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

Michigan is made up of two land masses. What are they 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

Upper Peninsula residents are Yoopers, and they call Lower Peninsula folk 'trolls' because they live under the bridge.

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

Nicknamed the Mighty Mac, it opened in 1957 and every Labor Day the governor leads thousands of walkers across it.

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 Upper Peninsula is sometimes shown with the other hand, turned sideways above the first.

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.