Q 01/05

Sarasota sits on a lagoon that opens onto which larger body of water?

A) The Gulf of Mexico

B) The Atlantic Ocean

C) Lake Okeechobee

D) The Caribbean Sea

Answer · why

A) The Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico enters Sarasota Bay through three passes between barrier keys such as Longboat and Lido; city runoff now feeds the lagoon more fres...

Q 02/05

Sarasota County was carved out of which neighbouring county in 1921?

A) Charlotte

B) Manatee

C) Hillsborough

D) DeSoto

Answer · why

B) Manatee

Sarasota County was split off from Manatee County in 1921, and the city of Sarasota became the new county's seat.

Q 03/05

Sarasota's giant statue Unconditional Surrender resembles which famous photograph?

A) Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima

B) V-J Day in Times Square

C) The Kiss by the Hôtel de Ville

D) Lunch atop a Skyscraper

Answer · why

B) V-J Day in Times Square

V-J Day in Times Square is the photo it resembles; in 2019, the day after the sailor thought to be in it died, someone painted #MeToo on the woman's l...

Q 04/05

Which nickname does Sarasota carry because of its big-top history?

A) Clown Capital

B) Sawdust Town

C) Ringling City

D) Circus City

Answer · why

D) Circus City

Circus City took hold after John Ringling moved the circus's winter quarters to Sarasota in 1927, and the big top wintered there for about three decad...

Q 05/05

Before Sarasota, the Ringling circus wintered in which Connecticut city, where P. T. Barnum had been mayor?

A) Hartford

B) New Haven

C) Bridgeport

D) Stamford

Answer · why

C) Bridgeport

Bridgeport, Connecticut, lost the circus's winter quarters in 1927, when John Ringling moved them to Sarasota, where he had big real estate holdings.