Q 01/05

Route 66 ran from Chicago to which West Coast city?

A) San Diego

B) San Francisco

C) Santa Monica

D) Seattle

Answer · why

C) Santa Monica

Santa Monica: the highway reached the Pacific at Santa Monica after a 1936 extension from downtown Los Angeles, having crossed eight states over about...

Q 02/05

Which novel popularised Route 66's nickname 'the Mother Road'?

A) On the Road

B) The Grapes of Wrath

C) Travels with Charley

D) Lonesome Dove

Answer · why

B) The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath (1939): Steinbeck called Route 66 'the mother road, the road of flight' as the Joads and other Dust Bowl migrants followed it west...

Q 03/05

Which Pixar film's plot centres on a small town bypassed by the interstate that replaced Route 66?

A) Up

B) Toy Story 2

C) Coco

D) Cars

Answer · why

D) Cars

Cars (2006): Radiator Springs, the town Lightning McQueen is stranded in, was modelled on real Route 66 towns left fading after Interstate 40 bypassed...

Q 04/05

In what year was Route 66 officially removed from the US Highway System?

A) 1965

B) 1975

C) 1985

D) 1995

Answer · why

C) 1985

1985: the last stretch, at Williams, Arizona, had been bypassed by Interstate 40 the year before, and AASHTO decertified US 66 on 27 June 1985.

Q 05/05

The 1960s TV series Route 66 followed two young men travelling the country in which car?

A) Ford Thunderbird

B) Chevrolet Corvette

C) Pontiac GTO

D) Cadillac Eldorado

Answer · why

B) Chevrolet Corvette

A Chevrolet Corvette convertible, a new model each season thanks to Chevrolet's sponsorship, carried Tod Stiles and Buz Murdock across the country fro...