TRAVELTRIVIA
Test your Michigan Geography IQ
© 2008 Randy Karr

Elly Willis, Fred Black, Tom Behm and Deborah Black tied in the April Michigan Travel Trivia. Deborah Black won, and is the winner. Congratulations to all. Travel Trivia winners will receive a free, one-year subscription to The Lakeshore Guardian or a Lakeshore Guardian T-shirt. April’s answers are below. Now, let’s see how you do with these Travel Trivia Questions. Answers are due May 15.

1. (1) Which statements are true regarding Traverse City’s State Theater or the City Opera House? Answers can be found in Sightseers.
   
   
   1. The starry night sky seen on the State Theatre’s ceiling is an exact representation of the night sky directly over the theater every August 12, at 11 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time.
      
   2. The State Theatre is now the permanent home of the Traverse City Film Festival. Its theater seats were patterned after those found in the Corvette car.
   3. There has never been an opera at the City Opera House in Traverse City.
   4. The City Opera House is one of the largest and best-preserved early opera houses in Michigan and one of only three remaining 19th century buildings in the state with its historical integrity intact.
      
      
2. As part of the 1817 Treaty of Fort Meigis, the Ojibwe and other tribes gave 2,000 acres of land to create a university in Detroit. In exchange, tribal leaders wanted their children to be educated there. Today, scores of Ojibwe, Odawa and Bodewadami, who make up the Three Fires Confederacy, attend this university to take part in its Ojibwe Language and Literature program. This is of the largest programs of its kind the country. Name this university now located in a city that is about an hour drive from the Motor City.
   
   
3. The Guntzviller Taxidermy and Spirit of the Woods Museum has the largest private collection of Native American artifacts in the Midwest. Visitors browse exhibits to the sound of insects, birds and animals while viewing mounted wildlife, including a life-size buffalo. This museum is located in a town also known for its Native American casino. Name this town located in the northwestern part of Michigan.
   
   
4. In 1836, delegates from around Michigan met at a courthouse in an attempt to settle a boundary dispute between Michigan and Ohio. Both states claimed ownership of a narrow strip of land that included present day Toledo. To resolve this issue, Congress suggested giving a large part of the Upper Peninsula to Michigan and the "Toledo Strip" to Ohio. The delegates rejected this proposal, but a few months later, on a biting cold December day, approved the Congressional plan. Their actions at what became known as the "Frostbitten Convention" cleared the way for Michigan to become the 26th state on January 26, 1837. Name the city where this historic event took place.
   
   
5. True or False. The world’s biggest nail was once embedded in the world’s largest tire. Located along I-94 in Allen Park, the 11-foot-long, 250-pound nail was pulled from the tire and sold on eBay to raise money for the local historical society.

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April Answers (1) All are true (2) Rockford

(3) Michigan’s Inland Waterway or Chain of Lakes (4) Escanaba (5) Torch Lake