Michigan
How many counties are in Michigan?
What is 83?
Name one of the instruments played by Matthew Adair?
What is the accordion?
What is the piano?
Which of our team members grew up in Texas?
Who are James and Courtney?
Which Supreme Court case first upheld the constitutionality of zoning?
What is the Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. (1926)?
What is the official name for a group of cats?
What is a clowder?
What year did Michigan become a state?
What is 1837?
What band does Suzanne "hate?"
What is the Beatles?
Name one of our team members who currently serves on a nonprofit board?
Who is Suzanne?
Who is Lauren?
Which piece of housing infrastructure is 3x as expensive in the US/Canada as it is in Europe?
What is the elevator?
Which fast food restaurant has the most locations across the US?
What is Subway?
What is the state motto?
What is "If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you."
OR
Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice.
Which of our team members was in a dance troupe?
Who is Sara?
Which of our team members was valedictorian of their high school graduating class?
Who is Josue?
(I apologize if anyone else was too, I didn't know! And you have just outed yourself!)
What concept refers to the power of the government to take private property for a public use or purpose?
What is eminent domain?
Which film won Best Picture at the 2026 Academy Awards?
One Battle After Another
When Michigan gave up Toledo to Ohio, what did they get in exchange?
Who is the only member of our team with "Competition" as one of their top 10 strengths per StrengthsFinder?
Who is Eric?
What is the most common astrological sign on our team?
What is Cancer?
Suzanne, Julie, James, Lauren
What NYC landmark was Jane Jacobs involved in trying to save?
What is Penn Station?
Which cocktail was popularized by James Bond?
The Vesper Martini.
Bonus if you can provide the recipe:
Gin, Vodka, Lillet blanc, lemon twist
In what Michigan county can you enter Indiana while driving west?
What is Hillsdale County?
Name the four team members who went to Grand Valley for at least one of their degrees?
Who are Jason, Eric, James, and Madelyn?
Which two team members live or have lived in Illinois?
Who are Madelyn and Matt B?
Name one of the key changes being proposed in the housing bills currently under consideration in the Michigan Legislature?
5529/30 - Minimum lot size no more than 1,500 sf when served by public water/sewer.
5531 - Sets 60 day review window for site plans. Limits unnecessary studies after submission.
5532 - Amends standards for protest petitions.
5581 - Lowering minimum dwelling unit size to 500 sf.
5582 - Precludes requiring more than 1 parking space per dwelling unit for multi-family. Allows mobile homes everywhere.
5583 - Minimum front yard setback no more than 15 ft. when served by public water/sewer.
5584 - Allows duplexes everywhere single family is allowed. No more stringent design standards for duplex than for single-family.
5585 - Allows ADUs everywhere.
What is the word for the feeling one has on realizing that every other individual one sees has a life as full and real as one's own, in which they are the central character and others, including oneself, have secondary or insignificant roles?
What is sonder?