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History of Michigan - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 6,914 times
- The average score is 13 of 20
Answer Stats
| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| What auto tycoon doubled his workers' wages to $5 a day in 1914? | Henry Ford | 99%
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| What language was spoken in Detroit in the 1700s? | French | 93%
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| What was the first model of car to sell a million units? | Model T | 89%
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| What Detroit music label recorded the Supremes, Temptations, and Jackson 5? | {Motown} Records | 80%
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| What city was found to have lead in its drinking water in 2015? | Flint | 79%
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| What was the world's biggest corporation by revenue in 1960? | General Motors | 78%
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| What political party was born in Jackson, Michigan in 1854? | Republican Party | 73%
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| What two metals were mined in great quantities in the Upper Peninsula? | Iron | 71%
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| What two metals were mined in great quantities in the Upper Peninsula? | Copper | 70%
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| What did the Purple Gang smuggle into the U.S. from Canada during the 1920s? | Alcohol | 69%
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| What part of the state did Michigan acquire after agreeing to cede the Toledo Strip to Ohio? | Upper Peninsula | 69%
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| What breakfast food was pioneered by a quack doctor in Battle Creek, Michigan? | Breakfast Cereal | 65%
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| What fictional giant worked as a lumberjack in northern Michigan? | Paul Bunyan | 62%
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| What Teamsters union leader was last seen outside a Detroit-area restaurant in 1975? | Jimmy Hoffa | 56%
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| The first one took place in 1902. Michigan defeated Stanford 49-0. What was it? | Rose Bowl | 50%
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| What ship sank in Lake Superior with all hands lost in 1975? (Gordon Lightfoot wrote a song about it) | SS Edmund Fitzgerald | 50%
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| What suspension bridge connected Michigan's two peninsulas in 1957? | Mackinac Bridge | 47%
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| What Detroit boxer was heavyweight champion of the world from 1937 to 1949? | Joe Louis | 45%
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| What volunteer program did JFK announce at the University of Michigan in 1960? | Peace Corps | 45%
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| What slogan, coined by FDR, referred to the industrial might of cities like Detroit in WWII? | Arsenal of {Democracy} | 24%
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