Here’s Your Chance to see The Big Nail in Person
If it has been a while since you’ve seen the Big Nail in person, fear not. The next few weeks provide no less than four (4) opportunities to see the Big Nail AND support some great local causes, including:
- MADD Lifesaver Award
Monday, November 20, 2006 at 9:00 AM
Visit http://www.madd.org/mi/macomb for more information - 31st Annual Mount Clemens Santa Claus Parade
Friday, November 24, 2006 at 10:00 AM
With 20-foot balloons, marching bands, and floats, this year’s event will be a spectacular addition to the annual tradition. Visit http://www.cityofmountclemens.com for more information. - Garden City’s 45th Annual Santaland Parade
November 25, 2006 at 10:00 AM
For more information, visit http://www.gardencitymi.org/department.asp?ID=157 for more information. - Care House Dinner
Monday, December 4, 2006 at 6:30 PM
The Macomb County Bar Foundation and Care House will hold its annual Christmas for Kids fundraiser at the beautiful Mac & Ray’s Banquet Center in Harrison Township. As always, there will be fabulous food provided by more than 25 of the area’s finest restaurants, with wine and spirit tasting as well. For more information, visit http://www.macombbar.org.
If you would like to inquire about booking the Big Nail for your next charity or community event, please click here or call 586-751-0000.
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The Great Lakes State “MICHIGAN HOME OF BIGNAIL”
To all of you Michigan natives and to those of you who have moved away or have moved in, and the ones who want to be, or anyone interested in History, here is a chance to learn more about Michigan, the “Great Lakes State.”
Cool stuff!
HISTORY
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Q. What Michigan community grew from 3,589 to 45,615 residents from
1910 to 1920, leading the nation in growth during that period?
A. Hamtramck
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Q. During the lumber boom era, what name was given to the row of
saloons that lined Water Street in Bay City?
A. Hells’ Half Mile
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Q In 1936, what UP city processed 100,000 sq. feet of bird’s eye
maple for use in the English luxury liner, the Queen Mary?
A. Escanaba
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Q. When the territory of Michigan was created on Jan. 11 what
town was select! ed as it’s capital?
A . Detroit
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Q. Bloomfield Hills was first known by what name?
A. Bagley’s Corners
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Q. Where is the world’s only marble lighthouse?
A. Belle Isle (Livingston Lighthouse)
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Q. Utica was originally known by what name?
A. Hog’s Hollow
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Q. Approx. how many lakes are in the state?
A. 11,000
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Q. The home offices of Life Savers candy, Beech-Nut gum and Squirt
soft drink are in which city?
A. Holland
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Q. What coastline has been given the nam e “Graveyard of the Great
Lakes”?
A. Whitefish Point, Lake Superior (remember the Edmund Fitzgerald?
It was only the most famous ship lost there, but there have been many, many more lost in that spot in the last hundred years….)!
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Q. In 1870, Detroit telephone customers became the first in the nation
to have what type of reference information assigned to them?
A. Telephone numbers
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Q. On Feb. 4, 1902, what internationally famous aviation pioneer was
born in Detroit?
A. Charles A. Lindbergh
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Q. On what date did the star & stripes first fly over Michigan so il?
A. July 11, 1796
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Q. What ambitious automotive pioneer organized GM. in Sept. 1908?
A. William C. Durant
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Q. What annual license fee (how much) was charged to Michigan auto
owners in 1905 to operate their vehicles?
A. Fifty cents
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Q. In what year was the first policewoman appointed in Detroit?
A. 1893
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Q What was the world’s first urban freeway, completed in 1942?
A. The Davison Freeway, Detroit
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Q. In 1879, what amount was paid to the Campau family by the
city of Detroit for Belle Isle?
A. $200,000
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Q. In 1866, what Detroit pharmacist introduced the world’s first
carbonated soft drink?
A. James Vernor (Vernor’s ginger ale)
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Q. At what Detroit intersection was the world’s first traffic light
installed in 1915?
A. Woodward Avenue and Grand Avenue
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Q Who in 1688 founded the first permanent settlement in what later
became the state of Michigan?
A. Father Jaq ues Marquette
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Q. In 1954 the world’s first shopping mall opened in what Detroit
suburb?
A. Southfield (Northland Mall)
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Q. What safety and traffic flow feature was first introduced near
Trenton in 1911?
