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100

The Michigan state bird - we say seeing one of these is a sign that spring is here! The male birds have an orange/red belly the females lay blue eggs.


What is the Robin?

100

This elevated train system has a 2.9 mile track with 13 stops throughout downtown Detroit.


What is The People Mover?

100

The largest, deepest, and coldest of all of the Great Lakes.

What is Lake Superior?

100

This bridge is 5 miles long, it connects the lower peninsula to the upper .  


What is the Mackinac Bridge?

100

Detroit's Professional Football Team. 

Who are the Lions?

200

It was this tree that made Michigan the nation's leading lumber-producing state from 1860-1910. They are known for growing very tall and very straight.  It's now our state tree.


 

What is The White Pine.?
200

We now have two bridges (and a tunnel) that connect Detroit to Canada.  What's the name of the older bridge (built in 1927)?  of the two bridges?

What is the Ambassador Bridge?

200

The most shallow of all of the Great Lakes.  

What is Lake Erie?

200

This building is located in Lansing Michigan.


What is the State Capitol?

200

Detroit's professional Baseball Team.

Who are the Pistons?

300

This fish is native to Michigan's waters and has been designated the state fish of Michigan.

 

What is the Brook Trout?

300

This island state park has a yacht club, Coast Guard post, the nation's oldest aquarium, a newly refurbished conservatory, a nature center, a lighthouse, trails, parks, beaches, and one time even had its own zoo!


What is Belle Isle?

300

The only Great Lake that doesn't touch the state of Michigan.

What is Lake Ontario?

300

Located in the Upper Peninsula, these falls are known for their beautiful amber color (caused by the tannins leached from the cedar, spruce and hemlock trees along the riverside).  They are the second largest waterfalls east of the Mississippi River (just behind the Niagara Falls).


What are the Tahquamenon Falls?

300

Detroit's professional Hockey Team.

Who are the Red Wings?

400

Our state rock is actually a fossil, formed as a result of glaciation, in which sheets of ice plucked stones from the bedrock, grinding off their rough edges and depositing them in the northwestern (and some in the northeastern) portion of Michigan's lower peninsula.  

 

What is the Petosky Stone?

400

This tall skyscraper, which stands along the Detroit River, has 7 towers and is the former headquarters of General Motors car company.  There is a restaurant at the top of the tallest tower, it used to rotate, but it no longer does.


What is the Renaissance Center (or Ren Cen)?

400

This lake has the longest shoreline of the Great Lakes.

What is Lake Huron?

400

Rolling hills (more like mountains!) of sand along the Lake Michigan shoreline. The tallest soars 450 over the lake.  It is famous for "The Dune Climb".  It's about a 4 mile round trip to the parking lot and back - a very challenging route.  Be careful, if you can't make it back and need to be rescued, the Coast Guard will come and find you, but it will cost between $500-$3000 depending on the complexity of the rescue. 

What are the Sleeping Bear Dunes?

400

Detroit's professional Basketball Team.

Who are the Pistons.

500

Our state flower blooms for only about 3 weeks in late spring.  They are beautiful shade of light pink and white. 


What is the Apple Bloosom?

500

This museum and art gallery is the 5th largest collection of art in the United States.  Admission is free for residents of Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties. 


What is the Detroit Institute of Art (or the DIA)?

500

The only Great Lake that is entirely within the United States. It borders Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana.

What is Lake Michigan?

500

This National Lakeshore hugs the south shore of Lake Superior in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. It's known for the dramatic multicolored rock cliffs and unusual sandstone formations like Miners Castle and Chapel Rock.


What are the Pictured Rocks?

500

Detroit's professional soccer team.

Who are the Detroit City FC (football club)?