Native American History Month
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Holidays in November
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What park in downtown Grand Rapids contains a bronze marker commemorating the people of the Three Fires, and three large, grassy mounds symbolizing the Hopewell Indian mounds.
Ah-Nab-Awen Park
100
This Native American sport is played with a ball and stick that many still play today?
What is Lacrosse?
100
1973 Apple Records releases John Lennon's fourth studio album, called what?
A. "Some Time in New York City"
B. "Mind Games"
C. "Walls and Bridges"
"Mind Games" in UK
100
Who won the Governor's race in Michigan in 2022?
Who is Gretchen Whitmer
100
This holiday is celebrated on a Thursday each year in November... a really hard stumper!!!
THANKSGIVING!!!
What are you all grateful for?
200
More than 2,000 years ago, Native Americans associated with the Hopewell culture occupied what location in west Michigan?
the Grand River Valley.
200
The Native Americans would play this game in the winter.
What is Snowsnake?
The snake was simply a wooden stick of varying lengths that was carefully smoothed and treated so that it would slide over a snow and ice track. The track was made by dragging a log through the snow to form a depression. The game was to see whose snow snake would go the farthest.
200
What musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, opened at Lunt Fontanne Theater, NYC; and ran for 1443 performances in 1959?
"The Sound of Music"
200
Who won the secretary of state
Benson, Jocelyn
200
November is national ______ month!
This disease occurs when your blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high. It affects about 37 million Americans, including adults and youth. Diabetes can damage the eyes, kidneys, nerves, and heart, and is linked to some types of cancer.
National Diabetes Month
300
Before the French and British came here in the 1600s and 1700s, Michigan was home to several tribes. Michigan's three largest tribes, which includes which tribes?
The Ojibwe (also called Chippewa), the Odawa (also called Ottowa) and the Potawatomi (also called the Bode'wadmi).
300
When did young boys begin to learn how to hunt?
At 10 years old
300
Founding of UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization occured in what year?
A. 1933
B. 1961
C. 1945
1945!
300
What percent of Wyoming city residents voted in this election?
49.11%, 28,168 people voted!
300
November is National ____ Awareness month.
According to the American Lung Association, an estimated 15.3 million Americans suffer from !!!, and several additional millions likely have !!! and don’t even know it. Early diagnosis and treatment can help people with !!! improve their quality of life and health.
National COPD awareness month! Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
400
Grand Rapids is home to the most important and best-preserved what???
Hopewell mounds in the western Great Lakes region. Our Norton Mound Group, located on the banks of the Grand River southwest of downtown, is a National Historic Landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
400
The reason why Native Americans played games?
What is to pass time or to improve strength and agility? Entertainment!
400
1776 British troops capture Fort Washington during what war?
American Revolution!
400
Who is our attorney general?
Dana Nessel
400
What day is Veterans Day (U.S.)??
November 11th! Thank you to all who served our country
500
What historical site is located between Indian Mounds Drive and Interstate 196 in Wyoming, Michigan near the Grand River?
The Norton Mounds site covers approximately 55 acres and is currently closed to the public. The Norton Mounds were once part of a more extensive grouping of mounds that included the Converse Mounds, a grouping of nearly thirty mounds near what is today downtown Grand Rapids. The Converse Mounds were razed in the nineteenth century as Grand Rapids expanded, and no trace remains of them today.
500
The type of dolls the Native American kids play with.
What were cornhusk dolls?
500
1532 Spanish conquistador !!!!!! captures Inca Emperor Atahualpa after a surprise ambush at Cajamarca in the Peruvian Andes
Francisco Pizarro
On November 16, 1532, Francisco Pizarro, the Spanish explorer and conquistador, springs a trap on the Incan emperor, Atahualpa. With fewer than 200 men against several thousand, Pizarro lures Atahualpa to a feast in the emperor’s honor and then opens fire on the unarmed Incans. Pizarro’s men massacre the Incans and capture Atahualpa, forcing him to convert to Christianity before eventually killing him.
500
After the election in 2022, who is sitting in the House of Representatives in MI?
6 - Republicans
7 - Democrats
500
What silly holiday can we celebrate today??
On November 16th 2022
A. National Button Day
B. World hello day?
C. National Cook for Your Pets Day
A. National button day!
World Hello day is Nov. 21
National cook for your pet day is Nov. 1st! Who knew!!