Q 01/05

Orlando is the county seat of which Florida county?

A) Osceola

B) Orange

C) Seminole

D) Lake

Answer · why

B) Orange

It is the state's most populous inland city and part of a four-county metro area that also takes in Seminole, Osceola and Lake.

Q 02/05

Before it was Orlando, the settlement went by what name, after the cattlemen who first settled it?

A) Jernigan

B) Gatlin

C) Mellonville

D) Fanning

Answer · why

A) Jernigan

Aaron and Isaac Jernigan came from Georgia in 1843; a post office opened at Jernigan in 1850 and moved to 'Orlando' in 1857.

Q 03/05

Which Second Seminole War outpost, built in 1838, is the origin of the Orlando area?

A) Fort Mellon

B) Fort Christmas

C) Fort Gatlin

D) Fort Brooke

Answer · why

C) Fort Gatlin

It was named for an army physician killed in the Dade battle of 1835 and sat within 250 yards of a Council Oak where Native Americans traditionally me...

Q 04/05

What do historians say about Orlando Reeves, the man Orlando is legendarily named after?

A) No such soldier likely ever existed

B) He was a Seminole chief

C) He founded the first citrus grove

D) He was a Spanish missionary

Answer · why

A) No such soldier likely ever existed

Reviews of military records in the 1970s and 80s found no trace of him; rival theories credit sugar planter Orlando Savage Rees or Shakespeare's As Yo...

Q 05/05

Which Shakespeare play, whose hero is named Orlando, is one of the leading theories for the city's name?

A) Twelfth Night

B) The Tempest

C) Much Ado About Nothing

D) As You Like It

Answer · why

D) As You Like It

Judge James Speer, who pushed the name through, reportedly loved the play; downtown's Rosalind Avenue shares its heroine's name.