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Curtis Earth (ROBERTO GONZALEZ)
ANSWER ME THIS
Curtis Earth prides himself on knowing what makes people tick. He’s worked as a magician, a ventriloquist, a disc jockey and a doorman. He’s worked in hotels, restaurants and retail.
He settled on trivia quiz master and claims to have created the first live trivia quiz game in the country in 1993. Earth—a name he created to stand out at an open-mic event—hosts weekly trivia games at several Orlando locations, including Bikes, Beans & Bordeaux in Audubon Park on Monday nights (outdoors for now). He also stages private and—thanks to the pandemic—virtual events, and his company, Earth Trivia, trains and represents dozens of trivia hosts nationwide.
Earth says his trivia game stands out because it’s more about giving people something to talk and laugh about together rather than stumping them. This philosophy led to the creation of his own signature games, including the Betty White Time Machine game, where people guess if an invention came before or after Betty White was born.
“The most significant thing I miss [since the pandemic hit] is mixing with people,” he says. “It’s never gotten old. I still love it like the first time I did it.”
— Megan Stokes
Trivia Night
1 Curtis Earth at Bikes, Beans & Bordeaux
Audubon Park
2 Graffiti Junktion
Various Orlando-area locations
3 Simon Time Trivia
Various locations and streaming on Facebook
Art Gallery
1 Snap! Spac; Snap! Downtown
East Colonial Drive; East Church Street
(Snap! Space closed in June)
2 CityArts Orlando
South Magnolia Avenue
3 Bronze Kingdom African Art Gallery
Orlando Fashion Square
Private Golf Course
1 Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill Club & Lodge
Orlando
2 Interlachen Country Club
Winter Park
3 Isleworth Country Club
Windermere
Public Golf Course
1 Dubsdread Golf Course
College Park
2 Twin Rivers Golf Club
Oviedo
3 Winter Park Golf Course
Downtown Winter Park
Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art (MORSE MUSEUM)
Museum
1 Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art
Winter Park
2 Orlando Science Center
Loch Haven Park
3 Orlando Museum of Art
Loch Haven Park
Business Hotel
1 Grand Bohemian Hotel Orlando
Downtown Orlando
2 The Alfond Inn
Downtown Winter Park
3 Hyatt Place
Four Orlando-area locations
Place for a Staycation
1 Four Seasons Resort at Walt Disney World Resort
2 Walt Disney World Resort
3 The Ritz Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes
Paradise Cove (PARADISE COVE)
PICTURE-PERFECT VOWS
Making a grand entrance on your wedding day gets even more memorable when you arrive on a boat. Paradise Cove, a family-owned property located along the sandy shores of Lake Bryan, offers a picture-perfect place to say “I do” underneath the shade of cypress trees.
The wedding party preps for the big day with champagne at the Lakeside Suite, a two-story house on the property. From there, it’s just steps to the ceremony site and the boat entrance for the bride’s big debut.
Guests are in on the fun too. A boat service delivers family and friends from various lakeside hotels to the venue. The nearby cocktail and reception areas make celebrating even easier with a catering list of 18 different vendors at a variety of price points.
“We have a romantic reception pavilion just steps away from our cocktail patio and tiki bar. The open-air pavilion is strung with twinkle lights and can be enclosed with air conditioning if needed,” says Kayli Coleman, senior event coordinator.
Wind down with something extra sweet at the fire pit, set beachside and primed for roasting S’mores.
— Tara Bradley Connell
Place to Get Married
1 Paradise Cove
Lake Buena Vista
2 Harry P. Leu Gardens
Orlando
3 Casa Feliz Historic Home & Venue
Winter Park
Performing Arts Group
1 Central Florida Community Arts
2 Central Florida Irish Dance
3 Bach Festival Society of Winter Park
Entertainment Experience
1 The Escape Effect (Escape Room Experience)
International Drive
2 I Drive NASCAR
(Indoor Go-Kart Track)
Off International Drive
3 The Void
(Virtual Reality Experience)
Disney Springs
Gatorland visitor (GATORLAND)
Non-Theme Park Attraction
1 Gatorland
South Orange County
2 Winter Park Scenic Boat Tour
Downtown Winter Park
3 The Wheel at ICON Park
International Drive
Movie Theater
1 Enzian
Maitland
2 Regal Winter Park Village Stadium 20 & RPX
3 AMC Movies at Disney Springs 24
Charity Gala
1 Hats & Heroes Ball
Benefits Kids Beating Cancer Pediatric Transplant Center
2 Best Buddies Champion of the Year Gala
Benefits programs for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities
3 UCP Evening at the Palace
Benefits children living with cerebral palsy and other disabilities
Live Music Venue
1 House of Blues Orlando
Disney Springs
2 Jazz Tastings
Maitland
3 The Plaza Live
Milk District
Festival
1 Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival
Park Avenue, Winter Park
2 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival
Walt Disney World
3 Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival
Loch Haven Park
