A couple times a week I send a note to our editors asking, “Did you see this story? Are we working on it?” Invariably, I get a reply that includes a link to an MLive story on that very topic.
I’m sure I’ve induced a few eye rolls among working journalists but hey, MLive publishes as many as 4,000 stories a month and I can’t read them all. So, how well have you been paying attention the past month? Test yourself out with this news quiz, based on some of the most popular topics we’ve written about since early January.
Answers will appear in MLive’s “Morning Briefing” newsletter on Monday, and in your newspaper on Sunday. You can sign up for the Morning Briefing, here.
1. MLive wrote about the largest fish ever taken in the state, by species. The largest of all was caught in 1974 on Mullett Lake and was what kind of fish?
A) Channel catfish
B) Northern muskellunge
C) Lake sturgeon
D) Freshwater tarpon
2. Michigan’s winter has been all over the map – overall, warmer than normal with less snow than customary, but with a blizzard and few heavy snows thrown in. Over the past three weeks, which phrase has appeared in a headline by MLive meteorologist Mark Torregrossa?
A) “Brutal Arctic cold”
B) “Spring Fever”
C) “Sudden stratospheric warming”
D) All of the above
3. Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh induced déjà vu when, just like in 2022, he began sniffing around NFL head coaching jobs immediately after taking the Wolverines to the College Football Playoff. Which franchise went as far as taking
A) Harbaugh to dinner in Ann Arbor?
B) Denver Broncos
C) Miami Dolphins
D) Arizona Cardinals
E) Carolina Panthers
4. MLive last weekend traveled to Sault Ste. Marie to cover the I-500, the world’s largest snowmobile race. While there, we witnessed history being made in the 54th running of the event. What happened?
A) Temperatures fell to minus 10 degrees
B) The winning margin was narrowest ever
C) The race was won by a woman driver
D) The winning time of 9 hours and 5 minutes was shortest ever
5. A headline on an MLive story used the phrase “Believe it or not” in relationship to the top-rated Detroit-style pizza in America. What was unbelievable?
A) The winning pizza is not made in Michigan
B) The winning pizza is made entirely by robots
C) The winning pizza is found in the frozen food aisle
D) The winning pizza has pineapple on it
6. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, fresh off re-election, delivered her fifth State of the State address and it clocked in at 4,200 words. But what set of words didn’t make it into the speech?
A) “Biden,” “Trump” and “president”
B) “Taxes,” “economy” and “inflation”
C) “Clean energy” and “battery plant”
D) “COVID,” “pandemic” and “vaccine”
7. You write our lead Detroit Lions writer, Kyle Meinke, with questions and he answers them every week in his “Mailbag” column. Recently, a reader asked what the Lions should do with the #6 pick in the upcoming NFL draft. Kyle’s answer:
A) Draft a replacement for QB Jared Goff
B) Pick a defensive end, like they did last year
C) Trade the pick for more picks later in the draft
D) Draft a tight end
8. A 6-year-old metro Detroit boy made MLive headlines and a big splash with readers for doing what?
A) Being the youngest performer ever on “America’s Got Talent”
B) Ordering $1,000 worth of food on his dad’s Grubhub account
C) Building a life-size tyrannosaurus rex out of Legos
D) Bringing a pet tarantula to school in his lunch box
Want to tell me how you did? Send a note to editor@mlive.com.
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John Hiner is the vice president of content for MLive Media Group. If you have questions you’d like him to answer, or topics to explore, share your thoughts at editor@mlive.com.
