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Question 1 of today’s five · Nov 2

1Lake life

Lake Erie is the shallowest and warmest Great Lake. What else is it usually called?

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Answer: The most productive for fish

Shallow, warm water makes Lake Erie the most biologically productive of the Great Lakes and home to one of the largest freshwater fisheries in the world.

Source: New York Sea Grant: Lake Erie fact sheet

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Lake by the numbers Depth, size, volume and where the water comes and goes. 12 questions · Free The Cleveland shore The river mouth, the parks, the airport on the water and the places along the lakefront. 12 questions · Free Ships, lights and water Freighters, a submarine, lighthouses, wrecks and the crib that brings the city its water. 12 questions · Quiz Pass · free in preview Lake life Fish, snakes, birds, mussels and the algae that closed a city's taps. 13 questions · Quiz Pass · free in preview Then and now The founding, the battle, the burning river and the summer of the Exposition. 14 questions · Quiz Pass · free in preview Islands, coast and weather Islands, points, peninsulas, lake-effect snow and water that sloshes. 13 questions · Quiz Pass · free in preview

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Round 2 · The Cleveland shore

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Which architect designed the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame building?C · I. M. Pei

2

Burke Lakefront Airport is built on what?A · Landfill in Lake Erie

3

Euclid Beach Park advertised “one fare, free gate and no …” what?D · Beer

Sources: Encyclopedia of Cleveland History

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