Great Lakes Trivia
Which is the largest of the Great Lakes by surface area?
Answer: Lake Superior. It is the world’s largest freshwater lake by area and the coldest and deepest of the Great Lakes.
Starring the Banks family, this ’90s sitcom centers on characters including Uncle Phil, Carlton, and Will.
Answer: What is The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air? The show was Will Smith’s debut into acting, starting off a long and successful career.
These are the two colors of the iconic “I Heart NY” logo designed by Milton Glaser in 1977.
Answer: What are red and black? Glaser was inspired to doodle the design while in the back of a taxi, and it is still used on souvenirs today.
In 1993, he won an Oscar for his role as Bill Munny in this film.
Answer: What is Unforgiven? Eastwood also directed the film and dedicated it to his mentors, Sergio Leone and Don Siegel.
In 1980, this southern African nation gained independence from the UK, becoming this end-of-the-alphabet republic instead.
Answer: What is Zimbabwe?
Which of the following U.S. states does not border a Great Lake: Ohio, Minnesota, or Wyoming?
Answer: Wyoming. The Great Lakes border eight states on the U.S. side.
Members of this TV bunch include Marcia, Jan, and Greg.
Answer: What is The Brady Bunch? The show ran from 1969 until 1974 and is a nostalgic favorite despite having only average ratings at the time.
This is the background color of the Brazilian flag.
Answer: What is green? The green background represents the lush jungles of the Amazon. The flag was revised in 1992 to its current form, which includes 27 stars—one for each of the 26 states and one for the federal district.
In 1978’s Every Which Way but Loose, Eastwood stars alongside this type of primate.
Answer: What is an orangutan? The ’70s saw Eastwood branch into a few comedic roles, including this one and Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974).
On May 18, 1980, this volcano in Washington state erupted, causing devastation.
Answer: What is Mount St. Helens?
Which Great Lake has a region similar to the Bermuda Triangle, with unexplained disappearances of ships and planes?
Answer: Lake Michigan. The area is dubbed the Michigan Triangle and is near a strange rock formation, which some believe creates the mysterious phenomenon.
The Griswold family stars in this 1989 holiday classic comedy film.
Answer: What is National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation? There are four films in the Vacation series starring this dysfunctionally funny family.
Although he’s used this color on his shoe soles since 1993, Christian Louboutin only received a trademark for the design choice in 2008.
Answer: What is red? The brand fought a battle to receive the trademark, as other brands like Yves St. Laurent wanted to sell red-bottomed shoes as well.
In 1996, Clint Eastwood was given a Life Achievement Award by this group, the AFI for short.
Answer: What is the American Film Institute? In his acceptance speech, Eastwood discussed his 40-plus-year film career and how he got his start.
In January 1981, this nation released 52 U.S. hostages from Tehran.
Answer: What is Iran?
Located in Lake Huron, what island is noted for being car-free?
Answer: Mackinac Island. Residents and tourists alike are encouraged to walk or bike—or snowmobile in the winter!
This TV show of the late ’90s and early 2000s is named for its starring family, including mob boss Tony.
Answer: What is The Sopranos? Star James Gandolfini said he got advice and compliments on his role from real-life “wise guys.”
In 1998, UPS trademarked this color for their vehicles.
Answer: What is brown? They were the third brand in the United States to trademark a single color.
To portray his character in 1975’s The Eiger Sanction, Eastwood learned this skill in order to do many of his own stunts for the film.
Answer: What is mountain climbing? His character in the film goes on a dangerous climbing expedition to find a killer.
In October 1981, President Anwar Sadat of this nation was assassinated.
Answer: What is Egypt?
The Jet Express is a ferry service in which of the Great Lakes?
Answer: Lake Erie. The company was founded in 1988 as the Put-in-Bay Boat Line Company
In this book series, the Dursleys are a rather unpleasant and unmagical family to Harry.
Answer: What is the Harry Potter series? The first of these children’s chapter books hit shelves in 1997. 12. ($1,000) The Stampers are the fictional family at the heart of his 1964 novel, Sometimes
In 1995, Cadbury registered a shade of this color as a trademark for chocolate packaging.
Answer: What is purple? The shade was originally used by the company as a tribute to Queen Victoria.
His directorial debut came in 1971 with this film.
Answer: What is Play Misty for Me? Eastwood directed the film, as well as stars in it alongside costar Jessica Walter.
A one-week conflict in 1983 saw U.S. troops invade this Caribbean island to counter political threats to American residents.
Answer: What is Grenada.