Early Release Wednesday Warm Up, April 26

Jacksonville has the largest urban park system in the nation.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Jacksonville boasts the largest urban park system in the nation, it is 4x the size of the island of Manhattan! 80,000 acres of parks, including 7 State Parks, 2 National Parks, a National Preserve, 400 City Parks and Gardens and an Arboretum. The Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve covers 46,000 acres.

Jacksonville is the youngest city in the state of Florida.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Jax is Florida’s youngest city with an average age of 36 - the state of Florida average age is 42.

The largest employer in Jacksonville is...

• Duval County Public Schools

• The US Military

• The Jaguars Organization

• University of North Florida

Answer explanation

The military employs over 30,000 active-duty personnel and nearly 20,000 civilians in the Jacksonville area and is the largest employer in the county.

In which direction does the St. Johns River run?

• North to South

• South to North

• East to West

• West to East

Answer explanation

The longest stretch of the St. Johns River runs through Duval County – and YES, the river runs from south to north and NO, it is not the only river that does. Do you know what other river runs from south to north?

Which park is the city's oldest park?

• Hannah Park

• James Weldon Johnson Park, (formerly Hemming Plaza)

• Abess Park

• Treaty Oak Park

When was Jacksonville's Great Fire?

• 1891

• 1901

• 1911

• 1921

Answer explanation

The fire of 1901, sparked from a chimney and igniting a fiber factory, destroyed the heart of the city - 146 city blocks and 2,368 buildings were destroyed. Some 8,677 residents were left homeless, and seven people died. The damage was $15 million - $2 billion today. It is the third largest urban fire in the U.S., next to the Great Chicago Fire, and the 1906 San Francisco fire.

Jacksonville hosted Super Bowl XXXIX in what year?

• 2005

• 2006

• 2007

• 2004

The National Football League awarded it's 30th franchise team to Jacksonville in what year?

• 1983

• 1993

• 2003

• 2013

The Gate River Run is the largest 10k in the country?

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The first Gate River Run, an annual 15-kilometer race, took place on April 1, 1978. Today, the race boasts over 13,000 runners each year and is the largest 15k in the country.

Before consolidation, what was Jacksonville called?

• Beach

• Cowford

• Duval

• It had a name before Jacksonville?

Answer explanation

As population grew and commerce in and out of the ports expanded, Spanish place names were changed to English. Most notable was the renaming of a narrow plot of land on the river to Cowford, as a place where cows could easily “ford” across the river.