Exploring Miami: A Quiz on the Magic City Quiz - Test Your Knowledge

Mumbai has the world's second largest number of Art Deco buildings after Miami.

department store mogul Roddy Burdine built Miami's first skyscraper.

the filming of Dexter was forced to move from Miami to Los Angeles, beginning with the episode "It's Alive!", because of the overlap between the show's production window and Miami's hurricane season.

Ron Rothstein was the first head coach of the Miami Heat, an American professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida.

Cuban politician Raúl Chibás defected to the United States via motor boat to Miami after initially supporting Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution.

citrus plantation owner Julia Tuttle owned the land upon which Miami, Florida was built, and that she gave half her land to Henry Flagler to entice him to build a station for the Florida East Coast Railroad there.

Cuban First Lady Marta Fernandez Miranda de Batista became a contributor to Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital while in exile in Florida.

Anita Bryant's participation in Save Our Children, a coalition working to overturn gay rights ordinances in Miami and other cities in 1977 and 1978, destroyed her career.

Exploring Miami: A Quiz on the Magic City

1 What type of government does Miami have?

2 What timezone is Miami in during daylight savings?

3 Julia Tuttle subsequently convinced Henry Flagler, a railroad tycoon, to expand his ________ to the region.

4 Miami is also considered a "hot spot" for ________, Freestyle, a style of dance music popular in the 80's and 90's heavily influenced by Electro, hip-hop, and disco.

5 What role did Benjamin F. Finney Jr. play in the telemovie Miami?

6 Several other student newspapers from the local universities, such as Florida International University's The Beacon, the University of Miami's The Miami Hurricane, Miami-Dade College's The Metropolis, ________'s The Buccaneer, amongst others.

7 What role did Steven Bauer play in the telemovie Miami?

8 The population density of Miami: How many people are there per square mile?

9 SR 112 (Airport Expressway): ________ to MIA

10 Miami (pronounced /maɪˈæmi/ or /maɪˈæmə/) is a major city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern ________, in the United States.

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