ROUTE 66 FACTS
ILLINOIS
MISSOURI
KANSAS
VOCABULARY
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ROUTE 66 ENDS IN _________________

IN CALIFORNIA

WHAT IS SANTA MONICA PIER

100

WHAT IS THE ABBREVIATION FOR ILLINOIS?

WHAT IS IL.?

100

NAME THE TWO LARGEST CITIES IN MISSOURI

WHAT IS ST. LOUIS AND KANSAS CITY?
100

WHICH KANSAS PILOT FROM ATCHISON, KS WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO FLY SOLO ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN?

WHO IS AMELIA EARHART

100

THIS IS THE WORD USED FOR "CLOSING" A ROUTE OR HIGHWAY.

WHAT IS "DECOMMISSION"?

200

ROUTE 66 WAS COMMISION IN WHAT YEAR________

WHAT IS 1926
200

WHAT CITY IS NICKNAMED "THE WINDY CITY?

WHAT IS CHICAGO?
200

HOW DID MISSOURI BECOME A STATE?

WHAT IS THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE?

200

WILLIAM FREDERICK CODY AND FAMILY MOVED TO LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS AND PARTICIPATED IN THE CIVIL WAR. he ALSO STARTED HUNTING BUFFALLO AND EARNED THIS NICKNAME?

WHO IS BUFFALO BILL?

200

THIS IS THE NAME OF THE BIG EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE AFTER ROUTE 66 OPENED.

WHAT IS "THE GREAT DEPRESSION"?

300

THIS IS HOW MANY STATES ROUT 66 PASSES THROUGH.

WHAT ARE 8 STATES?

CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO, TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, KANSAS, MISSOURI, AND ILLINOIS

300

WHAT STATE NUMBER IS ILLINOIS?

WHAT IS THE 21ST STATE?

300

WHAT RIVER CROSSES CENTRAL MISSOURI?

WHAT IS THE MISSOURI RIVER?

300

THIS FAMOUS MAN WAS FROM ABILENE, KANSAS AND WAS NOT ONLY A FIVE-STAR GENERAL IN WORLD WAR II, BUT ALSO BECAME A US PRESIDENT.

WHO IS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER?

300

THIS IS AN EVENT THAT HAPPENS IN TESAS. PEOPLE RIDE BULLS AND WEAR COWBOY HATS.

WHAT IS "A RODEO"?

400

WHY IS ROUTE 66 CALLED ROUTE 66 AND NOT ROUTE 67?

WHAT IS "ROUTES IN THE US THAT GO EAST-WEST ARE EVEN NUMBERS, ROUTES THAT GO NORTH-SOUTH ARE ODD NUMBERS"?

400

WHAT MONTH DID ILLINOIS BECOME A STATE?

WHAT IS DECEMBER?

400

WHO IS THE ONLY PRESIDENT TO BE ELECTED FROM MISSOURI?

WHO IS HARRY S TRUMAN?

400

WHAT IS WICHITA'S NICKNAME, WHICH REFERS TO BOEING?

WHAT IS "THE AIR CAPITAL OF THE WORLD?"

400

THIS IS ANOTHER WORD FOR A LONG VOYAGE IN A CAR.

WHAT IS A ROAD TRIP?

500

THE BUILDING OF WHAT INTERSTATE HIGHWAY LEAD TO ROUTE 66 BEING DECOMMISSIONED IN 1984?

WHAT IS INTERSTATE 40 (I-40)?

500

NAME 3 RT.66 ATTRACTIONS THAT ARE IN ILLINOIS?

WHAT IS? THE WORLDS LARGES CATSUP BOTTLE.

THE GEMINI GIANT

THE CHAIN OF ROCKS BRIDGE

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NAME FOUR OF THE EIGHT STATES THAT BORDER MISSOURI?

WHAT IS? ARKANSAS, TENNESSEE, KENTUCKY, ILLINOIS, IOWA, OKLAHOMA, KANSAS AND NEBRASKA

500

WHAT YEAR DID KANSAS OFFICIALLY BECOME A STATE?

WHAT IS 1861?

500

THIS IS THE WORD USED IN TRAVEL WHEN SOMEONE IS CRAZY ABOUT GOING TO NEW PLACES, WANDERING IN NEW COUNTRIES.

WHAT IS "WANDERLUST"?