PDD Quiz: Get to the Point
Test your knowledge of various Twin Ports points with this week’s quiz!
The next PDD quiz will review July 2025 headlines; it will be published on July 27. Please submit question suggestions to Alison Moffat at alisonlinnaemoffat@gmail.com by July 24.
Results
#1. The last section of Makwa Ziibiins Miikana, also known by this name, was completed in 2024.
WDIO reports on the trail’s completion here.
#2. Where would you find a Tony Yaworski mural featuring fairy tale characters frolicking on Wisconsin Point?
Learn more about the murals on the Superior Telegram website.
#3. The White City Amusement Park opened at this beach on Minnesota Point in 1906.
Learn more about the White City Amusement Park in Tony Dierckins’ and Nancy Nelson’s book Duluth’s Historic Parks: Their First 160 Years.
#4. Though largely industrial now, there are still a few residential buildings left along Main Street on this Superior point.
Connors Point is home to Epicurean, Exodus, and AMI Consulting Engineers.
#5. This structure stands on the zero point of the first survey of Lake Superior.
Learn more about the Minnesota Point light on PDD.
#6. Six applicants submitted letters of intent to manage this lighthouse in 2024.
The Superior Telegram reports on the proposals here.
#8. The City of Superior restored a WPA-constructed fire pit at this location in 2020.
The Superior Telegram reports on the restoration project here.
#9. What type of bridge connected Canal Park to Minnesota Point prior to the current Aerial Lift Bridge?
Learn more about the Aerial Lift Bridge in the Minnesota Digital Library.
#10. A member of this billionaire family made headlines in 2024 after purchasing numerous properties on Park Point.
Read more about Kathy Cargill’s Park Point acquisitions here.