UP Colleges
Yooper Trivia
UP Towns
da Great Outdoors
So You Wanna Work in da UP, eh?
100
This college opened its doors in 1963 with an enrollment of 200 students. Today, more than 2500 students are enrolled, with the college offering classes in three counties and online.
What is Bay College?
100
This is the singing group responsible for the smash hit: "The Second Week of Deer Camp."
What is Da Yoopers?
100
Between the mouths of the Rapid and Tacoosh Rivers, this unincorporated community was once a stop known as Rapid Siding on the Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad.
What is Rapid River?
100
Located between Paradise and Newberry on a river of the same name, these popular waterfalls consist of an upper and a lower falls.
What are Tahquamenon Falls?
100
This is the largest employer in Delta County.
What is New Page?
200
President Barak Obama visited this university to honor its commitment to technological innovation and to discuss the National Wireless Initiative.
What is Northern Michigan University?
200
The recipe for this meat pie was brought to the area by Cornish miners. Its traditional ingredients are beef, potato, rutabaga, and onion.
What is a pasty?
200
Along the north shore of Lake Michigan, this happy town was named Saunders Point when settled in 1859.
What is Gladstone?
200
The cliffs of this 42-mile long National Lakeshore are part of the 500-million-year-old Munising Formation of sandstone.
What are The Pictured Rocks?
200
This industry was a primary historical base of the UP economy.
What is mining or timber?
300
35% of this university's freshman class had a high school GPA of 3.75% or higher.
What is Michigan Technological University?
300
This special day occurs every year on November 15.
What is Deer Day (or Opening Day of Michigan's Firearm Deer Season)?
300
Scrap wood, a by-product from one of Henry Ford's factories here, was used to make charcoal; a charcoal company bearing the town's name was born.
What is Kingsford?
300
This national park, known for its wolf and moose populations, is the largest island on Lake Superior.
What is Isle Royale?
300
Today, this is the largest industry in the UP.
What is tourism?
400
This school's original name was that of a European country in that country's native language.
What is Finlandia University (originally Suomi College)?
400
This is the name of Da Yoopers recording label.
What is You Guys?
400
This charming town, nestled in the hills surrounding Portage Lake, is considered one of the 100 best small towns in America, according to a recent guidebook.
What is Houghton?
400
This forest, managed by the US Forest Service, partially covers six UP counties. Both its East and West forests extend from Lake Superior in the north to Lake Michigan in the south.
What is Hiawatha National Forest?
400
This workforce development organization helps job seekers in Michigan.
What is Michigan Works?
500
The site of this university was once the US Army's Fort Brady.
What is Lake Superior State University?
500
This annual event happens in Trenary on the last Saturday of February.
What is the Outhouse Classic (or Outhouse Races)?
500
This village was named after the "Snowshoe Priest," the bishop who helped prevent the relocation of the Ojibwa from the area.
What is Baraga?
500
The DNR has confirmed the presence of this animal once again in the UP, nearly 100 years after the last known of its kind was killed near Newberry. Tracks and photos indicate its presence in at least four counties, but no known breeding population has been established.
What is a cougar (or mountain lion)?
500
This organization is one of the two largest employers in the UP.
What is Marquette General Health System or the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians?
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