US Route 66

Choose an answer from the three choices offered after each question and then "Check Your Answers" at the end of the quiz.

1. U.S. Route 66, was a highway in the U.S. Highway system.  It was one of the original federal routes.  Though signs did not go up until the following year, what year was was Route 66 highway established?

• November 1, 1925

• November 11, 1926

• November 17, 1927

2. It originally ran from Chicago, Illinois, through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California, before ending at Los Angeles.  What was the total miles?

• 1,224 miles

• 2,448 miles

• 4,884 miles

3. In a realignment, the end point of Route 66 moved from downtown Los Angeles to Santa Monica.  What was the terminus streets?

• Olympic Boulevard and Lincoln Boulevard

• Ocean Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard

• Payne Boulevard and General Patton Drive

4. After it was decided the route was no longer relevant and had been replaced by the Interstate Highway System, US 66 was officially decommissioned (that is, officially removed from the United States Highway System).  What was the date of decommissioning?

• February 6, 1985

• March 6, 1985

• June 27, 1985

5. In the John Steinbeck novel The Grapes of Wrath, he had a name for the highway, what was it?

• The Great Diagonal Way

• Main Street of America

• The Mother Road

6. What national fast food restaurant can claim to have begun in San Bernardino, California along US 66.

• Burger King

• Wendy’s

• McDonald’s

7. In 1937, New Mexico highway planners cut 4 miles off the route by building a road from Santa Rosa, New Mexico through Moriarty and into Albuquerque, New Mexico.  What well known city did the route originally take?

• Roswell, New Mexico

• Santa Fe, New Mexico

• White Sands, New Mexico

8. Along much of the Interstate system built along US 66, the route was incorporated into the design of the highway.  What was this feature called.

• Back alley

• Frontage road

• Main Street

9. In 1946, a jazz composer and pianist wrote his best-known song, "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66", after driving the highway himself to get to California.  It was a huge hit for Nat King Cole.  Who was this composer and pianist?

• Jack Webb

• Julie London

• Bobby Troup

10.  From 1960 to 1964, CBS television network featured the popular Route 66.  Who was NOT a star in this series?

• Martin Milner

• George Maharis

• Rex Reason

Check Your Answers

1. November 11, 1926

2. 2,448 miles

3. Olympic Boulevard and Lincoln Boulevard

4. Olympic Boulevard and Lincoln Boulevard

5. The Mother Road

6. McDonald’s

7. Santa Fe, New Mexico

8. Frontage road

9. Bobby Troup

10. Rex Reason