Michigan Trivia
The Michigan state capital.
What is Lansing?
January 26, 1837.
When did Michigan become a state?
Henry Ford developed this to speed up the production of automobiles.
What is the assembly line?
The bridge that connects the two halves of Michigan across the Straits of Mackinac.
What is the Mackinac Bridge?
The state bird.
What is the robin?
The Michigan nickname.
What is the Wolverine State?
Michigan was admitted to the U.S. as this state.
What is 26th?
Mining for this mineral began in 1845 and ended in 1969.
What is copper?
The state tree.
What is the white pine?
The state flower.
What is the apple blossom?
The Michigan state soil.
What is Kalkaska sand?
A dispute over this small strip of land with Ohio delayed Michigan's staehood.
What is the Toledo Strip?
Michigan produces 20 percent of the nation's output of this mineral.
What is iron ore?
This bridge that connects Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario was the first to connect two countries.
What is the Ambassador Bridge?
The state fish.
What is the brook trout?
The Michigan state song.
What is "Michigan, My Michigan"?
To settle the dispute, Ohio was given the Toledo Strip and Michigan was given this area.
What is the Upper Peninsula?
It is making a comeback, and 4 million Christmas trees harvested in Michigan each year prove this.
What is the timber industry?
It comes from the Ojibwa (Chippewa) word michigama which means "great water".
Where does the name Michigan come from?
The state stone.
What is the Petoskey stone?
The Michigan state motto.
What is "If You Seek a Pleasant Peninsula, Look About You"?
He was elected as the first governor of Michigan.
Who was Stevens T. Mason?
These crops total almost 62 percent of Michigan's farm income.
What are corn, hay, and soybeans?
The state reptile.
What is the painted turtle?
The state gem.
What is the Isle Royale greenstone.