michigan

     

(If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you)

Trivia about michigan

  • The name of this state is derived from an Indian word meaning "great lake"
  • The Mackinac Bridge joins the upper & lower peninsulas of this U.S. state
  • On its 1996 auto centennial license plate, this state claimed to be the "World's Motor Capital"
  • Like Grosse Pointe, Redford is a suburb of the largest city in this state
  • In 1998 John Conyers was reelected with 87% of the vote in this state's 14th congressional district
  • This state's Isle Royale is on an island in Lake Superior
  • More breakfast cereal is produced in this state's city of Battle Creek than any other place on Earth
  • In 1805 this territory was created from the Indiana one, with all or parts of the lower & upper peninsulas
  • This state's name is from Chippewa words meaning "great water", after the lake of the same name
  • State that's home to the Alfred P. Sloan Museum, featuring the Buick Automotive Gallery
  • Bay City in this state is named for its location near Saginaw Bay
  • This state's Upper Peninsula has 2 land regions: the Superior Upland & the Central Lowland
  • Jeff Daniels wrote "Escanaba in da Moonlight", a "super Yooper comedy" set on this state's Upper Peninsula
  • The Wolverine State, in 1847 became 1st to abolish capital punishment
  • It touches four of the Great Lakes
  • Henry's father William Ford emigrated to this U.S. state from Ireland in 1847
  • In the 1970s this Great Lakes state cut down on litter with the nation's first 10-cent bottle refund law
  • One of this state's license plates depicts an automobile & says it's the "World's Motor Capital"
  • Before he was president, Gerald Ford was a congressman from this state's Fifth District
  • About one-third of this state's industrial workers are employed in the auto industry
  • This U.S. state's lower peninsula is sometimes called the Mitten because its shape resembles a mittened hand
  • Olivet,Albion,Kalamazoo
  • The geographic center of this state lies in Wexford County, 5 miles north-northwest of Cadillac
  • Name shared by Chicago's Great Lake & one of Chicago's major avenues
  • This state has a Banjo-rama in Davison & a fiddlers jamboree in Grand Rapids
  • This state has an annual Upper Peninsula state fair in Escanaba in August
  • Fort Michilimackinac in this state is a reconstruction of an 18th century fort
  • Pete admires John Dingell, a former page who now represents this Wolverine State in the House
  • Ogemaw, Saginaw & Washtenaw are all counties in this state
  • The 26th state to join the Union, it bears the name of the lake it borders
  • With a name from the Chippewa for "on the summit", Ishpeming is a top ski center on the upper peninsula of this state
  • Ottawa National Forest isn't in Canada but on this state's upper peninsula
  • Bo Schembechler(1969-1989)
  • The Road to Hell travels northwest from Ypsilanti in this state
  • Crisler Arena,Kellogg Arena
  • "If You Seek A Pleasant Peninsula, Look About You"
  • Bordering 4 out of the 5, this U.S. state borders more of the Great Lakes than any other
  • With water covering about 40% of this state's 96,000 square miles of total area, it must have some great lakes
  • It's named for a Great Lake
  • The one that is a state east of the Mississippi river
  • On June 25, 1998 the Mackinac Bridge in this state celebrated its 100-millionth crossing
  • You might want to wear your mackinaw to cross the Mackinac bridge in this state
  • Introduced in January 2004, the U.S. quarter honoring this state depicts all 5 Great Lakes
  • Mount Arvon on the Upper Peninsula
  • Laughing Whitefish is a well-known waterfall in this state's Upper Peninsula
  • This state has a rose festival in Jackson & a lilac festival on Mackinac Island
  • In Wexford County, 5 miles north-northwest of Cadillac
  • Look out!This Big 10 school unleashes about 6,000 new Wolverines on the Upper Midwest each spring
  • Bob Griese was in the broadcast booth as son Brian led this team to victory in the 1998 Rose Bowl
  • In this state's 1998 election, John Engler pulled the plug on the gubernatorial hopes of Jack Kevorkian's lawyer
  • The only state to touch 4 of the Great Lakes
  • 9 miles east of Pontiac, the city of Rochester in this state is home to Oakland University
  • Wayne State,Kalamazoo College, Madonna University (it's Franciscan Catholic, not Material Girl)
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives the clue.) I'm holding Gerald Ford's football helmet; he was a 2-way player at linebacker & center, & this team's MVP of 1934
  • "Our Towns" columnist Peter Applebome has come far since his career began at this state's Ypsilanti Press
  • With 102 years of combined service, John Conyers & John Dignell of this Midwest state are the House's 2 senior members
  • Greenfield Village,Kellogg Bird Sanctuary
  • Shoppers adore "The Magnificent Mile", the north part of this avenue
  • Mike Wallace,Gerald Ford,Jessye Norman
  • State whose capital was named after the village of Lansing, N.Y.
  • A cow-calling contest was among the events in 1928 at this state's first Upper Peninsula State Fair in Escanaba
  • Gerald & Betty Ford,on Oct. 15, 1948
  • Isle Royale greenstone, this state's official gem, is found on Isle Royale in Lake Superior
  • Mount Arvon on the Upper Peninsula
  • This U.S. state's official seal shows a man holding a gun & standing on a peninsula
  • “If you seek a pleasant peninsula look around you”, which is apt since this state consists of 2
  • Tom Harmon, Desmond Howard & Charles Woodson won the Heisman Trophy at this Big Ten school
  • Rivers draining into this lake include the Muskegon, Kalamazoo & St. Joseph in the East
  • This state got its Upper Peninsula from Wisconsin in 1837, making up for its loss of Toledo to Ohio
  • The life force known as "chi" is inside this state
  • "Great Lakes Splendor"
  • Kellogg's:You read the side of the box a million times, now it pays off
  • "If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you" is the motto of this state
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  • Bordering on 4 of the 5 Great Lakes, it has the largest shoreline of any inland state
  • Born in Mexico in 1907 to expatriate American Mormons, George Romney served as gov. of this U.S. state in the 1960s
  • Isle Royale
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  • John Engler
  • In 1852 cherries were planted on Old Mission Peninsula in this Midwest state; it now grows 75% of the tart type
  • 2 men were busted in Traverse City in this state; they'd told a gas station worker 2 hours earlier that they'd soon rob him
  • Madonna University & Wayne State University
  • The website for this state's legislature says no bear "can match the vicious disposition... of the wolverine"
  • Debbie Stabenow was named the "Great Lakes Legislator of the Year" for this state
  • Huron Potawatomi & Sault Ste. Marie
  • It's the only state that touches 3 of the Great Lakes
  • You'll find Cheboygan County east of Wisconsin in this neighboring state
  • The elk & moose on this peninsular state's flag seem unperturbed by the man with the gun standing between them
  • Former Rep. Debbie Stabenow took a stab & is now a U.S. senator from this state