Michigan History
Fictional Languages
Cereals
Serial Killer Nicknames
COVID-19
100

December 10, 1915 marked a milestone with the production of the one millionth car from this company.

What is Ford?

100

Linguist Marc Okrand created this language spoken by Worf (among others) on television.

What is Klingon?

100

This cereal was first invented by Dr. John Harvey Kellogg to discourage masturbation before it was marketed as a healthy breakfast option.

What is Corn Flakes?

100

John Wayne Gacy, a local neighborhood official and birthday party entertainer who killed 33 teenage boys and young men in the mid 1970s and was sentenced to lethal injection in 1994.

Who is The Killer Clown?

100

The virus, which first appeared in November 2019, belongs to the same family as SARS, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, and MERS, which stands for this.

What is Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome?

200

In 2016, the Washington Post showed lead in ppb with the level of concern >5. In Troy it was 1.1, in Detroit 2.3, and in this city it was a staggering 27.

What is Flint?
200

You can actually learn 4,000 words of this language spoken by Khal Drogo.

What is Dothraki?

200

Since the first production of Lucky Charms in 1964, this shape marshmallow is the only original shape remaining in the cereal.

What is the pink heart?

200

Ted Bundy, who killed at least 12 young girl and women during the 1970s and was sentenced to the electric chair in 1989.

Who is the Lady Killer?

200

The original route of transmission for the disease has been debated, but possible sources include bats and this "scaly anteater" creature.

What is a pangolin?


300

In 1925, Gertrude Brown was the first this pie fruit queen and Traverse City's Annual Festival was born.

What is cherry?

300

Harry Potter acquired the ability to speak this language of snakes from Voldemort.

What is Parseltongue?

300

You know the Rice Krispies mascots Snap, Crackle, and Pop, but when it was first created in early 1950, there was a fourth mascot known by this name.

What is Pow?

300

David Berkowitz, who claimed he shot six people with a 0.44 caliber revolver on the orders of a demon-possessed dog.

Who is Son of Sam?

300

Experimental drug trials for treatment of COVID-19 have focused on remdesivir, an antiviral, and hydroxychloroquine, a drug commonly used to treat this disease.

What is malaria or autoimmune disease (lupus, rheumatoid arthritis)?

400

A city up north is named for this French priest who founded Michigan's first permanent European settlement in 1668.

Who is Father Marquette?

400

Tolkien created these languages whose forms include Quenya before writing his books, not the other way around.

What is Elven/Elvish?

400

The word "cereal" comes from the word "Cerelia" of this language origin and used to describe a festival for Ceres, the goddess of agriculture.

What is Greek?

400

Gary Ridgway, who was estimated to have killed 70 women in Washington State in the 1980s-1990s.

Who was the Green River Killer?

400

The need to social distance has prompted many TV personalities to host their news shows from home, including this individual with the show "Some Good News."

Who is John Krazinski?

500

FDR's 1940 phrase "The Great" this "of Democracy" was later applied to Detroit as it manufactured jeeps, tanks, and bombers.

What is arsenal?

500

You say "uncold" rather than "warm" in this language from the book "1984."

What is Newspeak?

500

This strawberry-flavored cereal gained notoriety in 1972 for its synthetic dye, which could not be broken down or absorbed by the body and resulted in red-colored stool.

What is FrankenBerry?

500

Dr. Harold Shipman, who was responsible for 250 murders by diamorphine injection and was sentenced to prison for life in the 2000s.

Who is Doctor Death?
500

In addition to being director of NIH/NIAID since 1984 and earning the nickname "America's Coronavirus Crush," Dr. Anthony Fauci is an editor of the 18th, 19th, and 20th editions of this textbook.

What is Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine?

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