Name That Michigan Town
Classic TV
Midwest Geography
Michigan Festival Foods
Popular Literature
100
Shipwreck hunters know this Lake Huron town well — it’s home to the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
What is Alpena?
100
This sitcom follows six friends living in New York City; its theme song says, “I’ll be there for you.” One character works at Central Perk.
What is Friends?
100
This major North American river begins in Minnesota and flows southward through multiple states before reaching the Gulf of Mexico. It has long served as a key transportation and trade route in U.S. history.
What is the Mississippi River?
100
This sugary drink is a Michigan summer festival staple, often served ice-cold in large cups and flavored with fruit syrups like cherry or blue raspberry.
What is a slushie?
100
Set in a small Alabama town during the Great Depression, this 1960 novel follows two children whose father is a lawyer defending an unjustly accused man. It became a major school curriculum staple.
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
200
This Upper Peninsula city is famous for the Soo Locks, which help ships travel between Lake Superior and Lake Huron.
What is Sault Ste. Marie?
200
This show features four older women living together in Miami, often sharing cheesecake and witty conversations.
What is The Golden Girls?
200
This Midwestern state is known as the “Buckeye State,” a nickname tied to a type of tree whose seeds resemble a deer’s eye. It has three major metro areas: Columbus, Cleveland, and Cincinnati.
What is Ohio?
200
This sweet festival drink from Michigan cider mills is made fresh in the fall and often served warm with cinnamon donuts at orchards across the state.
What is a apple cider?
200
This short novel from 1952 is set on the ocean and focuses on an aging fisherman’s long struggle with a massive fish, symbolizing endurance and pride. It helped its author win a Nobel Prize.
What is The Old Man and the Sea?
300
Located on Lake Michigan, this city is known for its beaches, a large state park with sand dunes, and the USS Silversides submarine museum.
What is Muskegon?
300
Airing on Sunday nights, this variety show hosted by Ed Sullivan featured plate spinners, singers, and historic rock-and-roll performances.
What is The Ed Sullivan Show?
300
This major Midwestern city sits on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan and is known for its elevated train system, often called “the L,” as well as its windy reputation.
What is Chicago?
300
This Detroit-area chili-topped hot dog is named after a New York island but became a Michigan icon, especially at summer street festivals and baseball games.
What is a Coney dog?
300
Published in 1953, this science fiction novel imagines a future where books are illegal and “firemen” burn them instead of extinguishing fires. It is often studied as a warning about censorship.
What is Fahrenheit 451?
400
This industrial city north of Detroit is known for being the birthplace of General Motors and shares its name with a stone used to start fires.
What is Flint?
400
Panelists on this early game show try to guess a contestant’s job using only yes-or-no questions, with a host famous for saying “Will you enter, please?”
What is What's My Line?
400
This city shares its name with a major auto race held every Memorial Day weekend; it is also the capital of Indiana and sits along the White River.
What is Indianapolis?
400
Despite its name, this Michigan favorite isn’t from New England at all — it’s a frothy treat made by blending vanilla ice cream with a Detroit-born ginger ale.
What is a Boston cooler?
400
This Depression-era novel follows an American farming family forced to migrate west in search of work and stability during economic hardship.
What is The Grapes of Wrath?
500
This small Upper Peninsula city is known for its iron ore mining history and shares its name with a precious metal.
What is Ironwood?
500
This game show focuses on relationships, asking couples how well they know each other, often revealing funny or embarrassing answers.
What is The Newlywed Game?
500
This is the largest of the Great Lakes by surface area and contains enough water to cover all of North America in a foot of water. Its shoreline includes Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and parts of Wisconsin.
What is Lake Superior?
500
This deep-fried Polish pastry is especially popular in Michigan cities with strong Polish heritage, often eaten on a specific pre-Lenten celebration day and sold by the dozen at bakeries during festival season.
What is a paczki?
500
This 1951 novel follows a teenage boy who has just been expelled from a prep school. He spends several days wandering New York City, often criticizing the “phoniness” of the adult world around him.
What is The Catcher in the Rye?
