Route 66 Trivia

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On November 11, 1926, a committee of federal and state highway officials met in Pinehurst, North Carolina, and signed off on the interstate routes for the then 48 states. Thus, Route 66 was born.

1. Route 66 was originally given another number in designating its U.S. interstate highway status. What number was that? a. U.S. 6 b. U.S. 56 c. U.S. 60

2. How many years did it take to pave the entire length of Route 66? a. 3 years b. 10 years c. 20 years

3. Which interstate highway preceded Route 66 by a decade, running all the way from New York to San Francisco? a. the Lincoln Highway b. the Will Rogers Highway c. the North American Highway

4. List one (or more) of Route 66’s nicknames.______

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5. How many states does Route 66 run

through? ______

6. List the states: ______

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7. Approximately how many miles is Route 66? a. 1,600 b. 2,000 c. 2,400

8. In what state is the midpoint of Route 66 located? ______

9. Approximately how much of Route 66 is still drivable? a. 40% b. 65% c. 85%

10. Which state has the longest remaining uninterrupted stretch of Route 66?

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Bonus: One section of Route 66, running from Miami, OK to Afton, OK, is called a

“sidewalk highway.” What does that mean? ______

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1. Answer: C., U.S. 60. When commissioners devised a nomenclature for the new U.S. interstate highway system in 1926, east-to-west highways were given even numbers, with the most important routes being assigned numbers ending in “0.” The new Chicago-Los Angeles highway was named Route 60, but a few other states claimed their interstate highway should get that all-important designation, and the number 66 was designated to keep the project from stalling. 2. Answer: C, 10 years. 800 miles were already paved in 1926; efforts to pave the remainder were completed in early 1937. 3. Answer: A, the Lincoln Highway. Dedicated on October 31, 1913, the Lincoln Highway ran 3,389 miles, from New York City to San Francisco. 4. Nicknames include: The Mother Road, America’s Main Street / The Main Street of America, Will Rogers Highway, Double Six 5. Answer: 8 states 6. Answer: (from east to west) Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California 7. Answer: C, approximately 2,400 miles. The exact number would vary by year, as highway realignments were made. 8. Answer: Texas. The town of Adrian, Texas (population 159) is approximately 1,139 miles from both Chicago and Los Angeles. 9. Answer: C, approximately 85% of Route 66 is still drivable. 10. Answer: Arizona. An uninterrupted 159-mile stretch of Route 66 runs from Ashfork, AZ to Needles, AZ. Bonus: The “sidewalk highway, ” running from Miami, OK to Afton, OK, consists of a single paved lane, with gravel shoulders on either side for passing.

The first commercial in-car radio, a Motorola, appeared in 1930. From then on, music would become an increasingly important part of the U.S. road trip experience.

Match these songs from the 1930s with their artist.

Summertime Vera Lynn We’ll Meet Again Benny Goodman

Moonlight Serenade Billie Holiday Mexicali Rose Glenn Miller Moon Glow Bing Crosby

Match these songs from the 1940s with their artist.

Paper Doll Frank Sinatra I Can Dream, Can’t I? Marlene Dietrich Catch a Falling Star The Mills Brothers Five Minutes More Perry Como Lili Marlene The Andrews Sisters

Match these songs from the 1950s with their artist.

Living Doll Buddy Holly & the Crickets Jailhouse Rock Cliff Richard Blueberry Hill Bill Haley & the Comets Peggy Sue Elvis Presley

Rock Around the Clock Fats Domino

Did you know? The first factory-installed, in-dash CD player, a Becker, appeared in 1985, the same year that Route 66 was decommissioned.

Match these songs from the 1960s with their artist.

Hey Jude The Beach Boys Good Vibrations The Righteous Brothers

The Sound of Silence Bob Dylan Unchained Melody The Beatles Like a Rolling Stone Simon & Garfunkel

Match these songs from the 1970s with their artist.

Hotel California The Eagles Imagine The Bee Gees Another Brick in the Wall John Lennon Dancing Queen Pink Floyd Stayin’ Alive ABBA

Match these songs from the 1980s with their artist.

With or Without You Madonna Thriller Bruce Springsteen Like a Prayer Michael Jackson Born in the U.S.A. U2

1999 Prince

Music of the 1930s Summertime - Billie Holiday Music of the 1940s We’ll Meet Again - Vera Lynn Paper Doll - The Mills Brothers Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller I Can Dream, Can’t I - The Andrews Mexicali Rose - Bing Crosby Sisters Moon Glow - Benny Goodman Catch a Falling Star - Perry Como Five Minutes More - Frank Sinatra Music of the 1950s Lili Marlene - Marlene Dietrich Living Doll - Cliff Richard Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley Music of the 1960s Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino Hey Jude - The Beatles Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly & the Crickets Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & The Sound of Silence - Simon & the Comets Garfunkel Unchained Melody - The Righteous Music of the 1970s Brothers Hotel California - The Eagles Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan Imagine - John Lennon Another Brick in the Wall - Pink Floyd Music of the 1980s Dancing Queen - ABBA With or Without You - U2 Stayin’ Alive - The BeeGees Thriller - Michael Jackson Like a Prayer - Madonna Born in the U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen 1999 - Prince

While diners had been around since the turn of the century, “diner lingo,” the slang used by diner waitresses to relay orders to cooks, really took hold in the 1930s, and held on into the ‘50s.

In the pre-fast food era of Route 66’s prime, diners were an important part of the cross-country road trip.

Can you match the diner lingo with its translation? toast with jelly frank ’n beans pancakes with maple syrup baked beans waitress banana split coffee with cream & sugar two eggs on toast hot dog with sauerkraut glass of water beef stew salt & pepper shakers soup jockey ______

Adam & Eve on a raft ______dog soup ______shingle with a shimmy & a shake ______

Mike & Ike ______blowout patches ______

Bossy in a bowl ______whistle berries ______houseboat ______bloodhound in the hay ______hounds on an island ______

a blonde with sand ______a blonde with sand = coffee with cream & sugar & cream with coffee = sand with blonde a beans ’n frank = island an on ・

hounds hounds sauerkraut wit dog hot = hay the in bloodhound split banana = houseboat beans baked ・・・

whistle berries = = berries whistle stew beef = bowl a in Bossy syrup maple with pancakes = patches blowout ・・

Mike & Ike = salt & pepper shakers pepper & salt = Ike & Mike jelly with toast = shake a & shimmy a with shingle water ・・・

dog soup = glass of of glass = soup dog toast on eggs two = raft a on Eve & Adam waitress = jockey soup : ANSWERS ・・