16 Marion County Trivia & Scavenger Hunt
Put your knowledge of Marion County to the test by answering 175 questions that celebrate 175 years of local history!
How well do you know Marion County? From Rainbow Springs to the shores of Lake George, discover Marion County’s many attractions, towns and fascinating people. Follow the guidelines below and be sure to check out Marion County Public Library System’s Facebook page for hints and highlights from the library’s digital archives.
A total of seven Scavenger Hunt handouts are available 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 23, 2019 at any Marion for participants. Each handout has 25 questions. A County Public Library System location. minimum of 15 correct answers on each handout Scavenger Hunt handout 7 is specific to the Marion entitles participants to one drawing entry. County 175th Anniversary Celebration event on All ages are welcome to participate in Scavenger Hunt. Saturday, March 30, 2019, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m., at the Scavenger Hunt begins on Friday, March 1, 2019. McPherson Complex. This handout must be submitted at the Library booth by noon to be eligible Scavenger Hunt handouts are available at all Marion for the drawing. County Public Library System locations or online at library.marioncountyfl.org. The drawing will take place at the Marion County 175th Anniversary Celebration event on Saturday, March 30, Answers to Scavenger Hunt questions must be 2019. Winners who are not present for the drawing will acquired in a lawful manner. be notified by phone. One of each handout per person may be submitted. Decisions made by judges regarding answers to Participants must fill in entry slip and sign permission questions are final. For some questions there may be statement on each Scavenger Hunt handout in order to multiple correct answers. be eligible for the drawing. Employees of the Marion County Board of County Scavenger Hunt handouts 1-6 must be submitted by Commissioners may participate in Scavenger Hunt, but are not eligible to participate in drawing for prizes.
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Signature HandoutOnline handout 1 | Ocala 6 | Silver Springs and Ocala National Forest 1. What type of monkey can be found 9. What “creature feature” was filmed 17. How did the black bear cross within the Ocala National Forest? at Silver Springs? the road?
2. What first magnitude spring can you 10. What two presidents have visited 18. Who was president when the Ocala visit in the Ocala National Forest? Silver Springs? National Forest was created?
3. What century’s living conditions 11. What theatre group called The 19. What country provided Antonio does Silver River Museum’s “Florida Osborne Theatre on Silver Springs Alvarez with the land grant for what Cracker” settlement demonstrate? Boulevard home for 34 years? is now Tuscawilla Park?
4. What “Honey” of the 60s and 12. What local spring did Tarzan 20. What unique boats at Silver 70s makes his home in the Ocala visit frequently in the 1930s, 40s Springs State Park provide visitors National Forest? and 50s? with an underwater view?
5. What former attraction on the 13. What library location was 21. What television broadcasting southeast side of Silver River awarded the first LEED gold- company once owned Silver provided a haven for African- certification for a Marion County Springs and filmed movies on American swimmers in 1949? government building? the location?
6. What long-running television show 14. What famous first lady of the 22. Whose photography of the featured Lloyd Bridges and his co- United States visited Silver Springs Everglades is currently on exhibit stars underwater in Silver Springs? in 1875? at the Appleton Museum of Art?
7. What former attraction was billed as 15. What national scenic byway runs 23. What state park is Landbridge a “Ghost Town of the Old West”? through the Ocala National Forest? Trailhead part of?
8. What local spring gets its name 16. What group constructed the 24. Who currently drives the boats at from the presence of potassium, Juniper Springs complex in the Silver Springs State Park? magnesium and sodium in 1930s, making it one of the oldest the water? recreation areas on the East Coast? 25. What singer built his home in Silver Springs after overcoming a stutter to become a country music legend?
A view of steamboats and canoes at Silver Springs, Florida. A Hart’s Line steamboat and Lucan New Line’s Metamora steamboat are docked. The Metamora sank in the Ocklawaha River in 1903. 1895 postcard from Marion County Public Library System’s Historic Digital Collection: http://cdm16873. contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p16873coll5/id/1/rec/8.