on and is remembered as 'the mother of Miami'.

Q 02/05

Which railroad tycoon did Miami's founder persuade to extend his Florida East Coast Railway to the city?

A) Jay Gould

B) Henry Flagler

C) Henry Plant

D) Cornelius Vanderbilt

Answer · why

B) Henry Flagler

Flagler, a co-founder of Standard Oil, had planned to stop at West Palm Beach until the Great Freeze of 1894-95 spared Miami's crops and changed his m...

Q 03/05

Miami was officially incorporated as a city on July 28 of which year?

A) 1896

B) 1906

C) 1916

D) 1926

Answer · why

A) 1896

About 400 men voted for incorporation and the population was just over 300; there were no women among the voters, city founder notwithstanding.

Q 04/05

The name Miami comes from 'Mayaimi', the historic name of which body of water?

A) Biscayne Bay

B) Florida Bay

C) The Gulf of Mexico

D) Lake Okeechobee

Answer · why

D) Lake Okeechobee

The word passed to the Miami River and from there to the city; the Native Americans who lived around the lake shared the name.

Q 05/05

Which tribe occupied the Miami area for around 2,000 years before Europeans arrived?

A) Tequesta

B) Seminole

C) Calusa

D) Timucua

Answer · why

A) Tequesta

The US built Fort Dallas on the Miami River in 1836 during its campaign against the Seminoles, who came to the region much later.