What Lake?
What Place in Michigan?
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Laws of Man & Nature
100

This is the largest of the Great Lakes.

What is Lake Superior, of course

100

This island is currently a 2000 acre state park; it was once a sacred place for Native Americans, due to its unique rock formations and stunning beauty.

What is Mackinac Island?  (pronounced "Mackinaw"; no one knows why)

100

This is the most dangerous fish in the Great Lakes.

What is the sea lamprey?

100

This town has the oldest synagogue in consistent use in the Great Lakes region.

What is Traverse City?

100

These natural wonders created the Great Lakes over 20,000 years ago.

What are glaciers?

200

This lake has the most shipwrecks hidden beneath its waves.

What is Lake Erie?

200

A prehistoric coral fossil that is plentiful in the Upper Peninsula was named after this place in Michigan.

What is Petroskey?

200

This is the most dangerous animal in Michigan.

What is the black widow?

200

The Christian Reformed Church is based in this city. (This is the denomination that brought my parents together and to Hope College in the early 60s).

What is Grand Rapids?

200

This type of butterfly migrates through Michigan in the summer to feast on its abundant milkweed plants.

What is a Monarch Butterfly?

300

The lake home of the Pictured Rocks National Seashore

What is Lake Superior?

300

This city is a popular place for lifelong bachelors to get married in Michigan, particularly on a cold day....

What is Hell Michigan?

300

This fish is taking over Lake Michigan, causing a lot of ecological problems.

What is the Asian Carp?

300

The world's oldest jazz club, Baker's Keyboard Lounge, is located in this Great Lakes city.

What is Detroit?

300

True or False:  Per Michigan law, county officials do not have the authority to hire a rainmaker, even in times of extreme drought.

True

400

This is the only Great Lake that is fully encapsulated in one state.

What is Lake Michigan?

400

This city boasts the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia, curated by a history professor at a local university (Ferris State University).

What is Big Rapids?

400

This is the largest indoor water park in Michigan.

What is Avalanche Bay?

400

The electric dental drill was invented by George F. Greer in this Michigan city.

What is Kalamazoo?

400

It is legally possible for this part of Michigan to withdraw from the state and establish independent statehood.

What is the Upper Peninsula?

500

This is the only Great Lake with a foundation made of bedrock (i.e., not going to erode any time soon).

What is Lake Superior?  (Scientists are concerned about climate change's impact on erosion for the other lakes)

500

Wayne and Josephine Wilanskey own and live in a house which straddles these two states in the Great Lake region. They pay taxes in both states, as their bedroom is in one and their livingroom is in another.

What are Michigan and Ohio?

500

For Michiganers who die outside of their home state, this state is the most common place for them to die.

What is Florida?

500

The world's largest weathervane can be found in this Michigan city.

What is Montegue?

500

FINAL QUESTION:  The largest pie pan in the world is located at the Sara Lee Bakery in Traverse City and was created in 1987 to make the world's largest pie of this kind.

What is Cherry? (Michigan is famous for its cherries...and asparagus...and blueberries...and tulips).