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Ten more questions about the Great Lake State: Michigan.

A multiple-choice quiz by A-10. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
A-10

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
319,770

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Avg Score
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Question 1 of 10

1. Michigan's Motto is 'Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice'. What is the English translation? Hint

The land of two peninsulas

If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you

If you look around, you will see two peninsulas

Look, there's a pleasant peninsula

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of the following is not a nickname of Michigan? Hint

Great Lake State

Keystone State

Wolverine State

Water-Winter Wonderland

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of these National Park is in Michigan? Hint

Voyageurs

Isle Royale

Alagnak Wild River

Crater Lake

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the busiest International Border crossing point in North America, in terms of trade volume? Hint

Blue Water Bridge

Ambassador Bridge

Detroit-Windsor Tunnel.

International Bridge

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Question 5 of 10

5. Residents of Michigan have nicknames for those who live in the UP (Upper Peninsula) and LP (Lower Peninsula). What are these nicknames? Hint

Hill People and Flatlanders

Hicks and Rednecks

Yoopers and Downstaters

Yoopers and Trolls

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which Michigan university is the Pioneer Land Grant University in the US? Hint

University of Michigan

Michigan State University

Northern Michigan University

Wayne State University

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who traditionally leads the Mackinac Bridge Walk? Hint

The Governor of Michigan

The Head Coach of the Detroit Red Wings

The Mayor of Mackinac City

The Oldest Michigan Resident

8. Michigan has four major sports teams: The Detroit Tigers, the Detroit Lions, the Detroit Pistons, and the Detroit Red Wings. Which of these teams did not actually play their home games in the city of Detroit, between 1989 and 2017? Hint

Detroit Tigers

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Lions

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Question 9 of 10

9. Michigan residents are never very far from one of the Great Lakes. If you pick any point in Michigan, how far are you from the nearest Great Lake? Hint

120 miles

100 miles

85 miles

60 miles

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Question 10 of 10

10. The first formal meeting of the Republican Party was held in which Michigan city? Hint

Detroit

Jackson

Lansing

Grand Rapids

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Michigan's Motto is 'Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice'. What is the English translation?

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.

2. Which of the following is not a nickname of Michigan?

Answer: Keystone State

The "Keystone State" is the nickname of Pennsylvania. Michigan has been called the Great Lake State due to touching 4 of the 5 Great Lakes. The state got the nickname Wolverine State from either Ohioans who accused those from Michigan as being as vicious as wolverines, or from native Americans who thought the white men were as gluttonous as a wolverine.

The nickname Water-Winter Wonderland used to be on the license plates.

3. Which of these National Park is in Michigan?

Answer: Isle Royale

Accessible by ferry or airplane, Isle Royale is located in Lake Superior. It is actually closer to Canada and Minnesota than it is to mainland Michigan. It is known for its wilderness and moose and wolf populations.
Michigan has five national parks in total.

Voyageurs National Park is in Minnesota, Alagnak Wild River National Park is in Alaska, and Crater Lake National Park is in Oregon.

4. What is the busiest International Border crossing point in North America, in terms of trade volume?

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.

5. Residents of Michigan have nicknames for those who live in the UP (Upper Peninsula) and LP (Lower Peninsula). What are these nicknames?

Answer: Yoopers and Trolls

The term Yoopers is derived from the Upper Peninsula initials: UP. Folks from the Lower Peninsula are called trolls because the live beneath the bridge (Mackinac Bridge).

6. Which Michigan university is the Pioneer Land Grant University in the US?

Answer: Michigan State University

Founded in 1855, Michigan State University was the first Land Grant University in the US. The Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890 authorized the granting of federal land to the states for the states to establish Land Grant colleges and universities.

7. Who traditionally leads the Mackinac Bridge Walk?

Answer: The Governor of Michigan

Each year, thousands of people walk or ride their bicycles across the Mackinac Bridge on Labor day, the only day pedestrians and bicycles are allowed on the bridge.

Answer: Detroit Pistons

The Detroit Pistons play their home games in the Palace of Auburn Hills, located in the Detroit suburb of Auburn Hills. Up until the 1988-1989 season, the Pistons played at Cobo Arena in downtown Detroit. They moved back into Detroit in 2017. Prior to 2002, the Detroit Lions played their home games in the Pontiac Silverdome, located in the Detroit suburb of Pontiac.

They have since moved into Ford Field in downtown Detroit.

9. Michigan residents are never very far from one of the Great Lakes. If you pick any point in Michigan, how far are you from the nearest Great Lake?

Answer: 85 miles

Not only does Michigan border 4 of the 5 Great Lakes, 39,912 square miles of Michigan's area are parts of the Great Lakes. Over 41% of the total area of Michigan is water, the highest of any state. Additionally, no point in Michigan is more than 6 miles from one of the 64,980 inland lakes.

10. The first formal meeting of the Republican Party was held in which Michigan city?

Answer: Jackson

The first formal meeting of the Republican Party was held on July 6th, 1854 in Jackson, MI. There is a state historical marker on the site. The party's slogan "free labor, free land, free men."

Source: Author A-10

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