Statistics for Things that Happened in Michigan

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  • This quiz has been taken 34 times
  • The average score is 9 of 16

Answer Stats

YearEventAnswer% Correct
1928Auto company that opened the River Rouge plant, the world's largest factoryFord
97%
1926
Escape artist who died of a burst appendix after being punched in the gut
Harry Houdini
94%
1959Record company founded by Berry Gordy Jr.Motown
91%
1894Breakfast cereal created by Will Kellogg for patients at the Battle Creek SanitariumCorn flakes
88%
1854Political party whose first convention was held in JacksonRepublican Party
85%
1945
Cavity reducing substance which Grand Rapids became the first city to
add to its drinking water
Fluoride
73%
1836
Area of land awarded to Michigan as a consolation prize
for losing the Toledo Strip to Ohio
Upper Peninsula
58%
1994Figure skater who was attacked at the U.S. national championshipsNancy Kerrigan
55%
1987Wrestler who body-slammed Andre the Giant at Wrestlemania IIIHulk Hogan
45%
1975Ship which sank in Lake Superior on the way to deliver iron ore to DetroitEdmund Fitzgerald
42%
1763
Ottawa leader who besieged Fort Detroit. (A division of Chrysler is named for him)
Pontiac
42%
1933Mexican communist who painted the "Detroit Industry" muralsDiego Rivera
36%
1701
French explorer who founded Detroit. (A division of GM is named for him)
Antoine de la
Mothe Cadillac
33%
1957
Suspension bridge which opened and was, debatably, the longest in the world
Mackinac Bridge
30%
1668
The oldest European settlement in Michigan, established at the
southeastern end of Lake Superior
Sault Ste Marie
12%
1846What Michigan became the first state in the Union to abolishDeath penalty
9%

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