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1
Detroit was the first city to install...
Sewers
Traffic cameras
Traffic lights with a yellow light
Sidewalks
2
Detroit was one of the last stops for the Underground Railroad. What was its code name?
Midnight
It was just known as Detroit
Heaven
Utopia
3
Detroit is home to _ colleges/universities.
5
3
2
0
4
Most famous record label out of Detroit...
Stax
Motor City Music Group
Motown
Detroit Tunes Inc.
5
What two major cities, and New York City borough can all fit inside of Detroit together?
Bronx, Dallas, Phoenix
Chicago, Queens, Las Vegas
Boston, Manhattan, San Francisco
Detroit is not big enough to hold that much inside of its city limits
6
The state of Michigan has more __________________ than any other state in the nation.
Tornadoes
Fresh water shoreline
People
Airports
7
Detroit is home to what potato chip company...
Lay's
Ruffle's
Pringle's
Better Made
8
In 1879 Detroit became the first city with individual phone numbers. Before that, everyone was on a "party line"
True
False
9
Detroit is in _____ County.
Wayne
Oakland
Detroit
Macomb
10
There is only one Detroit in the United States...
False
True
11
in 1919 Detroit became home to the first ever paved road...what street was it
Gratiot between 7 & 8 Mile
Jefferson between McDougall & Mount Elliot
Grand River between Livernois & Wyoming
Woodward between 6 & 7 Mile
12
The Detroit Pistons have won _____ NBA championships...
3: 1989,1990, 2004
5: 1976, 1989, 1990, 2004, 2012
2: 1989, 2004
1: 1990
13
_________ was the Capital of Michigan until 1847.
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Lansing has always been the capital.
Ann Arbor
14
What two cities are completely surrounded by the city of Detroit?
There aren't any cities inside of Detroit.
Dexter & Linwood
Highland Park & Hamtramck
Brightmoor & East English Village
15
At one point in time, Detroit was the ___ most populated city with up to _____ people. Detroit is currently ranked ____.
5th; 1.8 million; 27th
2nd; 2.5 million; 10th
1st; 3.5 million; 50th
Detroit has never been very well populated.
16
We know it as the Detroit River, but it is technically a strait.
False
True
17
Detroit is _____ of Windsor, Canada.
East
South
West
North
18
In 2001 _______________, a Cass Tech alumni, became the ________ mayor in Detroit history.
Kwame Kilpatrick ; age 31
Coleman A. Young ; 50
Dennis Archer ; 25
Ken Cockrel ; age 40
19
Detroit was "founded" by...
The French
The Polish
The Portugese
The British
20
Detroit is home to the country's oldest pop, ________.
Faygo
Pepsi
Coke-a-Cola
Vernor's
21
Martin Luther King gave his "I Have a Dream" speech in Detroit, before doing it in Washington DC.
False
True
22
During Prohibition, approximately how much smuggled liquor came through Detroit first?
75%
25%
No liquor came through Detroit during prohibition
100%
23
The University of Michigan established 1817 in was originally in_______and moved to Ann Arbor in____.
Lansing ; 1900
Detroit ; 1841
It was always in Ann Arbor what you mean?
Traverse City ; 2000
24
Before the Pistons and Red Wings shared Little Caesar's Arena, there was _________ and _____________.
Kilpatrick Arena & Floyd Mayweather Arena
The Palace of Auburn Hills & Joe Louis Arena
Better Made Field House & Faygo Arena
The Piston Dome & Wayne Gretzky Ice Arena
25
In 1942 this mile stretch of freeway was the first freeway in the US.
I-94
I-375
The Lodge
The Davison
26
Current mayor of Detroit...
Albert Cobo
Kwame Kilpatrick
Mike Duggan
Dennis Archer
