Michigan's Upper Peninsula

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1. Where in the U.P. is the state fair held every year? Houghton Baraga Marquette Escanaba

2. What is the name of the movie from 1991 that was partially filmed in Calumet? Children of the Night Children of the Corn The Night of the Vampires Interview with the Vampire

3. What is the common nickname for people from the U.P.? Snow-Crazed Yuppies Sauna-Freaks Yoopers

4. What is the name of the bridge that connects the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to the Lower Peninsula? None of these The Michigan Span Bridge The Mackinac Bridge The Snow Bound Bridge

5. What state (other than the Lower Peninsula of Michigan) does the U.P. border? Iowa North Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin

6. The Italian Hall Disaster took place in which U.P. town on Christmas Eve in 1913? Gladstone Marquette Calumet Houghton

7. What was the name of the ship that sank in Lake Superior on Nov. 10, 1975 that Gordon Lightfoot sang a song about? Titanic Daniel J. Morrell The Ranger 3 Edmund Fitzgerald

8. Where is the U.P.'s largest hospital? Hancock Sault Ste. Marie Boston Location Marquette

9. What Cornish (from Cornwall England) dish is very popular in the U.P. especially with the copper miners from days past? Pasty Shepherd's Pie Corn Beef on Rye Pizza

10. In 1668 Père (Father) Jacques Marquette established a town in the U.P. What was the name of that town? Sault Ste. Marie Ironwood Marquette Copper Harbor