TRAVELTRIVIA
Test your Michigan Geography IQ
(© 2006 Randy Karr)

Beverly West and Elly Willis, tied in the March TravelTrivia. Elly Willis won the drawing and is the winner! Beverly Bandt and Deborah 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. March answers are below. Now, let's see how you do with these Travel Trivia Questions. Answers due April 15.

1. Which of the following is not true about the Great Wall of China?
   1. The Great Wall is the only manmade feature on earth that can be seen from the moon.
   2. The first U.S President to visit the Great Wall was President Nixon.
   3. If placed in the United States, the Great Wall would stretch from New York City to Los Angeles.
   4. The Great Wall's primary function was defense, but it also served as an elevated highway across China. (Answer in Sightseers)
      
      
2. For 140 years, the shows have not stopped at this Michigan theater. Ranked as the state's oldest, continuously operated theater, and the third oldest in the United States, it opened its doors in 1866. Over the years, vaudeville acts, minstrel shows, bands, orchestras and live theater played here to full houses. Notable personages who appeared here include Edwin Booth, an American actor (his brother assassinated President Lincoln), Suffragette, Susan B. Anthony and abolitionist, Frederick Douglas. The theater, located in a town once named after the Roman Emperor Hadrian, is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was named in honor of a village mayor who later became Governor of Michigan. Name this theater and the Southeast Michigan city in which it is located.
   
   
3. While famous for other reasons, this Michigander also became well-known as a spokesman for environmental conservation and as a consultant for Ford Motor Company and United Aircraft Company. As an aspiring aviator, he barnstormed around the country, flew airmail between St. Louis and Chicago and made epic flights with his wife, Anne, to China and India. Both were writers. Anne's book, Gift From The Sea, was a best-seller. His book, an autobiography, won a Pulitzer Prize. Name this Detroit native son who once collaborated with a doctor in the development of the first artificial heart.
   
   
4. Of the 24 National Heritage Areas established by Congress, only in Michigan can you visit the one that "put the world on wheels." Michigan's National Heritage Area, located in Southeastern and Central Michigan, is encompassed within a triangular region extending from the Detroit metropolitan area to Flint and Lansing. Hereabout, the National Park Service celebrates the automobile and labor movement by promoting conservation, cultural interpretation, and heritage tourism. There are over 100 automobile related locations for travelers to visit, including factory tours, festivals, museums, drive in restaurants, drag strips, speedways and auto-baron homes. What is the name of Michigan's National Heritage Area?
   
   
5. True or false? The Detroit Zoo has the largest polar bear exhibit in the world.

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March Answers (1) Chop (2) Mt. Brighton (3) Tahquamenon River (4) Roosevelt Park (5) True