Based on a video game
May Flowers
'Buy a house' they said
Grand Rapids
Older than Google (1998)
100
Released as a movie in May 20th, 2016 the original game requires you to launch your friends at your enemies in order to save your offspring.
Angry Birds
100
Asclepias tuberosa, also known as ____________, is a popular native plant that blooms from late spring to early fall.
Butterfly Weed
100
What is this?
a coal chute
100
Grand Rapids was the childhood home of which U.S. President?
Grand Rapids was the childhood home of U.S. President Gerald Ford, who is buried with his wife Betty on the grounds of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in the city. The city's Gerald R. Ford International Airport and Gerald R. Ford Freeway are named after him.
100
This basic device connection protocol was introduced in 1996 as a collaborative effort by Intel, Compaq, Microsoft, and IBM.
USB 1.0
200
First released as a game in 1991 and made into 3 separate films (the newest of which is slated for December 2024 release), the original game features the speedy protagonist and his friends trying to retrieve the Chaos Emeralds from an evil doctor.
Sonic the Hedgehog
200
This endangered three-petaled spring flower is currently in bloom and widely found at Aman Park and Ken-o-Sha park.
Common trillium
Scientific name: Trillium grandiflorum
200
Homeowners in this state are required to comply with a "Ghostbusters Ruling" when listing a home for sale. This involves disclosing whether ghosts inhabit or frequently visit the home.
New York State
200
This sculpture, also appearing in the city logo, has stood in Calder Plaza since 1969. It is the first public work funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
La Grand Vitesse by Alexander Calder
200
Released on October 1, 1982, this media technology is still in use today. A portable version came out in 1984.
CD Players / Discman
300
This Netflix series ran from 2017 - 2021 and is based on a game featuring a whip-wielding vampire hunter.
Castlevania
The original game was first released in 1986 for the Famicom system and later for Nintendo, eventually spawning dozens of sequels and spinoffs.
300
Easily identified by its mottled leaves and bright yellow flowers, this plant grows wild in the Michigan woods in spring.
Yellow trout lily
Scientific name: Erythronium americanum
300
What item in an old house is commonly referred to as an octopus?
An old-style converted coal furnace with many heat ducts coming out of the top
Even though the cost of removal of an old "octopus" furnace and the heat ducts (most likely covered with asbestos) may seem large, today's furnaces are so fuel efficient, the conversion will probably pay for itself in a few years! A furnace this old was probably originally a gravity system that had no fan and depended on the fact that heat would rise naturally from the furnace up to the house rooms. A fan may have been added to it later. The original furnace was probably a coal burner, and then was converted to oil or gas at a later date.
300
This building is the tallest in Grand Rapids, as well as the tallest in Michigan outside of Detroit.
River House Condominiums, also known as Bridgewater Place. Built in 2008, it stands at 406 feet tall.
300
This 1993 first person shooter released for PC has been ported to everything under the sun, including graphing calculators, ultrasound machines, smart refrigerators, and ATMs.
DOOM
400
This popular post-apocalyptic game was adapted by HBO in 2023, and features an unusual villain (really it's just a fun guy).
The Last of Us - it features the Cordyceps fungus - based on a real life fungus that zombie-fies wasps, ants, and other insects into doing its bidding.
400
One of the first plants to spring up from the forest floor every year, these are identified by their umbrella of bright green leaves atop Y-shaped stems.
Mayapple
Scientific name: Podophyllum peltatum
Other common names: Wild mandrake, ground lemon, umbrella plant
400
What's the window at the top called?
A transom window is a horizontal, paned window above an entry door, often accompanied by sidelights. They can also be found above interior doors to let rising hot air circulate.
400
Chief Noahquageshik, of the Grand River Band of Ottawa Nations, is recognized as having founded the first settlement on the NW side of Grand Rapids near Bridge Street in 1810. He was also known by what anglicized name?
Chief Noonday
400
Created as a prop to use in Home Alone 2, the success of the film resulted in this item becoming a real product for sale in 1992.
The TalkBoy by Tiger Electronics
500
This post apocalyptic video game turned TV series draws its inspiration from a wide variety of media that came before it, including A Boy and His Dog (1975), Forbidden Planet (1956), Flash Gordon (1934), and Mad Max (1980).
Fallout
500
These otherworldly flowers grow in swampy areas and act as a warm hotel for bees and other pollinators in early spring.
As thermogenic plants, they can create temperatures of up to 63 degrees F to force their way through frozen ground.
Symplocarpus foetidus, commonly known as skunk cabbage or eastern skunk cabbage. Bruised leaves present an odor reminiscent of skunk.
500
What is this?
A phone niche (for land lines)
500
Grand Rapids is home to two Frank Lloyd Wright designs - the privately owned Amberg House and this other house, which is open to the public three days per week.
The Meyer May House, located at 450 Madison Ave SE (a couple blocks southeast of Mary Free Bed).
500
1996 saw the release of this standardized touchscreen and stylus enabled computing device, which most later models followed. Sadly it had no integrated phone.
Palm Pilot
