Answer: Big Water
The first documented contact with the Objibwe by the French was in 1640. Part of the loose confederation of three Algonquian nations, along with the Odawa and the Pottawatomi, the Ojibwe controlled most of the northern part of what is now Michigan when the French began exploring the area in the 1600s. Their word "Mishigami" came to be applied to the peninsula surrounded by the Great Lakes.
From Quiz: Michigan: The Great Lakes State
Answer: Dearborn Township
Ok so a bit of a red herring to start the quiz. Dearborn was incorporated as a city in 1927. Prior to that the area was Dearbornville Village, which itself had come from Dearborn Township. In 1928 the city merged with neighboring Fordson but retained the name of Dearborn.
From Quiz: Dearborn
Answer: Huron River
The Huron River, named after the Huron Indians, starts in Oakland, then travels through Livingston, Washtenaw, Wayne, and Monroe counties before ending. The river is about 130 miles long and passes through 13 state parks, game and recreation areas.
From Quiz: Rivers in Michigan
Answer: 11,000 lakes
Michigan is called the land of 11,000 lakes and 11,000,000 mosquitoes. Michigan is named this for its many lakes and its many mosquitoes. Nearly half of the state is made up of water!
From Quiz: Michigan Facts: How Well Do You Know Michigan?
Answer: Fossilized coral
Petoskey stones are only found along the lakeshore in northwestern Michigan. The name comes from the Ottawa Indian Chief Pet-O-Sega.
From Quiz: Even More Great Lake State Trivia
Answer: If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you
The motto was adopted in 1835 on the coat-of-arms. It was never proclaimed the official motto, but when the state legislature created the coat of arms, it was then included in the act.
From Quiz: More Great Lake State Trivia
Answer: Lansing Township
Lansing Township was the capital of Michigan for two years, 1847-1848. It has an area of 5.1 square miles (13.1 km²).
From Quiz: The Great Lake State
Answer: Warren
The rather famous border between Detroit and Warren is Eight Mile Rd. Eminem is from Warren which is an industrial town and bedroom community north of Detroit.
From Quiz: Detroit Suburbs
Answer: Escanaba
According to the Delta County Historical Society, the Upper Peninsula's State Fair began back in April of 1927 when then governor of Michigan Fred Green signed into life Act 89, which read, "An annual state fair at the City of Escanaba, which shall have for its main purpose the exploiting, and encouragement of improved methods in agriculture and industrial pursuits I hereby authorize."
From Quiz: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Answer: Tahquamenon Falls
Tahquamenon Falls is a very beautiful part of Michigan which contributes to the tourism business.
From Quiz: Michigan, My Home State
Answer: Renaissance Center
The Renaissance Center is 73 stories, One Detroit Center also called the Comerica Tower is 50 stories, the Penobscot Building is 47 stories and the Guardian Building is 43 stories.
From Quiz: Detroit
Answer: Automotive baron
Henry, Clara, and Edsel Ford moved to Dearbornville in 1916, many years before it would become a city. Henry was actually born in Greenfield Township in 1863. A little more than a decade later, that township no longer existed as it had been annexed by Detroit and Highland Park. Ford, founder of Ford Motor Company, would later start the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village in honor of his birthplace.
From Quiz: Dearborn
Answer: Detroit River
The Detroit River is many things, including part of the boarder between the U.S. and Canada. It separates Detroit and Windsor. The river flows for 24 nautical miles, or 28 regular miles. The entire length of the river serves as a border between the two countries.
From Quiz: Rivers in Michigan
Answer: Detroit
On January 26, 1837, Michigan was declared a state. Detroit was the first capital. It is the state's largest city.
From Quiz: Michigan Facts: How Well Do You Know Michigan?
Answer: Pontiac
Chief Pontiac won an important victory over the British in the 1763 Battle of Bloody Run, but he later withdrew from the area. The war which bears his name, Pontiac's Rebellion, lasted from 1763 until 1766, when he made peace with the British. The city of Pontiac, Michigan was named after him, as well as the General Motors car called the Pontiac.
From Quiz: Marvelous Michigan
Answer: I-96
I-96 begins at Muskegon on Lake Michigan and terminates near the Ambassador Bridge in Detroit. That's 192 miles without once leaving the state of Michigan!
From Quiz: Even More Great Lake State Trivia
Answer: Dearborn
Dearborn is also the site of the world famous Henry Ford Museum, which includes many artifacts from recent modern history and the history of various types of transportation in the U.S., and Greenfield Village, which is an outdoor museum of sorts where many places such as the Wright brothers' bicycle shop have been moved or recreated.
From Quiz: Detroit Suburbs
Answer: Children of the Night
"Children of the Night" is a pretty good "B" horror film - with Ami Dolenz and Peter DeLuise. (I was also an extra in it!)
From Quiz: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Answer: Joe Louis Arena
The Detroit Lions used to play football in the Silver Dome. The Pistons play basketball at the Palace. The Gerald Ford Arena doesn't exist.
From Quiz: Michigan, My Home State
Answer: Allen Park
The 8 story tire that weighs 12 tons is located alongside I-94 near the Southfield Freeway. It was a ferris wheel at the 1964 World's Fair.
