# The Daily Feud: The Michigan Feud by Happy Lendervedder

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-michigan-feud-by-happy-lendervedder/463698>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [September 15, 2008, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-michigan-feud-by-happy-lendervedder/463698 "2008-09-15T14:25:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-michigan-feud-by-happy-lendervedder/463698/21 "2008-09-15T16:22:08Z")

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1. Lansing
2. MC5
3. John Conyers
4. Romney
5. Spring
6. Mustang
7. Cold Cereal
8. Wisconsin
9. Michigan
10. Lions

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**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-michigan-feud-by-happy-lendervedder/463698/22 "2008-09-15T16:28:08Z")

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1. Ann Arbor
2. White Stripes
3. Kwame Kilpatrick
4. Gerald Ford
5. Spring
6. Fusion
7. Coney Dog
8. Ohio
9. Superior
10. Detroit Red Wings

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**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-michigan-feud-by-happy-lendervedder/463698/23 "2008-09-15T16:46:18Z")

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1. Besides Detroit, name a city in Michigan.

2. Name a singer/band from Michigan.

3. Name a current politician from Michigan.

4. Name a deceased politician from Michigan.

5. In Michigan, which is the most appealing season of the year?

6. Name a vehicle currently produced by Ford Motor Co.

7. Name a food associated with Michigan.

8. Name a state that borders Michigan.

9. Name a Great Lake.

10. Name a successful professional sports team based in Michigan.

11. Ann Arbor

12. Eminem

13. Carl Levin

14. George Romney

15. Fall

16. Explorer

17. cherry pie

18. Indiana

19. Michigan

20. Detroit Tigers

Wow, what a coincidence that the MMP today is about memories of Michigan. 🙂 Truly a coincidence too, btw. The answers came easily … I’m hoping that’s a good sign. 🙂 Thanks for this wonderful feud! 🙂

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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-michigan-feud-by-happy-lendervedder/463698/24 "2008-09-15T17:19:34Z")

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1. Lansing
2. Madonna
3. Grandholm
4. G. Mennin Williams
5. Summer
6. Mustang
7. Cherries
8. Ohio
9. Michigan
10. Wings

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-michigan-feud-by-happy-lendervedder/463698/25 "2008-09-15T17:29:59Z")

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I was born in Michigan, so I’ll take a whack at this.

1. Ann Arbor
2. Bob Seger
3. Kwame Kilpatrick
4. Gerald Ford
5. Fall
6. Focus
7. French fries with vinegar
8. Ohio
9. Michigan
10. Red Wings

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**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-michigan-feud-by-happy-lendervedder/463698/26 "2008-09-15T17:51:34Z")

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1. Flint
2. Diana Ross (and the Supremes)
3. Kwame Kilpatrick
4. Coleman Young
5. Spring
6. Explorer
7. Pasties
8. Ohio
9. Lake Michigan
10. Red Wings

ETA - Gerald Ford :smack:

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**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-michigan-feud-by-happy-lendervedder/463698/27 "2008-09-15T17:53:00Z")

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Heh, I tried answering, but I would have passed on half of these, so I’ll just leave y’all to it, then. I now know where Madonna, Eminem, and Aretha Franklin are from, though. Yay!

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-michigan-feud-by-happy-lendervedder/463698/28 "2008-09-15T18:42:14Z")

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1. Flint
2. Ted Nugent
3. Jennifer Granholm
4. Gerald Ford
5. Autumn
6. Ford Focus
7. Pizza
8. Ohio
9. Lake Michigan
10. Detroit Pistons
11. “Motor City Madman”
12. Born in Canada and thus ineligible to be President of the United States
13. Both Little Caesar’s and Domino’s started there
14. There was even a [“war”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo_War) fought over the exact location of the boundary
15. [The islands and bays are for sportsmen](http://home.pacbell.net/chabpyne/lyrics.html)

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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-michigan-feud-by-happy-lendervedder/463698/29 "2008-09-15T18:45:16Z")

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> [@twickster](#):
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> I was born in Michigan, so I’ll take a whack at this.
> 
> 1. Ann Arbor
> 2. Bob Seger
> 3. Kwame Kilpatrick
> 4. Gerald Ford
> 5. Fall
> 6. Focus
> 7. French fries with vinegar
> 8. Ohio
> 9. Michigan
> 10. Red Wings

You went south from Detroit and entered Canada for no.7.

