Dusty
May
Michigan Basketball
Scientific Animal Names
National Animals
200

This cleaning tool, often found attached to a broom, is not safe to use on a stovetop, despite its name.

What is a Dustpan?

200

This date is commonly celebrated by fans of the Star Wars franchise

What is May 4th?


200

The 1991 Michigan men's basketball recruiting class is more commonly known by this alliterative name.

What is the Fab Five?

200

Panthera tigris

Tiger

200

United States of America

Bald Eagle 


400

This “household” name has been cleaning dust since 1991, but it wasn’t until 2016 when it expanded to hair salons.

What is Dyson?

400

This holiday was originally known as "Decoration Day", but its modern name became more common after World War II

What is Memorial Day?

400

This is the number of times Mochigan won a national championship in men’s basketball

Two

400

Canis lupus

Wolf

400

Canada

Beaver

600

Dust is composed 20%-50% of these particles.

What is Human Skin Cells?

600

This holiday commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla.

What is Cinco de Mayo?

600

This former Michigan basketball player went on to become the team’s coach, preceding Dusty May.

Who is Juwan Howard?

600

Aptenodytes forsteri

Emperor Penguin

600

Scotland

Unicorn


800

Despite their name, vacuum cleaners do not create a perfect vacuum. Instead they lift dust and debris using differential air pressure, more commonly known as this.


Suction

800

This national (but not federal) holiday celebrates Americans currently serving in the military.

What is Armed Forces Day?

800

This is the first year Michigan won a national championship in basketball

What is 1989

800

Sarcophilus harrisii

Tasmanian Devil

800

North Korea

Dog

1000

Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus is the scientific name for this creature, but you will only find them overseas.

What is the European House Dust Mite?

1000

President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation declaring the first national Mother's Day on May 9th of this year.

What is 1914?

1000

The student cheering section for the University of Michigan Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams known as the Maize Rage began in the 1990s but was not officially recognized until this season.

What is 2000-2001?

1000

Gulo Gulo

Wolverine

1000

Bhutan

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