“MARCH MANIA”®
FINAL FOUR TRIVIA – Detroit - April 4-6, 2009
NCAA MEN’S DIVISION I BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Michigan State vs. University of Connecticut
Villanova vs. University of North Carolina
Math, Geography, History & ELA QUESTIONS
1. Identify the Great Lake that three of t he four teams going to Detroit will fly
over.
Lake ____________
2. An easy trip for Michigan State. The Spartans will drive to Detroit on
Interstate __
3. Michigan State University is located near Michigan’s capital, which is
________________
4. Match these states with their capitals.
___ Connecticut
A. Harrisburg
___ North Carolina
B. Hartford
___ Pennsylvania
C. Raleigh
5. Identify the river that runs through Hartford. _____________________ River
6. Villanova is located in Phi ladelphia. Philadelphia is located at the
confluence of the _______________ and __________________ rivers.
7. Detroit is located on the _____________ River.
8. Detroit is a French word that means ___________________, and the city
was named by ______________________________
9. The NC Tar Heels will fly over the home of Booker T. W ashington in Virginia.
W ho was Booker T. W ashington? ______________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
10. The Tar Heels will be over the border of which two states when they cross
the Appalachian Mountains? __________________ and __________________
11. The UConn Huskies will fly out of Hartford and will fly over Elmira, NY. W hat
famous author lived bot h in Elmira and Hartford, and is buried in Elmira?
____________________________
12. W hile in Detroit, let’s hope the players and fans have time to visit Greenfield
Village. W hat historic things might you observe at Greenfield Village?
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
13. Your newspaper today will tell you North Carolin a established a NCAA r ecord
by winning the
____ t h
tournament game.
14. Your newspaper should tell you this is the ____ t h
University of North Carolina in the Final Four.
appearance for the
15. W rite the scores of the Elite Eight games from the weekend as Roman
Numerals
Uconn ___________
Louisville ___________
Missouri ________ ____
Michigan State ________
North Carolina ________
Pittsburgh ___________
Oklahoma ___________
Villanova ___________
16. W hat province of Canada will the teams fly over flying into Detroit?
____________________
17. The floor for Ford Field was made in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The
floor consists of 225 4’ X 8 ’ panels. How many square feet will be in the
playing surface?
________ square feet.
18. W hich Final Four team is from the leading furniture manufacturing state in
the nation?
_______________________
19. The capital of North Carolina is a “Fall Line” city. W hat is a fall line?
_____________________________________________________________
20. How many miles will each team travel flying or driving into “Motown”?
Villanova _____ Uconn _____
North Carolina______ Michigan State _____
21. Michigan is a state made up of two peninsulas, and surrounded by four Great
Lakes. Name the Great Lakes that border Michigan.
Lake ___________________
Lake ________________ ___
Lake ___________________
Lake ________________ ___
22. How is Lake Michigan different from the other Great Lakes? _____________
_____________________________________________________________
23. W hat is the physical feature and tourist attraction t hat connects Lake Erie
with Lake Ontario?
_____________________________________________
24. The N.C. Tar Heels will be over the border of which two states when they
cross the Ohio River?
______________________ and ______________________
“MARCH MANIA”®
FINAL FOUR TRIVIA – Detroit - April 4-6, 2009
ANSWER KEY
1. Lake Erie
2. I – 96
3. Lansing
4.
_B_ Connecticut
_C_ North Carolina
_A_ Pennsylvania
A. Harrisburg
B. Hartford
C. Raleigh
5. Connecticut River
6. Philadelphia is at the confluence of the Delaware and Schuylkill R ivers.
7. Detroit River
8. The Detroit River is a strait connecting Lake Erie with Lake St. Clair.
Antoine de la Cadillac founded d'etroit, literally "the straits." It is said that:
“Cadillac gave us Detroit, and Detroit gave us the Cadillac.”
9. Booker T. W ashington was the most influential bl ack leader and educator of
his time. He was the founder and head of th e Tuskegee Institute.
Mr. W ashington gave us great words to live by. "I be lieve that any man's
life will be filled with constant and unexpected encourag ement, if he makes
up his mind to do his level best each day and as nearly as po ssible
reaching the high -water mark of pure and useful living." This will go right
along with the character e ducation study you have done in “March Mania”.
10. Virginia and W est Virginia
11. Samuel Clemens or Mark Twain
12. Greenfield Village, in Dearborn, is where you would find 92 restored
buildings. Thomas A. Edison's Menlo Park laboratory i s there. Memorials to
Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Foster, W illiam H. McGuffey and may other famous
Americans are on display. Henry For d Museum is near by.
www.thehenryford.org for more information. Search the web for Greenfield
Village. Tons of sites .
ANSWER KEY, page 2
13. 100 t h NCAA Tournament game.
14. 18 t h
15.
UConn-82
Missouri-75
LXXXII
LXXV
Louisville-52
Michigan State-64
LII
LXIV
North Carolina
Oklahoma
LXXII
LX
Pittsburgh-76
Villanova-78
LXXVI
LXXVIII
16. Ontario. It is an often asked trivia question. W hat direction do you travel
when going from Detroit into Canada? Answer —south.
17. 32 X 225 = 7,200 sq. ft
18. North Carolina Tar Heels. It’s ironic that Michigan was once the leading
furniture manufacturing state until NC became the leader.
19. The Fall Line of the Eastern United States goes from Newark, NJ, to
Alabama, and is a great source of electric power. The falling water can be
used to turn turbines to generate electricity. The Fall Line marks the
farthest point inland a ship can go. For these reasons many important
cities are found along the Fall Line. Some of the cities are: Columbus, GA,
Macon, GA, Columbia, SC, Raleigh, NC, Richmond, VA, Fredericksburg,
VA, W ashington, DC, Baltimore, MD, Philadelphia, PA, and Newark, NJ,
and into southern New York. Have students connect these cities with pins
and yarn on a map.
20.
Villanova
UConn
North Carolina
Michigan State
= 437 miles, + or = 527 miles, + or = 486 miles, + or = 91 miles
20. Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie
22. Lake Michigan does not share a common border with Canada.
23. Niagara Falls
24. W est Virginia and Ohio