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**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-michigan-feud-by-happy-lendervedder/463698/30 "2008-09-15T18:52:12Z")

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1. Lansing

2. The Supremes

3. Kilpatrick

4. Gerald Ford

5. Fall

6. Focus

7. cornflakes

8. Ohio

9. Michigan  
10.Red Wings

10. Duh! 😃

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-michigan-feud-by-happy-lendervedder/463698/31 "2008-09-15T18:59:40Z")

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> [@gonzomax](#):
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> You went south from Detroit and entered Canada for no.7.

Or down the shore. Lots of stuff out there that is not really from Michigan, even if Michiganders think it is. Best answer, on reflection, might have been Faygo Red Pop.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-michigan-feud-by-happy-lendervedder/463698/32 "2008-09-15T19:20:12Z")

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> [@gonzomax](#):
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> You went south from Detroit and entered Canada for no.7.

Not at all. We used to eat those at Camp Dearborn.

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-michigan-feud-by-happy-lendervedder/463698/33 "2008-09-15T19:24:03Z")

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> [@twickster](#):
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> Not at all. We used to eat those at Camp Dearborn.

Were those not the best fries ever? Thin, greasy, and served in a cup!

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**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-michigan-feud-by-happy-lendervedder/463698/34 "2008-09-15T21:08:51Z")

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1. Ann Arbor

2. Alice Cooper

3. Kwame Kilpatrick

4. Thomas Dewey

5. Winter

6. Ford Taurus

7. Meat pasties

8. Ohio

9. Erie

10. Detroit Red Wings

11. Is that big enough to be a city?

12. I think I’m supposed to say Lake Michigan for this one, but I can’t! I’m too loyal to my own Great Lake.

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-michigan-feud-by-happy-lendervedder/463698/35 "2008-09-15T21:25:30Z")

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1. Pontiac
2. Michael Jackson
3. Kawme
4. Ford
5. Fall
6. Mustang
7. Kilbasa  
8.Wisconson
8. Michigan
9. Pistons

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-michigan-feud-by-happy-lendervedder/463698/36 "2008-09-15T21:39:02Z")

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1. East Lansing
2. Madonna
3. Governor Granholm
4. Gerald Ford
5. Fall
6. Explorer
7. Cherries
8. Ohio
9. Superior
10. Detroit Tiger

I know my #1 probably won’t be the most common answer but I lived there for three years and liked the place.

At least you didn’t ask about those disgusting University of Michigan Weasels, as opposed to the noble Spartans of Michigan State.

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**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-michigan-feud-by-happy-lendervedder/463698/37 "2008-09-15T22:30:12Z")

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1. Lansing

2. Eminem

3. Jennifer Granholm

4. Gerald Ford

5. Fall

6. F-150

7. Apples

8. Ohio

9. Michigan

10. Red Wings

11. I wavered on this one…Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight and the Pips, there are gazillions I’m forgetting

12. Almost went with Kwame, but…he’s almost gone.

13. In Michigan, which is the most appealing season of the year? I threw a dart…they all have their good points.

14. Name a vehicle currently produced by Ford Motor Co.

15. Again…lots to choose from…

16. Name a successful professional sports team based in Michigan. Sadly, not that many of them at the moment…I don’t think.

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-michigan-feud-by-happy-lendervedder/463698/38 "2008-09-15T22:35:07Z")

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1. Ann Arbor
2. KISS
3. Jennifer Granholm
4. Gerald Ford
5. Autumn
6. Taurus
7. Cereal
8. Ohio
9. Lake Michigan
10. Red Wings

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**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-michigan-feud-by-happy-lendervedder/463698/39 "2008-09-15T23:35:57Z")

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1. Flint
2. Eminem
3. Kwame Kilpatrick
4. Gerald Ford
5. fall
6. Explorer
7. Cornish pasties
8. Ohio
9. Michigan
10. Detroit Red Wings

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**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-the-michigan-feud-by-happy-lendervedder/463698/40 "2008-09-15T23:36:36Z")

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1. Flint
2. Ted Nugent
3. Kwame Kilpatrick
4. George Romney
5. Autumn
6. Focus
7. Pasty
8. Indiana
9. Superior
10. Red Wings

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