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To all of you Michigan natives and to those of you who have moved
away or have moved in, or anyone interested in History, here is a chance
to learn more about Michigan, the "Great Lakes State." Cool stuff!
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HISTORY
Q. What Michigan community grew from 3,589 to 45,615 residents from
1910 to 1920, leading the nation in growth during that period?
A. Hamtramck
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Q. During the lumber boom era, what name was given to the row of
saloons that lined Water Street in Bay City?
A. Hells' Half Mile
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Q In 1936, what UP city processed 100,000 sq. feet of bird's eye
maple for use in the English luxury liner, the Queen Mary?
A. Escanaba
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Q. When the territory of Mic higan was created on Jan. 11 what
town was selected as it's capital?
A. Detroit
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Q. Bloomfield Hills was first known by what name?
A. Bagley's Corners
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Q. Where is the world's only marble lighthouse?
A. Belle Isle (Livingston Lighthouse)

Q. Utica was originally known by what name?
A. Hog's Hollow
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Q. Approx. how many lakes are in the state?
A. 11,000
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Q. The home offices of Life Savers candy, Beech-Nut gum and Squirt
soft drink are in which city?
A Holland
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Q. What coastline has been given the name "Graveyard of the Great
Lakes"?
A. Whitefish Point, Lake Superior (remember the Edmund Fitzgerald?
It was only the most famous ship lost there, but there have been ma ny,
many more lost in that spot in the last hundred years....)
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Q. In 1870, Detroit telephone customers became the first in the
nation
to have what type of reference information assigned to them?
A. Telephone numbers
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Q. On Feb. 4, 1902, what internationally famous aviation pioneer
was
born in Detroit?
A. Charles A. Lindbergh
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Q. On what date did the star & stripes first fly over Michigan
soil?
A. July 11, 1796
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Q. What ambitious automotive pioneer organized GM. in Sept 1908?
A. William C. Durant
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Q What annual license fee (how much) was charged to Michigan auto
owners in 1905 to operate their vehicles?
A. Fifty cents
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Q. In what year was the first policewoman appointed in Detroit?
A. 1893
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Q What was the world's first urban freeway, completed in 1942?
A. The Davison Freeway, Detroit
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Q. In 1879, what amount was paid to the Campau family by the
city of Detroit for Belle Isle?
A. $200,000
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Q. In 1866, what Detroit pharmacist introduced the world's first
carbonated soft drink?
A. James Vernor (Vernor's ginger ale)
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Q. At what Detroit intersection was the world's first traffic light
installed in 1915?
A. Woodward Avenue and Grand Avenue
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Q Who in 1688 founded the first permanent settlement in what later
became the state of Michigan?
A. Father Jaques Marquette
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Q. In 1954 the world's first shopping mall opened in what Detroit
suburb?
A. Southfield (Northland Mall)
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Q. What safety and traffic flow feature was first introduced near
Trenton in 1911?
A. Painted center lines
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ENTERTAINMENT
Q. Debuting in 1936 over WWJ in Detroit, what crime fighting
adventure
series used "Flight of the Bumblebee" as it's theme song?
A. The Green Hornet
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Q. The Supremes were originally known by what name?
A. The Primettes
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Q. What Detroit-based male singing group was known as The Primes
until 1960?
A. The Temptations
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Q. Under what name did Motown artist Stevie Wonder originally write

"My Cherie Amour" in 1966?
A. "Oh My Marsha"
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SPORTS/LEISURE
Q. Where does Michigan rank internationally in the production of
dogsleds?
A. First
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Q. What is the nation's largest indoor/outdoor museum complex?
A. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
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SCIENCE/NATURE
Q. Compared to Chicago, "The Windy City," how does Detroit rank in
average wind velocity?
A. The same (10.4 mph)

(note: Chicago earned the nickname "The Windy City" because of
it's politicians in the 1920's (who their opponents in Washington
claimed were big 'bags of wind'), and not because of the wind off the
lake as most people think....)
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Q. Arnold F. Wilt, born in Detroit in 1886, revolutionized the
cosmetology industry by developing what process?
A. The cold permanent wave
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Q. The Michigan state capitol is constructed of what material?
A. Ohio sandstone
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Q. What is Michigan's largest fresh-market vegetable crop?
A. Onions
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Q. Opened in 1904, what is the oldest freshwater aquarium in
the
nation?
A. Belle Isle Aquarium

I got this from a great friend and I wanted to share it.