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1. Several places worldwide share this name, including a city in Queensland, Australia. In Florida this is the coast near Miami, where housing prices can be quite high. What coast is this?
2. Someone always has to be different. The only stretch of Florida coast that doesn't call itself a coast is a single county that shares its name with two of its cities. They just pluralized the name of the more famous city and its famous strand. Can you name this "coast"?
3. The Spanish found a part of the Central Florida coast quite treacherous. In the 1960s the exploits of Kip Wagner and Mel Fisher focused national attention on the area, and inadvertently gave it its sobriquet. What coast is this?
4. While many Florida coast names harken to the days of European discovery, one points proudly to its role in 20th Century history. In 1969, I joined over a million other people watching the beginning of the greatest voyage of exploration ever. Which coast was I standing on?
5. Auto racing, surfing, big game fishing and an assortment of more sedentary activities are available in the Daytona Beach area, as well as proximity to the theme parks just inland. They call the area after what people come to Florida to have. What is this coast called?
6. Northeast Florida's coast draws its nickname from the fact that St. Augustine is here, along with a stretch of beach now called Mickler's Landing, which might be the spot that Juan Ponce de Leon first set foot in Florida. What is this coast's primary name?
7. If Pensacola had survived its first hurricane, Florida's westernmost coast might have been the First Coast. Ah, well. Instead, the area draws its name from the gem-clear, brilliantly green waters of the Gulf of Mexico. What coast is this?
8. Running from near Apalachicola almost to Tarpon Springs, this coast doesn't look like Florida to many outsiders - few beaches, fewer condominiums, just mangrove forests and salt marshes. It's home to several large ecological set aside areas, and beloved by natives for preserving natural Florida. That's where it draws its name. It is the...
9. The burgeoning area around Tampa Bay has sometimes been referred to, rather unkindly, if humorously, as "God's Waiting Room" due to the influx of elderly retirees. The area's promoters went more upbeat. Please don't forget the UV blocker, as you identify this area as the...
10. The coast south of Tampa Bay has its own unique personality. It draws its nickname from its numerous museums, the artist's colonies that were once common in the area, and other amenities driven by the wealthy who spent part of the year there. As you drive from Henry Ford's winter home to the Ringling Museum, what coast are you on?
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