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Username: Johnlodge
Post Number: 3534
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Friday, November 09, 2007 - 6:40 pm: |    |
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Ravine
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Username: Ravine
Post Number: 1564
Registered: 01-2006
| | Posted on Friday, November 09, 2007 - 6:53 pm: | |
82%, which was a helluva lot better than I anticipated.
The dance show questions got me to thinking about Barbara and Ree-Ree from The New Dance Show. *sigh* |
Sstashmoo
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Username: Sstashmoo
Post Number: 575
Registered: 02-2007
| | Posted on Friday, November 09, 2007 - 7:00 pm: | |
Quote: "Well, it looks like you know as much about Detroit as you do the auto industry and global economics."
Why the insult? |
Thecarl
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Username: Thecarl
Post Number: 1118
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Friday, November 09, 2007 - 7:05 pm: | |
quote:Quote: "Well, it looks like you know as much about Detroit as you do the auto industry and global economics."
Why the insult?
it's a tough crowd, i tell ya! |
That_gurl_kat
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Username: That_gurl_kat
Post Number: 35
Registered: 10-2007
| | Posted on Friday, November 09, 2007 - 7:52 pm: | |
I got 40/50 for 80%. Kinda fun test to take... and I actually LEARNED a couple things! |
Lilpup
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Username: Lilpup
Post Number: 3058
Registered: 06-2004
| | Posted on Friday, November 09, 2007 - 8:00 pm: | |
"Emmanuel Steward's place was previously the 1940 Chophouse, and I don't think it was anything after it shut down."
Yeah, the place is still vacant. |
Zxzm
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Username: Zxzm
Post Number: 78
Registered: 10-2007
| | Posted on Friday, November 09, 2007 - 8:08 pm: | |
You got 39/50 questions correct for a score of 78%
Gah, you old people are really old... |
Andyguard73
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Username: Andyguard73
Post Number: 259
Registered: 03-2006
| | Posted on Friday, November 09, 2007 - 8:40 pm: | |
You got 40/50 questions correct for a score of 80%
Not bad for a kid from Port Huron |
Gsgeorge
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Username: Gsgeorge
Post Number: 317
Registered: 08-2006
| | Posted on Friday, November 09, 2007 - 9:30 pm: | |
72%, but not bad for someone who doesn't know shit about Detroit's boomer-era dance shows and dance clubs. What's with all the dance questions. |
Jrvass
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Username: Jrvass
Post Number: 315
Registered: 01-2007
| | Posted on Friday, November 09, 2007 - 9:44 pm: | |
I don't dance either. Even my sister who was around in the 50's didn't know.
72% |
Eriedearie
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Username: Eriedearie
Post Number: 65
Registered: 08-2007
| | Posted on Friday, November 09, 2007 - 10:00 pm: | |
39/50 questions correct for a score of 78% - the dance questions got me too. Neat little test. Thanks Ed!
Ray1936 - #2 - Got a Quarter!•• |
Detroitrise
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Username: Detroitrise
Post Number: 562
Registered: 09-2007
| | Posted on Friday, November 09, 2007 - 10:00 pm: | |
With majority C's in this thread, it basically says that we don't know as much of Detroit's history as we thought. |
Reddog289
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Username: Reddog289
Post Number: 58
Registered: 08-2007
| | Posted on Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 4:40 am: | |
88% better than i thought,flip the gangs and skaterinks around i,d done better. and Eriedearie is right it,s #2. oh yeah what is the jit? |
Jiminnm
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Username: Jiminnm
Post Number: 1501
Registered: 02-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 11:59 am: | |
You got 39/50 questions correct for a score of 78% |
Lilpup
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Username: Lilpup
Post Number: 3059
Registered: 06-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 12:08 pm: | |
There are all subsets of history, Detroitrise. Those questions weren't all history - many were recent regional culture. I've only heard of jit from videos on YouTube - had no idea it started here (if it even did) and when was 7 Mile chosen as the favorite street? I missed that poll. |
Michigan_snowflake
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Username: Michigan_snowflake
Post Number: 8
Registered: 08-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 12:09 pm: | |
You got 39/50 questions correct for a score of 78% |
Johnlodge
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Username: Johnlodge
Post Number: 3542
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 2:21 pm: | |
quote:when was 7 Mile chosen as the favorite street? I missed that poll.