A. Painted center lines
ENTERTAINMENT
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Q. Debuting in 1936 over WWJ in Detroit, what crime fighting adventure
series used “Flight of the Bumblebee” as it’s theme song?
A. The Green Hornet
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Q. The Supremes were originally known by what name?
A. The Prim ettes
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Q. What Detroit-based male singing group was known as The Primes
until 1960?
A. The Temptations
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Q. Under what name did Motown artist Stevie Wonder originally write
“My Cherie Amour” in 1966?
A. “Oh My Marsha”
SPORTS/LEISURE
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Q. Where does Michigan rank internationally in the production of
dogsleds?
A. First
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Q. What is the nation’s largest indoor/outdoor museum complex?
A. Henry Ford Museum and G reenfield Village
SCIENCE/NATURE
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Q. Compared to Chicago, “The Windy City,” how does Detroit rank in
average wind velocity?
A. The same (10.4 mph)
(note: Chicago earned the nickname “The Windy City” because of it’s politicians in the 1920’s {who their opponents in Washington claimed were big “bags of wind”}, and not because of the wind off the lake as most people think….)
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Q. Arnold F. Wilt, born in Detroit in 1886, revolutionized the
cosmetology industry by developing wh at process?
A. The cold permanent wave
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Q. The Michigan state capitol is constructed of what material?
A. Ohio sandstone
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Q. What is Michigan’s largest fresh-market vegetable crop?
A. Onions
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Q. Opened in 1904, what is the oldest freshwater aquarium in the
nation?
A. Belle Isle Aquarium
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POSSIBLE NEW SLOGANS FOR MICHIGAN:
The one that looks like a mitten, you moron.
Where used cars from Florida brings top dollar.
No hurricanes here.
The Orange Barrel State.
So close to Canada, you can hardly tell the difference.
We know the rules to euchre.
Got fudge?
Two Mystery Spots. No waiting.
Yes, the Porcupines are real mountains.
Soda? We say pop here, buddy.
The Midwestern “M” state without a wrestler for governor.
No riots since ‘67
More than just boarded up auto plants.
Casino fever — catch it.
Sandy beaches without severe undertow.
Happiness is a warm pasty.
Imagine an island where horse manure still litte rs the streets.
Water enough for any drought.
Visit Hell, Paradise, Christmas and Climax. (Can do it all the same day!)
Birthplace of Meijer Thrifty Acres.
Where Ontario is a shortcut to New York.
Gerald Ford slept here.
It’s called snow. Get used to it.
Where the names of high-toned suburbs needlessly end with “e.”
Deer processing available here.
Not as flat as Indiana.
Try eating corn flakes without us.
Hardly any annoying lizards or poisonous snakes. Big on flannel.
It’s not the heat. It’s the humidity.
Smoked fish sold here.
Good people with camping trailers.
We moved American history to Dearborn.
No toll roads and proud of it.
Our biggest bridge makes yours look puny.
Nearly went to war with Ohio once and will do it again if they pull any funny stuff.
Land of snow machines and bass boats.
#@?!* mosquitoes.
We know a place where wooden shoes are always in style.
Where lousy teams get new stadiums.
Speed limit is back up to 70, so move it!
The Red Wings State.
Comment by RALPH R ROBERTS — December 9, 2006 @ 12:13 pm
Coming from Chicago, I hadn’t heard some of the slangs of Michigan. It took a while to see people spell and pronounce chimney “chimley” and defend the idea that is definitely spelled that way! I had never heard of Vernors either! In Chicago, they do not have, what I now call Whoop-Dee-Whooos (when I’m giving directions, that’ll through them for a loop!) or turnabouts for heading another direction on a street. In Illinois you are just plain out of luck if you are heading the wrong direction!
And the street names were fun to learn! Schoenherr-I thought at first it was SHOW-AY-NER. Gratiot-GRAT-Y-OT.
Once I had the delightful privilege of riding up front on the sleigh ride at Greenfield Village. The driver and I spoke two sentences together and he said “You’re from Chicago aren’t you?” I couldn’t believe it! Did I really sound different than everyone in Michigan?
Now that I have lived here most of my adult life, I love Michigan and it’s characters and unique quirks. Life has been so interesting and full of life here! Enjoy our wonderful state and all its idiosyncrasies that make it special!
Comment by Jeannie Sample — January 23, 2007 @ 9:12 am