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  • The classic movie, Key Largo, was about the story of a hurricane sweeping the Florida Keys... who starred in it?
    Laureen Bacall & Humphrey Bogart
  • Seaquarium was the Miami home of what famous television porpoise?
    Flipper

Flipper with unidentified friend at Miami's Seaquarium
Flipper
Florida State Archives Photographic Collection
 

  • Where the Boys Are was a 1960 motion picture that depicted this Florida town as the place for college students to be on spring break?
    Fort Launderdale
  • The Coral Reefer Band was the name of whose band?
    Jimmy Buffett
  • Jack Lemon filmed what "airport" movie at Wakulla Springs in Florida?
    Airport '77

Jack Lemon suiting up for filming of Airport '77
Jack Lemon suiting up for filming of Airport '77.
Florida State Archives Photographic Collection
 

  • What great entertainer attended the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind in St. Augustine?
    Ray Charles
  • What actor has a dinner theatre in Jupiter, Florida?
    Burt Reynolds

Burt Reynold among fans at movie premier in Gainesville, Florida.
Burt Reynolds among fans at a movie premiere
in Gainesville, Florida.

Florida State Archives Photographic Collection
 

  • What actor was born in Miami and received an Academy Award in 1963 for Best Actor in Lilies of the Field?
    Sidney Poitier
  • What movie filmed in Pinellas County and directed by Ron Howard dealt with the rejuvenation of the elderly by aliens?
    Cocoon
  • Where did Esther Williams film underwater extravaganzas in the 1950s?
    Cypress Gardens

Esther Williams
Esther Williams
Florida State Archives Photographic Collection
 

  • What 1977 television movie was shot in Sarasota County, and depicted the lives of one of the all-time great circus families?
    The Great Wallendas
  • Tarzan's Secret Treasure was filmed in Florida and starred what duo as Tarzan and Jane?
    Johnny Weismuller and Maureen O'Sullivan

Tarzan and Jane - Johnny Weismuller and Maureen O'Sullivan
Tarzan and Jane
Johnny Weismuller and Maureen O'Sullivan

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  • In what city did Jimmy Buffett pen many of his early ballads?
    Key West
  • What popular television series was filmed in Miami and starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas?
    Miami Vice
  • Parent Trap II was filmed in Hillsborough County in 1986 and starred what actress?
    Haley Mills
  • What film star actually played football for a Florida university?
    Burt Reynolds played for Florida State

Burt Reynolds
Burt Reynolds
Florida State Archives Photographic Collection
 

  • Delta Burke of Designing Women was born where in Florida?
    Orlando
  • Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid was filmed at what attraction in 1948.
    Weeki Wachee

The underwater set of Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
Underwater Filming of Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
Florida State Archives Photographic Collection
 

  • What 1942 novel by Robert Wilder gave rise to a prime-time television soap opera?
    Flamingo Road
  • Jerry Lewis starred in the 1960 movie, The Bellboy, which was filmed at what Miami landmark hotel?
    Fountainbleau Hotel in Miami

The courtyard of the Fountainbleau Hotel in Miami
The Fountainbleu
Florida State Archives Photographic Collection
 

  • What Jacksonville-born singer/actor was named one of the Top Ten Recording Artists in 1955 and was selected in 1957 as the third Top Ten Box Office Attraction?
    Pat Boone
  • What southern rock group from Florida met its demise in an airplane crash?
    Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • While working together in Miami, Harry Wayne ("H.W.") Casey and Rick Finch formed what rock group?
    K. C. & the Sunshine Band
  • Where were many of television's popular Sea Hunt series filmed?
    Silver Springs
  • What Miami-born actor, singer, and dancer created the role of Chicken George in the 1977 television mini-series "Roots"?
    Ben Vereen
  • A boulevard in Miami is named for what television and movie personality who starred in the television series "The Honeymooners"?
    Jackie Gleason

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