Detroit Lions
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Detroit History
100

Played cornerback in the 70s and wore number 20

Lem Barney

100

This movie featured a funeral scene with a horse drawn see through hearse.

Imitation of Life

100

This late singer famously remade a Dolly Parton song and it became a smash hit.

Whitney Houston 

100

This song features a seasonal flower blowing through one’s mind 

Summer Breeze

100

This scenic location was once called “Hog’s Island”

Belle Isle

200

This was player ran a car dealership after his playing days

Mel Farr

200

This movie involved a scene where a person was placed into a car trunk filled with rats

The Mack

200

This singer famously sang “I gotcha’”

Joe Tex

200

This song involved a long elaborate dance choreography centered around Halloween.

Thriller

200

This was the nation’s first freeway 

The Davison

300

This player was referred to as Megatron 

Calvin Johnson

300

This movie’s film score was written by Isaac Hayes

Shaft

300

This singer had a pet rat and later sang the title song for a movie about trained rats.

Michael Jackson 

300

This song’s chorus involved a reference to an illuminating tool found at any hardware store 

Flashlight 

300

This once thriving alliterative community was decimated by the I-75 freeway.

Black Bottom

400

This former running back runs a barbecue business

Billy Sims

400

This movie was filmed at the “First Avenue Club” in Minneapolis.

Purple Rain

400

This singer was nicknamed “Black Moses”

Isaac Hayes 

400

This song sung by Diana Ross and Lionel Richey was the title of a movie starring a young Brooke Shields

Endless Love

400

This school was housed in a former pickle factory.

Cass Tech

500

Rather than break the NFL record for most yards by a running back, this player retired.

Barry Sanders

500

This movie involved characters trying to recover their wallets after they were taken at a blind pig

Uptown Saturday Night

500

This late female vocalist was nicknamed “The baby”

Nancy Wilson 

500

You could say this duet by the Temptations and Supremes involved a commanding romance

I’m gonna make you love me

500

This high school was the first in the State of Michigan and its precursor is located by a designation at the intersection of Cass and Warren Avenue.

Central High School

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