25 Question Trivia Fun

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  1. What year did Giovanni da Verrazano first see Fire Island? Answer
  2. In 1653, what industry was set up on the island? Answer
  3. Did Fire Island get its name because of the fires people built to warn ships of the land or because of a typo in the name Five Islands? Answer
  4. Were there ever pirates on Fire Island? Answer
  5. Which President of the United States has visited Fire Island? Answer
  6. What group headed to Fire Island right after World War I? Answer
  7. Because of World War II, what did FI residents have to do at night? Answer
  8. What year did a tsunami-like wave almost destroy Fire Island? Answer
  9. Who was the man who wanted to build a road down the center of FI? Answer
  10. How many of the island’s communities united to defeat this road? Answer
  11. What year did Fire Island become a National Seashore? Answer
  12. What was the name of the storm that did so much damage to Fair Harbor in 1992-93? Answer
  13. How often does the light in the FI light house blink? Answer
  14. How did Corliss’ Store get its name? Answer
  15. Who is the Fair Harbor State Assembly person (5th District)? Answer
  16. Fair Harbor is a hamlet of what town in Long Island? Answer
  17. Is one long siren a sign of fire or emergency? Answer
  18. What are the names of Fair Harbor ferries? Answer
  19. What year was the Fire Department founded? Answer
  20. When was the FHCA founded? Answer
  21. What bird has its own protected zone each spring on the beach? Answer
  22. Who is our Islip congressperson? Answer
  23. Name some celebrities who came to Fair Harbor in the past? Answer
  24. How did the Pine Walk Fair get its name? Answer
  25. How did the deer get to Fire Island? Answer