City Quiz
SARASOTA
Think you know everything about our destinations? Test yourself and see how much you really know.
1. Which of these is not one of Sarasota’s island communities?
a. Longboat Key
b. Venice
c. Isle of Palms
2. What is Sarasota’s nickname?
a. Cradle of Golf
b. Crescent City
c. Sunshine City
3. How many gallons of water a day are generated by the Warm Mineral Springs?
a. 100,000
b. 9 million
c. 7,500
4. From what country was the Asolo RepertoryTheatre—built in 1798—shipped to Sarasota and resurrected?
a. Italy
b. Spain
c. Greece
5. Sarasota is home to Florida’s first _______, built in 1905.
a. Pier
b. Resort
c. Golf course
6. Which of these state parks—Florida’s largest, in fact—is located in Sarasota?
a. Avalon State Park
b. Myakka River State Park
c. Tomoka State Park
7. Which of these Sarasota residents was the region’s largest landholder, rancher and developer at the turn of the 20th century?
a. Owen Burns
b. Charles Ringling
c. Bertha Honoré Palmer
8. In Sarasota, The Circus Museum at The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art holds which distinction?
a. The world’s largest collection of circus memorabilia
b. The world’s largest miniature circus
c. The country’s largest circus training facility
1. c; 2. a; 3. b; 4. a; 5. c; 6. b; 7. c; 8. b