US Route 66 - New Mexico

What do you know about US Route 66? Take this U.S. Highways History Made Easy Trivia quiz.  You'll find answers at the bottom of the page.

1) Five miles from Glenrio is Endee. It was once a raucous cowboy hamlet. There were so many Sunday morning burials because of shoot-outs the night before that a trench was dug each Saturday on he edge of town.

• True or False?

2) Further west of Endee is San Jon. Who painted the mural?

• Leona Mils Head
• Mary Colter
• Debi White

3) Twenty-five miles west of San Jon is Tucumcari. Back in t he 1880s when life was truly fierce, raw, and wide open, what was the settlement known as?

• Franklin
• Lincoln
• Liberty

4) Heading west, you come to Santa Rosa. What is the river the town is on the bank of?

• Rio Grande River
• Pecos River
• Salt River

5) From Santa Rosa, the original Route 66 headed south to Fort Sumner and the White Sands Missile Range before heading north to Albuquerque.

• True or False?

6) What did the junction of Route 66 and Highway 285 become known as?

• Reasoners Intersection
• Rosas Place
• Clines Corner

7) Before you get to Albuquerque, what was NOT a town along Route 66?

• Moriarty
• Barton
• Roswell

8) Through Albuquerque, what was Route 66 known as?

• Central Avenue
• Eubanks Road
• Montgomery Blvd.

9) From Laguna west to Grants the road takes the name of what New Mexico route?

• 24
• 124
• 224

10) What was the name of the hotel that was a gathering place for the stars in Gallup, New Mexico along Route 66.

• El Pondo
• Owl Café
• El Rancho

US Route 66 - New Mexico Answers

1. True
2. Leona Mils Head
3. Liberty
4. Pecos River
5. False. From Santa Rosa, the original Route 66 headed north to Las Vegas and then Santa Fe, before reaching Albuquerque.
6. Clines Corner
7. Roswell
8. Central Avenue
9. 124
10. El Rancho

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