You and me both, brother. I can't say I've ever heard people walking around touting the greatness of 7 mile. |
Bulletmagnet
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Username: Bulletmagnet
Post Number: 920
Registered: 01-2007
| | Posted on Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 3:01 pm: | |
I scored 110%, cuz I SAID SO, BITCH! |
Renfirst
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Username: Renfirst
Post Number: 97
Registered: 12-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 8:02 pm: | |
88%
But I guessed on a majority of the questions... |
Detroitrise
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Username: Detroitrise
Post Number: 575
Registered: 09-2007
| | Posted on Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 8:12 pm: | |
JohnLodge and Lilpup, that one got me too. I just knew Jefferson would be the choice of the 4.
7 Mile is a nice street with a lot of history, but I think deeming a street as favorite is all in personal choice. |
Eriedearie
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Username: Eriedearie
Post Number: 70
Registered: 08-2007
| | Posted on Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 10:51 pm: | |
Yeah Detroitrise - I had picked Jefferson too. Don't know how 7 Mile became the fav?? |
Charlottepaul
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Username: Charlottepaul
Post Number: 2012
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 11:01 pm: | |
Yeah, I like Jefferson a lot better than 7 mile. In fact I think that I like Woodward better than Jefferson. |
Detroitrise
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Username: Detroitrise
Post Number: 577
Registered: 09-2007
| | Posted on Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 11:15 pm: | |
Yeah Charlottepaul, me too. The more I think about it, I believe whoever created that little quiz is a cracked-out young thug that lives in the suburbs. |
Ggores
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Username: Ggores
Post Number: 8
Registered: 10-2007
| | Posted on Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 11:31 pm: | |
i got a 70%. but i have one question. yes, of course, young boys inc. was the infamous west side gang, but were primarily drug dealers. but there was also the sconi oni.. the errol flynn's, and the seven mile dogs, six mile dogs, and the X-men (which I was 1). And i heard more about them than the YBI. just wondering... |
Thecarl
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Username: Thecarl
Post Number: 1128
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 11:31 pm: | |
39 out of fiddy...and i grew up in frankenmuth! |
Lilpup
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Username: Lilpup
Post Number: 3066
Registered: 06-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 11:32 pm: | |
suburbs? nah. It's one of those rappin', jittin', wanna be gangsta kids off 7 mile |
Detroitrise
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Username: Detroitrise
Post Number: 578
Registered: 09-2007
| | Posted on Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 11:34 pm: | |
"suburbs? nah. It's one of those rappin', jittin', wanna be gangsta kids off 7 mile"
Nah, anyone off 7 Mile (including me) even knows that Woodward or Jefferson is better than 7 Mile. This person apparently doesn't come into the city that often. |
Charlottepaul
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Username: Charlottepaul
Post Number: 2014
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 11:35 pm: | |
I'm still convinced that it was made by someone from the 'baby boomer' generation. |
Detroitrise
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Username: Detroitrise
Post Number: 579
Registered: 09-2007
| | Posted on Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 11:40 pm: | |
Yeah, I can agree on that. Baby Boomers can be stuffy. |
Ed_golick
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Username: Ed_golick
Post Number: 860
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 7:58 am: | |
His profile says that he's 24. |
Michmeister
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Username: Michmeister
Post Number: 260
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 9:04 am: | |
I scored 78%,question- are we getting graded on the curve? |
Jrvass
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Username: Jrvass
Post Number: 317
Registered: 01-2007
| | Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 7:41 am: | |
Tie-breaker:
Why are the streets of the city all fucked-up?
1. The French laid streets out parallel and perpendicular to the river during their tenure.
2. The English laid out streets in a north-south/east-west fashion.
3. Former mayor Augustus Woodward rebuilt the city after the great fire, with a hub & spoke design similar to Paris and Washington DC. (i.e. Gratiot, Woodward, Michigan Ave., Grand River.)
4. Woodward is not named after the former Mayor.
5. The cities potholes were caused by Mayor Cavanaugh's administration. Mayors Young, Archer, and Kilpatrick haven't had the time to fix them.
6. All of the above.
7. None of the above. (Go cross 8-mile, do not collect $200 in welfare!) |
Detroitrise
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Username: Detroitrise
Post Number: 603
Registered: 09-2007
| | Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 12:40 pm: | |
I actually like the streets in Detroit instead of the ones in other cities (say Atlanta, LA, Cleveland, etc.). It's like a tree-style grid. That type of system relieves traffic. You have so many ways to get from one place to another.
