Q 01/05

Which city is the capital of Michigan?

A) Detroit

B) Ann Arbor

C) Grand Rapids

D) Lansing

Answer · why

D) Lansing

The capital moved there from Detroit in 1847 to put it somewhere more central and safer from British Canada.

Q 02/05

What are Michigan's two main land masses called?

A) The North and South Shores

B) The Superior and Erie Districts

C) The East and West Banks

D) The Upper and Lower Peninsulas

Answer · why

D) The Upper and Lower Peninsulas

Michigan's two land masses are the Upper and Lower Peninsulas, separated by the Straits of Mackinac and linked by the Mackinac Bridge since 1957.

Q 03/05

The Mackinac Bridge, which joins Michigan's two peninsulas, is roughly how long?

A) 5 miles

B) 9 miles

C) 14 miles

D) 20 miles

Answer · why

A) 5 miles

The Mackinac Bridge is about 5 miles long, 26,372 feet end to end; it opened in 1957 and hosts the Labor Day Bridge Walk each year.

Q 04/05

Michigan residents show where they live by holding up a hand because the Lower Peninsula is shaped like what?

A) A boot

B) A leaf

C) A heart

D) A mitten

Answer · why

D) A mitten

The Lower Peninsula is shaped like a mitten, so residents point to a spot on their palm; the Upper Peninsula is shown with the other hand turned sidew...

Q 05/05

How many of the five Great Lakes touch Michigan?

A) Two

B) Three

C) Four

D) Five

Answer · why

C) Four

Only Lake Ontario misses it; the state also borders Lake St. Clair, giving it 3,288 miles of freshwater coastline.