The Brain
Sleep deprivation can increase your risk for this neurodegenerative disease
What is Alzheimer's disease?
This 3D survival sandbox video game that had a 2025 film adaptation was first released in 2009
What is Minecraft?
This Michigan delicacy was originally baked in steel trays designed for use in automotive factories
What is Detroit-style pizza?
2010: This English boy band formed on the "X Factor" TV talent competition
What is One Direction?
Sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia is more commonly known as this, a sensation caused by rapid temperature change
What is brain freeze?
This iconic slasher created by John Carpenter shares a name with the actor who voices Shrek
This hotel on Mackinac Island boasts the world's longest porch
What is the Grand Hotel?
1961: This actor, known for his roles in Cheers, True Detective, and The Hunger Games, was born in Midland, Texas
Who is Woody Harrelson?
Studies have shown that the posterior part of this brain structure is larger in London taxi drivers, demonstrating enhanced spatial memory
What is the hippocampus?
After being selected 3rd overall in the 2024 NFL draft, this quarterback led his team to Super Bowl LX in 2026
Who is Drake Maye?
The southern shore of this lake, where the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank, is known as the "Graveyard of the Great Lakes"
What is Lake Superior?
1925: This New York Yankee hit his first of 23 career grand slams
Who is Lou Gehrig?
This team member and their siblings all share the same middle name
Who is Isabelle?
While the human brain weighs about 3lbs, this animal has the largest brain at 17lbs
What is the sperm whale?
This portmanteau is used to describe the departure of Prince Harry & his wife from the British royal family
What is Megxit?
At the conclusion of an 1836 war, Michigan ceded control of the Toledo Strip to Ohio in exchange for this
What is the Upper Peninsula?
1967: The first successful transplant of this organ was performed on 19-month-old Julie Rodriguez by Dr. Starzl at the University of Colorado
What is the liver?
The communication network between the central nervous system and the enteric nervous system, connected by the vagus nerve, is known as this
This 2001 song from UK artist Sophie Ellis-Bextor had a resurgence after its use in a 2023 film starring Jacob Elordi and Barry Keoghan
What is "Murder on the Dancefloor"?
In 1846, Michigan became the first government in the English-speaking world to abolish this controversial justice practice
What is capital punishment / the death penalty?
1885: This 18th President of the U.S. died of esophageal cancer at age 63
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?