TRAVELTRIVIA
Test your Michigan Geography IQ
(© 2008 Randy Karr)

Elly Willis, Fred Black and Tom Behm tied in the May Michigan Travel Trivia. Tom Behm won the drawing 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. May’s answers are below. Now, let’s see how you do with these Travel Trivia Questions. Answers are due June 15.

1. Which statements are true regarding the Village at Grand Traverse Commons? Answers can be found in Sightseers.
   
   
   1. The Pleasanton Brick Oven Bakery, Left Foot Charley and Higher Grounds Trading Co. Roastery & Brew Bar are located in the old State Hospital fire hall.
      
      
   2. Traverse City State Hospital was designed by a Quaker doctor to provide patients with a therapeutic environment that exposed them to attractive architecture surrounded by the beauty of the natural world.
      
      
   3. The Village at Grand Traverse Commons is located on 480 acres of preserved parklands and historic arboretums.
      
      
   4. A trolley once ran under the brick arches in Building 50.
      
      
2. Michigan’s oldest agricultural business is the production of a product considered to be one of nature’s healthiest foods. This food is the first farm crop of the year to be harvested in Michigan and one that made a mark on American history. Native Americans were the first to master the production of this food, which made up about 12 percent of their total food intake. When the colonists arrived, the “liquid gold” sustained them, too. Name this product that ranks Michigan as the sixth largest producer of in the United States.
   
   
3. Thoughtfully gazing over a field is a large metal bust of George Washington, with hair made of steel cable. This work of art, called “Watching the World Go By,” was fabricated at a nearby iron works located just west of a town known as the Sturgeon Capital of Michigan. An early settler, influenced by a stanza in Longfellow's The Song of Hiawatha, named the town. Name this town located in Presque Isle County.
   
   
4. Over 60 species of trees grace this city’s Nichols Arboretum, a natural area bordering the Huron River where once performances of Shakespearean plays were held. The arboretum boasts 10 acres of restored prairie, 500 wood plant species and a lilac collection. Also located in this city are a natural history museum displaying Michigan's largest collection of dinosaur bones and an auditorium ranked as one of the world premier concert halls. Name this city.
   
   
5. True or False: Michigan has more registered pleasure boats than any other state - approximately 1 million.

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May Answers (1) True: a, c, d. (2) University of Michigan (3) Williamsburg (4) Ann Arbor (5) True