Trivia Questions With Answers About The State of Michigan
Where did the state of Michigan get its name?
A: It's the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or
"large lake".
How much thunderstorm activity does the state average
annually?
A: 30 days.
What is the Michigan State animal?
A: Wolverine.
Where does Michigan rank in population compared to the rest
of the states?
A: It is the 9th most populous.
How many state constitutions has Michigan had?
A: Four.
What is the coldest recorded temperature to occur in
Michigan?
A: −51 °F at Vanderbilt on February 9,
1934.
What is the capital of Michigan?
A: Lansing.
What is the largest city in the state of Michigan?
A: Detroit.
How many inland lakes and ponds does Michigan have?
A: 64,980 inland lakes and ponds.
What is the Michigan State
game animal?
A: White-tailed deer.
Michigan averages how many inches of rain per year?
A: 30–40 inches.
What is now Michigan was colonized by French explorers in
the 17th century and became a part of what?
A: New France.
What is the state's highest point?
A: Mount Arvon at 1,979 feet .
Michigan was admitted into the Union on January 26, 1837,
as the what?
A: 26th state.
The first permanent European settlement in what is now
Michigan, was founded in what year?
A: 1668 by Père Jacques Marquette at Sault Ste. Marie.
During the American Revolutionary War,
what role did
Detroit play?
A: It was an important British supply center.
The opening of the Erie Canal brought a large influx of
settlers, and by the 1830s Michigan had 80,000 residents, more than enough to
apply and qualify for what?
A: Statehood.
Michigan formally entered the Union on what date?
A: January 26, 1837.
The state averages how many
tornadoes annually?
A: 17.
What is the Michigan State reptile?
A: Painted Turtle.
How many regiments of volunteer troops did Michigan provide
to the federal armies during the
American Civil War?
A: More than 40.
What is the mascot for the University of Michigan?
A: The wolverine.
In 1899, Michigan State Normal School, now Eastern Michigan
University, became the first normal college in the nation to offer a what?
A: Four-year curriculum.
Where is the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library?
A: On the campus of his alma mater, the University of Michigan.
What is the Michigan State fossil?
A: Mastodon.
The state of Michigan has the second longest shoreline of
any state with how many miles of shoreline?
A: 3,288.
The auto industry created jobs in Detroit that attracted
people from Europe and across the U.S., and by
1920, Detroit was the what?
A: Fourth largest city in the U.S.
What is the Michigan State wildflower?
A: Dwarf Lake Iris.
How many farms does the state of Michigan have?
A: 55,000.
Michigan is home to the Porcupine Mountains, which are part
of one of the what?
A: Oldest mountain chains in the world.
By the 1930s, Michigan had so many
immigrants that how many
30 languages were being used in the public schools?
A: More than 30.
What is the Michigan State tree?
A: White pine.
Gerald Ford was born in Nebraska and while an infant, his
family moved to where?
A: Grand Rapids where Gerald grew up.
What is the second largest city in Michigan?
A: Grand Rapids.
Grand Rapids has long been known for its furniture industry
and is home to five of the world's leading what?
A: Office furniture companies.
What is the Michigan State flower?
A: Apple blossom.
What is Michigan's highest recorded temperature?
A: s 112 °F at Mio on July 13, 1936.
What is the Michigan State fish?
A: Brook trout.
In what year was it that Michigan held its first U S
presidential primary
election?
A: In 1910.
What is the Michigan State stone?
A: Petoskey stone.
In Detroit, in 1920, WWJ, an AM radio
station, became the first radio station in the US to regularly broadcast what?
A: Commercial programs.
In 1927, in Clinton County, the Bath School bombing
disaster took place resulting in the deaths of how many 38 school children?
A: 38.
What percentage of the US Military's armaments were made in
Michigan during World War II?
A: 10.9 percent.
How many circuit courts does the State of Michigan have?
A: 57.
How many years are Circuit court
judges elected to?
A: Terms of six years.
Who was the 38th
President of the United States?
A: Gerald Ford, whose home was in Michigan.
What is the Michigan State gem?
A: Isle Royale greenstone.
Where can one find the Gerald R. Ford Museum?
A: In Grand Rapids.
Michigan was the first state in the Union to abolish what?
A: The death penalty.
How many counties are there in Michigan?
A: 83.
Which of the Great Lakes border Michigan?
A: Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan and
Lake Superior.
The state of Michigan has more "what" than any other state?
A: Lighthouses.
Michigan is second only to California in the diversity of
its what?
A: Agriculture.
What is the most valuable agricultural product in the
state?
A: Milk.
Michigan is commonly known as the what?
A: "The Wolverine State".
What is the Michigan State bird?
A: American Robin.
