TravelTrivia
Test your Michigan Geography IQ
(© 2005 Randy Karr)

Beverly West, Deborah Black, and Elly Willis tied in the September TravelTrivia. Beverly West won the drawing and is the winner! Beverly Bandt and Frederick Black came in a close second!Congratulations to all. TravelTrivia winners will receive a free, one-year subscription to The Lakeshore Guardian mailed to their home or a Lakeshore Guardian T-shirt. Correct September answers are below. Now, let’s see how you do with these TravelTrivia Questions. Answers due October 15.

1. During the Student Ambassadors second day in London, they met a member of the British Parliament to discuss the respective roles of the House of Commons, the House of Lords, and the Monarchy in British government. With them at this meeting were the President and CEO of People to People International. She is the granddaughter of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who found People to People International in 1956. Name this person. (Answer in Sightseers).
   
   
2. This remarkable place, nestled in 1,200 wooded acres and surrounded by glacial lakes and pines, is America’s oldest and best-known fine arts camp and boarding high school. Joseph E. Maddy, who believed that music was as important as other subjects in a school’s curriculum, founded the camp in 1928. Since then, tens of thousands ofthe world’s most motivated young people have come here to study creative writing, dance, motion picture arts, music, theatre, visual arts and academics. Among its alumni are Jewel, one of the biggest names in pop-folk music, and Mike Wallace, long time journalist with CBS. Name this center for the arts where performances now attract nearly 270,000 visitors each year.
   
   
3. This park is the longest and narrowest Michigan State Park. This 100-mile long linear park features a scenic, flat trail that passes through countryside that stretches between Grand Rapids and Cadillac. Along its length, the trailpasses though dense forest and past dozens of springs and ponds. It is open to biking and hiking in the summer, and cross country skiing and snowmobiling in the winter. Name this Michigan State Park.
   
   
4. This is one of the few places in the world where visitors can marvel at the beauty of a garden, while being awed by the creations of world famous sculptors. Located on a former spinach farm, this open-air museum has the most comprehensive collection of outdoor sculpture in the Midwest. Included are sculptures by Auguste Rodin, an artist who is called the “Father of Modern Sculpture” and is best known for a statue he called The Thinker. Also featured here is one of the nation’s largest carnivorous plant houses, the largest glass conservatory in Michigan, and the largest, temporary tropical butterfly exhibit in the United States. Perhaps the most popular attraction is a 24-foot-tall, prancing stallion by artist Nina Akamu. This artistic creation, which was based on a design sketched out by Leonardo da Vinci, is said to be the largest bronze equine sculpture in the Western Hemisphere. Name this combination art and horticulture tourist attraction that is located in Michigan’s second largest city.
   
   
5. True or False: The Republican Party was founded on July 6, 1854, in Jackson, Michigan. Later that year, Michigan became the first state to elect a Republican governor.

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September Answers (1) High Island (2) Hillman (3) Farmington Hills (4) Isle Royale (5) True