Sunshine State vs Sunshine State Quiz

Answer: Queensland is more than 10 times larger than Florida

With an area of 1,852,642 sq km (715,309 sq mi), Queensland is the second-largest state in Australia and the sixth-largest sub-national entity in the world. Florida is the 22nd largest state in the United States with an area of 170,304 sq km (65,755 sq mi) making it considerably smaller than Queensland.

The largest state in the United States is Alaska which is still smaller than Queensland with an area of 1,717,856 sq km (663,268 sq mi).

Answer: The population of Florida in 2016 was more than four times that of Queensland.

The population of the state of Florida in 2016 was about 20,500,000 equating to a population density of 384/sq mi (121/sq km). In contrast Queensland had a population in 2016 of about 4,800,000 with a population density of just 7.2/sq mi (2.8/sq km). In 2016 the city of Brisbane was the largest in Queensland and third-largest in Australia with a population of 2.35 million while the Miami metropolitan area of Florida had a population of more than 5 million.

Answer: 260 years

St. Augustine is on the Atlantic coast in northeastern Florida, near Jacksonville. It is the county seat of St Johns and has a population of less than 15 000. St. Augustine was founded on September 8, 1565, by Spanish admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés eleven days after the admiral spotted Florida for the first time. He went onto become Florida's first governor.

Brisbane was founded in 1824 on the banks of the Brisbane river after a previous settlement 40 km north in what is now the City of Redcliffe. Brisbane went on to become the capital of Queensland when the colony was proclaimed in 1859 and is now the third largest city in Australia with a metropolitan area population of over 2.5 million people.

Answer: Dreamworld

Located on Queensland's Gold Coast in Coomera, Dreamworld was opened in 1981 and in 2016 it was Australia's largest theme park with more than 40 rides including five roller coasters. Some of Florida's most popular theme parks are the four major Walt Disney World attractions that include Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, Epcot, Animal Kingdom. In 2015 Magic Kingdom was the most visited theme park in the world with more than 20,000,000 visits.

Both Florida and Queensland have a "Sea World" theme park.

Answer: False

The American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) lives in several locations within the North, Central and South America, the Caribbean, and in particular south Florida. The American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) is also found in south Florida, as well as other settings in the Americas. South Florida is the only place you can find both animals. Queensland is known as the habitat of the the saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), though they have the widest distribution of any modern crocodile, from the east coast of India through Southeast Asia and northern Australia.

In Queensland they are affectionately know as salties. They are the largest of all reptiles alive today. Other smaller crocodile species exist in Queensland, but alligators are not found in Australia.

Answer: Heat

Founded in 2011, the Brisbane Heat played their home games at the Brisbane Cricket Ground, a famous venue commonly called 'The Gabba'. In the team's second season they won the league title. The Miami Heat on the other hand were founded in 1988 and in their first 30 seasons the team won three NBA Championships.

Answer: Mount Bartle Frere

Located in Queensland, Mount Bartle Frere can be found in Wooroonooran National Park about 50 km south of Cairns. Queensland contains more than 50 mountains with an elevation higher than 1,000 m (3,281 ft) while the state of Florida's highest point (Britton Hill) is just 105 m (345 ft).

Answer: Coffee

Both Florida and Queensland are their respective countries' largest producer of oranges and sugar cane. Florida is second behind Hawaii in pineapple production but Queensland is Australia's biggest pineapple producer.

Coffee grows within a set area between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn; this is called the coffee belt. Neither Florida or Queensland produce coffee in commercial quantities.

In Queensland, the favorite pizza is called an Hawaiian as it contains ham and pineapple. This is despite Queensland growing almost as many pineapples as Hawaii.

Answer: Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson was born in Peekskill, New York, in 1956 and he moved to Sydney, Australia when he was just 12 years old. He was the sixth of eleven children and his debut film was in 1977 in the surfer movie "Summer City". Geoffrey Rush was born in 1951 in Toowoomba, Queensland while Faye Dunaway was born in 1941 in Bascom, Florida.

Born considerably later than the other options, Eva Mendes was born in Miami, Florida in 1974.

Answer: 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales' (2017)

All of the movies have typical elements of Florida as a central theme of each movie: In "Body Heat" starring Kathleen Turner, it is the hot humid weather; In "Wild Things" starring Matt Dillon, it is the casual lifestyle; in "Cocoon" starring Don Ameche, it is the retirement communities; and, in "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales", it is the proximity to the Caribbean.

However the latter was shot on the Gold Coast, Queensland, further emphasizing the similarities between the two states.