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100

This Great Lake borders Michigan to the west.

Lake Michigan

100

This city is known as the birthplace of Motown.

Detroit

100

Michigan’s state bird.

American robin

100

Michigan became a state in this year.

1837

100

Michigan is the leading U.S. producer of this fruit.

Cherries

200

Michigan touches this many of the five Great Lakes.

Four
200

Known as “Cereal City,” this Michigan city is home to Kellogg’s.

Battle Creek

200

Michigan’s state flower.

apple blossom

200

This city was Michigan’s first capital.

Detroit

200

This soda, created in Michigan, is one of the oldest soft drinks in America.

Vernors ginger ale

300

The largest freshwater island in the world, located in Lake Huron, is called this.

Manitoulin Island

300

This city hosts the annual Tulip Time Festival.

Holland

300

Michigan’s state tree.

eastern white pine

300

This war included the only battle fought in Michigan.

War of 1812

300

This island bans most motor vehicles.

Mackinac Island

400

This national park is on an island in Lake Superior.

Isle Royale

400

Home to Michigan State University.

East Lansing

400

Michigan’s state fish.

brook trout

400

The automobile industry in Michigan was revolutionized by this man.

Henry Ford

400

Michigan has this many peninsulas.

Two

500

The straits connecting Lake Michigan and Lake Huron share their name with this famous bridge.

Mackinac Bridge

500

This Upper Peninsula city is the largest in the U.P.

Marquette

500

Michigan’s state motto translates to this phrase.

If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you

500

Michigan was admitted as the ___ state in the Union.

26th

500

This Michigan city’s name is also the title of a famous Glenn Miller song.

Kalamazoo