Today’s quiz is looking at streets in Galesburg. The quiz is designed to celebrate how wonderful Galesburg is, and test your knowledge of our community. Enjoy and have fun!!
The answers are at the end of the quiz. Keep track of your score and read exactly what your score indicates. If you would like- share your score on the Facebook or Massey Blog under the comments.
#1- Lombard School is located at the corner of two streets named with college names. What are the two college names?
#2- People refer to an area of Galesburg as “bird land.” Name six bird streets in “bird land?” (1 point for each)
#3- Sometimes cities just number their streets- First Street, Second Street, etc. What is the highest numbered street in Galesburg? (1 point)
#4- Name 3 streets in Galesburg where you can start driving on the street, never get off the street, and end up back where you started? (I am excluding Lincoln Park and Lake Storey)(1 point for each)
#5- Name four colors that are streets in Galesburg? It must be just the color by itself. (1 point for each)
#6- Streets that are named specifically for a direction- East, West, North, South. Which streets does Galesburg have that are specifically named for one of the four directions?
(1 point for each correct, minus 1 for each incorrect)1
#7- Which of these streets is the shortest- Park Lane Drive, Park Lane Avenue, Lane Avenue, Park Avenue
(1 point)
#8- On which of these streets can you still cross the railroad tracks, north of Main St.- Prairie, Cherry, Broad, Cedar, West, Academy? (1 point for each correct, minus 1 for each incorrect)
#9- Name 9 schools (past and present) in Galesburg that also had a street with the same name?
(1 point for each correct)
#10- Traveling east on Main St. from downtown, you don’t get stopped by a train because of there is an overpass. Who is it named for? Going west, there is a bridge to go over the tracks. Who is it named for?
(1 point for each correct)
Answers
1- Lombard and Knox
2- Bluebird, Cardinal, Meadowlark, Oriole, Robin, Flamingo
3- 6th Street
4- Woodbine Circle, Circle Drive, Public Square (Main St.)
5- Silver, Brown, Pearl, Olive
6- Just two- North and South. You may have included West but West St is not named for the direction. West St is named for one of the founding fathers- Nehemiah West. It is not a good quiz if you don’t put in an unfair, trick question!!
7- Park Ave.
8- Prairie, Broad, Academy
9- Churchill, Lombard, Bateman, Sandburg, Knox, Willard, West, Farnham, Costa
10- Rev. Jon Sibley, Don Moffitt
What Your Score Means
26-31 Correct- You should think about getting an Uber license and drive in Galesburg- you are outstanding.
21-25 Correct- You probably know the short cuts in Galesburg.
16-20 Correct- You rely on GPS too much and don’t look at street signs.
10-15 Correct- You better rely on GPS, you will get lost without it.
0-9 Correct- From Quincy? I wouldn’t expect any better when your Main St is misspelled as Maine St.
Thanks for sending this out. This is a good one, Coach. Hard to beat an old Firefighter on his streets. Believe I got them all and perhaps (?) a couple more based on your wording of questions. #4 - Treadwell Drive, the road that goes around Lincoln Park Drive. #5 - I would lobby for "Olive" being a color, especially being from Abingdon where the Commando colors were once the Olive and the Rose. #8 - Spoken like a typical northsider...S Cedar by your alma mater Knox College. And Academy actually has two crossing, north and south. #9 - maybe a stretch, but do Seminary and Academy as part of the names of old schools of learning count? Fun! Keep 'em coming.
ReplyDeleteMan, you make me feel like I am from Quincy. Amy and I had fun doing this and thought we had it. I didn’t think of Lake Storey or Lincoln Park. And you are right about not thinking of the south side crossings. I can’t buy the Academy and Seminary. As much as it pains me to accept Olive with its Abingdon connection- I accept it. Also, according to AI, I missed pearl as a color too. I am guessing a matter of days before Redfern fires me!
Delete#4 - oops! or shall I say loops! Somerset Drive at Lake Storey.
ReplyDeleteEvan, I have enjoyed all of your quizzes, especially this one on street names. I’ll give you a question that has to do with directional street names, even though you claim that West Street isn’t directional. Here’s the question: my mother grew up in a house that sat three houses south of the southwest corner of West South and South West. What building presently sits at that location? You’ve even been in it quite a few times.
ReplyDeleteScience and Math Center?? If so, not many times when was a student- avoided science and math!!
ReplyDeleteRight. My 8 year old grandson is intrigued by the fact that there is a southwest corner of West South and South West; also a northwest corner of West North and North West. He has me drive by those places every time that he is in town.
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