From Quiz: Detroit
Answer: St. Marys River
The St. Marys River runs from Whitefish Bay in Lake Superior to the North Channel of Lake Huron and separates the cities of Sault Saint Marie, Michigan and Sault Saint Marie, Ontario. The Sault Saint Marie International Bridge, opened in 1962, spans the river and connects the two cities.
From Quiz: Michigan: The Great Lakes State
Answer: 100,000
The census bureau reported 98,153 as the official population of the city. At that time the city had the largest population of Arab people living outside of the middle east in the entire world. About 41.7 percent of the city's population was Arabic at the time.
From Quiz: Dearborn
Answer: Ecorse River
The original French settlers in the region named the 18.8 mile river, Rivière aux Écorces, which was later changed into the Ecorse River. Because it's so short, locals also refer to it as the Ecorse Creek.
The river runs through the city of the same name, and continues in the area known as "Downriver" which is in the southern park of Wayne County.
From Quiz: Rivers in Michigan
Answer: 26th
Michigan became a state on January 26, 1837. Before gaining statehood status, it was known as the Michigan Territory.
From Quiz: Michigan Facts: How Well Do You Know Michigan?
Answer: There was a dispute with Ohio over a strip of land near Toledo.
Congress finally resolved the dispute by giving Ohio the Toledo Strip, and giving Michigan the Upper Peninsula. Most Michiganders were not happy with this compromise at the time, as the rich farmland of the Toledo Strip was considered much more valuable than the Upper Peninsula. Over time, however, the UP has proven to be valuable for its logging, mining, and tourism industries.
From Quiz: Marvelous Michigan
Answer: 3,288 miles
Because Michigan consists of two peninsulas, it has an exceptionally long shoreline. Only Alaska has a longer shoreline, but Alaska's shoreline is not freshwater.
From Quiz: Even More Great Lake State Trivia
Answer: Sleeping Bear
Unfortunately, according to the legend, the mother bear's two cubs drowned in Lake Michigan and the "Great Spirit" created North and South Manitou Islands to commemorate the cubs. Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is found on the northwest coast of Michigan.
From Quiz: The Great Lake State
Answer: The Grosse Pointes
The Grosse Pointes include five separate communities: Grosse Pointe Park, Grosse Pointe, Grosse Pointe Farms, Grosse Pointe Woods, and Grosse Pointe Shores.
From Quiz: Detroit Suburbs
Answer: Yoopers
The people that live in the Upper Peninsula or the U.P. are called "Yoopers" and are proud of it. The people that live under the bridge are called "trolls."
From Quiz: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Answer: Detroit Windsor Tunnel
The tunnel became the first international vehicular tunnel in the world. The Davison Freeway was in fact the first freeway in the United States. The Northland Center was the first mall built in the United States and there isn't a Detroit Boardwalk.
From Quiz: Detroit
Answer: Lake St. Clair
Lake St. Clair lies between Lake Huron and Lake Erie, connecting the two larger bodies of water via the St. Clair River in the north and the Detroit River in the south.
From Quiz: Michigan: The Great Lakes State
Answer: The Rouge River
The city popped up on both sides of the Rouge River, using it as a base to become a heavily industrialized city in the early 20th century. Not only was the city home to Ford Motor Company, but several steel factories and other industrial factories were built there.
The other three rivers don't come anywhere near Dearborn.
From Quiz: Dearborn
Answer: River Rouge
The River Rouge (which also has a city named after it) runs for 127 miles through Metro-Detroit. It joins with the Detroit River at the boundary between the cities of River Rouge and Detroit, right at Zug Island.
Zug Island is man made and is used for heavy industry.
From Quiz: Rivers in Michigan
Answer: Lansing
Lansing became the capital in 1848. Lansing is located in Ingham and Eaton Counties. It was first settled in 1835.
From Quiz: Michigan Facts: How Well Do You Know Michigan?
Answer: Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids is home to five of the world's leading office furniture companies. The furniture industry got its start in Grand Rapids in the second half of the nineteenth century, thanks to the nearby source of lumber. At one time Grand Rapids was recognized as a worldwide leader in the production of quality home furniture, but due to market changes the focus turned to office furniture.
From Quiz: Marvelous Michigan
Answer: 41.5%
Because the legal boundaries between Michigan and several adjoining states and Canadian provinces are in the middle of lakes Michigan, Superior, and Huron, over 40% of Michigan's total area is water. This is the highest percentage of any US state.
From Quiz: Even More Great Lake State Trivia
Answer: Ambassador Bridge
More than 25% of the merchandise trade between the US and Canada crosses the Ambassador Bridge. The main span of the suspension bridge is 1,850 feet, with an overall length of 7,500 feet.
From Quiz: More Great Lake State Trivia
Answer: Mackinac Island
Mackinac Island is also the home to two pre-colonial forts, Fort Holmes and Fort Mackinac. It is situated in Lake Huron.
From Quiz: The Great Lake State
Answer: Auburn Hills
The Pistons played their home games at the Palace of Auburn Hills, one of the premiere arenas in the NBA. Auburn Hills is 30 to 45 minutes north of Detroit along I-75. In 2017 they moved to Little Caesars Arena in the city.
From Quiz: Detroit Suburbs
Answer: The Mackinac Bridge
From Quiz: Michigan's Upper Peninsula