Route 66: The Mother Road
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Author's Game Description
Famed in Song, Legend, Literature and a TV series, it is now gone.
Find some places from the song (and few random other things).
Map by Florian Huber (modified by Helix 84) in Wikipedia.
The song was written by Bobby Troup.
Category: Geography Games
Created by tickman, 30 Mar, 2008
3 ratingsPlayed 154 times | 0 Fav's
tickman 1 year ago
tickman 1 year ago
The road (including the map):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Route_66_%28disambiguation%29
The song:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Route_66_%28song%29
The map on its homepage:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Route_66_map.PNG
It comes with a GNU Free Documentation license, Version 1.2
Details:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:GNU_Free_Documentation_License
| Highscores — Route 66: The Mother Road | Place 1 - 10 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player Name | Score | Time | Date of Play | |
| 1 | Nynke88 | 100% | 0:20.3 min. | 30 Jun, 2009 |
| 2 | BoboLo | 100% | 0:22.0 min. | 22 Jun, 2009 |
| 3 | Drew06 | 100% | 0:23.2 min. | 3 Jul, 2009 |
| 4 | martinho | 100% | 0:24.6 min. | 30 Mar, 2008 |
| 5 | Kathy | 100% | 0:26.5 min. | 30 Mar, 2008 |
| 6 | CarpeDiem | 100% | 0:27.8 min. | 5 Jul, 2009 |
| 7 | tickman | 100% | 0:29.2 min. | 30 Mar, 2008 |
| 8 | Aquambulushirsutus | 100% | 0:32.1 min. | 4 Mar, 2009 |
| 9 | FS | 100% | 0:33.6 min. | 5 Jul, 2009 |
| 10 | Itachi | 100% | 0:33.9 min. | 23 Jun, 2009 |
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I should also point out that the song dates back to 1946, and was inspired by a drive Bobby Troup took along the route.
If you've never heard the song, or just can't remember the lyrics, check here:
http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Route-66-lyrics-Nat-King-Cole/BAE27E3BBBDE520C48256AF1000B7C03
for the Nat King Cole Version. Some versions have "down through Missouri" instead of "Joplin, Missouri".