Michigan
There's No I in Team
There's No I in Team Cont.
Planning, Baby
Grab Bag
100

How many counties are in Michigan?

What is 83?

100

Name one of the instruments played by Matthew Adair?

What is the accordion?

What is the piano?

100

Which of our team members grew up in Texas?

Who are James and Courtney?

100

Which Supreme Court case first upheld the constitutionality of zoning?

What is the Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. (1926)?

100

What is the official name for a group of cats?

What is a clowder?

200

What year did Michigan become a state?

What is 1837?

200

What band does Suzanne "hate?"

What is the Beatles?

200

Name one of our team members who currently serves on a nonprofit board?

Who is Suzanne?

Who is Lauren?

200

Which piece of housing infrastructure is 3x as expensive in the US/Canada as it is in Europe?

What is the elevator?

200

Which fast food restaurant has the most locations across the US?

What is Subway?

300

What is the state motto?

What is "If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you."

OR

Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice.

300

Which of our team members was in a dance troupe?

Who is Sara?

300

Which of our team members was valedictorian of their high school graduating class?

Who is Josue?

(I apologize if anyone else was too, I didn't know! And you have just outed yourself!)

300

What concept refers to the power of the government to take private property for a public use or purpose?

What is eminent domain?

300

Which film won Best Picture at the 2026 Academy Awards?

One Battle After Another

400

When Michigan gave up Toledo to Ohio, what did they get in exchange?

What is the upper peninsula?
400

Who is the only member of our team with "Competition" as one of their top 10 strengths per StrengthsFinder?

Who is Eric?

400

What is the most popular astrological sign on our team?

What is Cancer?

Suzanne, Julie, James, Lauren

400

What NYC landmark was Jane Jacobs involved in trying to save?

What is Penn Station?

400

Which cocktail was popularized by James Bond?

The Vesper Martini. 

Bonus if you can provide the recipe: 

Gin, Vodka, Lillet blanc, lemon twist

500

In what Michigan county can you enter Indiana while driving west?

What is Hillsdale County?

500

Name the four team members who went to Grand Valley for at least one of their degrees?

Who are Jason, Eric, James, and Madelyn?

500

Which two team members live or have lived in Illinois?

Who are Madelyn and Matt B?

500

Name one of the key changes being proposed in the housing bills currently under consideration in the Michigan Legislature?

5529/30 - Minimum lot size no more than 1,500 sf when served by public water/sewer.

5531 - Sets 60 day review window for site plans. Limits unnecessary studies after submission.

5532 - Amends standards for protest petitions.

5581 - Lowering minimum dwelling unit size to 500 sf.

5582 - Precludes requiring more than 1 parking space per dwelling unit for multi-family. Allows mobile homes everywhere.

5583 - Minimum front yard setback no more than 15 ft. when served by public water/sewer.

5584 - Allows duplexes everywhere single family is allowed. No more stringent design standards for duplex than for single-family.

5585 - Allows ADUs everywhere.

500

What is the word for the feeling one has on realizing that every other individual one sees has a life as full and real as one's own, in which they are the central character and others, including oneself, have secondary or insignificant roles?

What is sonder?