Fall
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Grand Rapids History
Midwest Food Trivia
100

What do many trees lose during the fall?

What are leaves?

100

What device did Alexander Graham Bell receive a patent for in 1876 that changed long-distance communication?

What is the telephone?

100

How many bones does an adult human typically have?

What is 206?

100

What river runs through downtown Grand Rapids and gives the city part of its name?

What is the Grand River? 

100

Wisconsin is especially famous for producing this dairy product, which is often battered and deep-fried into a popular fairground snack.

What is cheese curds? 

200

What sport is especially popular to watch on Thanksgiving Day in the United States?

What is football?

200

What invention, developed by Johannes Gutenberg in Europe around 1450, revolutionized the spread of information?

What is the printing press?

200

How many hearts does an Octopus have? 

What are three?

200

What nickname did Grand Rapids earn because of its famous furniture manufacturing industry?

What is furniture city? 

200

What style of pizza, known for its thick crust, crispy cheese edges, and rectangular shape, originated in this Michigan city?

What is Detroit-style pizza?

300

What warm dessert consists of baked apples topped with a crumbly mixture of oats, butter, sugar, and flour?

What is apple crisp? 

300

What invention by Tim Berners-Lee made it possible to browse linked pages of information across the internet?

What is the World Wide Web?

300

What is the national animal of Scotland, despite being a mythical creature?

What is a unicorn?

300

What neighborhood in Grand Rapids is famous for its large collection of historic Victorian-era homes?

What is Heritage Hill?

300

This Minnesota comfort food, often made with meat, vegetables, a creamy sauce, and tater tots or potatoes, has a name that sounds like something you'd serve in a hot pan.

What is hot dish?

400

What astronomical event marks the beginning of fall, when day and night are approximately equal in length?

What is the autumnal equinox?

400

Who invented the first successful powered airplane with his brother Orville in 1903?

Who is Wilbur Wright?

400

What letter does not appear in the spelling of any U.S. state name?

What is Q

400

In what year did Grand Rapids officially become a city? 

What is 1850? 

400

What Michigan specialty consists of a pastry pocket traditionally filled with meat, potatoes, onions, and sometimes rutabaga, and was popular among miners?

What is a pasty?

500

What chemical pigment, besides chlorophyll, contributes to the yellow and orange colors seen in leaves during fall?

What are carotenoids

500

What was the name of the first programmable, electronic, general-purpose digital computer, unveiled in 1946?

What is ENIAC?

500

What animal has fingerprints so similar to humans' that they can be difficult to distinguish from human finger prints?

What is a koala?

500

Which French trader established a trading post in the Grand Rapids area in 1826?

Who was Louis Campau?

500

This unusual Ohio specialty consists of spaghetti topped with a spiced meat sauce and is often finished with a mountain of shredded cheese.

What is Cincinnati chili?

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