So I choose 8. Did Jrvass Pull this question out of his ass? |
Crment
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Username: Crment
Post Number: 42
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 2:35 pm: | |
I also question #35 and the one about Maurice Malone owning the warehouse (if they are talking about the club) The House of comedy and The Warehouse (the club) were owned by the same people and never owned by E. Stewart. BTW got 86% |
Mauser765
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Username: Mauser765
Post Number: 2069
Registered: 01-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 12:19 pm: | |
40/50 questions correct for a score of 80% |
Islandman
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Username: Islandman
Post Number: 1147
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 12:42 pm: | |
80%
1. I think Woodward would be the most popular.
2. Wasn't YBI a pretty big gang in the 80's more than 70's? No mention of Pony Down.
3. To know about Roscoe's you would need to fall into a certain age group. Spent much time and many quarters there! |
Andylinn
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Username: Andylinn
Post Number: 640
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 2:50 pm: | |
well, there were I believe FOUR incorrect/weird queestions:
Emmanual Stewards is still abandoned.
none of the "headquarters" listed were on Woodward and FORT
the stadium question was weird because it might have been misleading
and the question about a road having "consensus?" what did that mean?
other than those four, though, the quiz was pretty good. i was impressed that you had things like Roscoe's and the JIT in the same quiz! nice job. |
Pmb
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Username: Pmb
Post Number: 21
Registered: 07-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 4:23 pm: | |
You got 40/50 questions correct for a score of 80%
yeah, definitely a boomer quiz, but still fun. |
Waz
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Username: Waz
Post Number: 231
Registered: 11-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 8:34 pm: | |
If anything, it's a Gen X or Gen Y quiz, NOT a boomer quiz
....meaning I missed most of the questions dealing with topics from the 90's to now. That made me feel old  |
Yaktown
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Username: Yaktown
Post Number: 261
Registered: 02-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 10:29 pm: | |
I scored 78%, didn't know a thing about dance shows or roller rinks. The Pistons question was technically correct, in that it did not offer the Silverdome as an answer. I guessed on a few of them also. Fun little quiz though! |
Michmeister
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Username: Michmeister
Post Number: 265
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 12:42 am: | |
You think Detroits streets are screwed? Come to Europe, dude, and you can witness street planning done by the criminally insane. Street names change in the middle for no apparent reason, and residential streets where one driveway serves 4-5 houses deep, just to name a few. |
Detroitrise
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Username: Detroitrise
Post Number: 659
Registered: 09-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 12:47 am: | |
I think Detroit has the best street grid in the Country (possibly World).
The only beef I have with it is the lack of proper Street Signage. |
Mauser765
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Username: Mauser765
Post Number: 2070
Registered: 01-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 7:49 am: | |
" best street grid "
Yeah - upper/lower "necklace" area-atcha.
Best grid myass. |
Miesfan
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Username: Miesfan
Post Number: 40
Registered: 11-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 8:33 am: | |
If Detroit has the best street grid in the country (if not the world) that doesn't speak well for the value of street grids to vibrant cities.
If New York, Chicago, Boston, Pittsburgh, Washington DC, Philadelphia, and Baltimore all have better downtowns and more thriving neighborhoods. |
Detroitrise
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Username: Detroitrise
Post Number: 667
Registered: 09-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 12:37 pm: | |
I agree with Chicago, but if you think those other cities have good stret grids, then check out the amount of traffic jams there during the 9-5 compared to Detroit. Not to mention that they lack the wonderful MI U-Turn. |
Detroitrise
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Username: Detroitrise
Post Number: 668
Registered: 09-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 12:42 pm: | |
Cpmared to those Cookie-Cuttter Streets in other cities, Our streets are straight and well discrete. |
14509glenfield
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Username: 14509glenfield
Post Number: 1370
Registered: 05-2006
| | Posted on Friday, November 16, 2007 - 1:17 pm: | |
Boy
Is that BS or what? Make sure you sent a "polite" Thanksgiving card to hell! |
Brenda
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Username: Brenda
Post Number: 27
Registered: 02-2007
| | Posted on Sunday, November 18, 2007 - 11:04 pm: | |
I recently left Detroit (Michigan) to work/live in another nearby state. I had enough of the high taxes, housing and long commutes. My choice was personal and economic. I still have family and many friends in metro Detroit who I love dearly. When I heard that Detroit regained the title of "Murder City"....I was saddened. It seemed to be the nail in the coffin so to speak after the recent news of business's leaving, foreclosures and criminals still running the city and state. There are wonderful, good and decent people who still like in Detroit and don't kill each other...power is in the people. Get rid of the criminal leaders, city, council and state...take Detroit back...don't let the recent news media blitz on Detroit turn it into a ghost town. You have the power to make miracles happen. Don't let the media bring up the riots of 40 years ago to add to the recent statistics about Detroit as a catalyst to destroy this city. If you stand back and take this recent news posting, then you will prove them and the world correct..that Detroit is the Iraq of America...don't let them destroy Detroit. |
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