Street Smarts Quiz: How much do you know about Tucson's streets?
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Did you learn anything while reading the Street Smarts column in the Arizona Daily Star or on tucson.com? If so, you may do well on this quiz. Click the answer you think is correct to see if youare right. Keep your own score and tell your friends you got them all right. We won't tell.
Street Smarts: Question 1
UpdatedM.L. King Jr Way, just south of 36th Street, is named for Martin Luther King Jr. who visited Tucson in 1959 & 1962. What did King do for the first time in his life, while in Tucson?
C) He visited an Indian Reservation, the Papago (Tohono O'odham) Indian Reservation
Street Smarts: Question 2
UpdatedWhere does Craycroft Road get its name?
Street Smarts: Question 3
UpdatedWho or what is Manlove Street, near Kino Parkway, named for?
A) Samuel A. Manlove a homesteader who was an editor for the Tucson Citizen.
Street Smarts: Question 4
UpdatedA tiny street downtown is called Calle Carlos Arruza, who was Carlos Arruza?
A) He was a Tucson-born Mexican race car driver killed in a car accident in 1972.
B) He was a bullfighter who was killed in a car accident.
C) He was a diarist on one of Father Kino's trips to Southern Arizona
Street Smarts: Question 5
UpdatedHow did Anway Road in Marana come into existence?
B) Louis Anway a local farmer built the road as a shortcut to his newly-purchased property.
Street Smarts: Question 6
UpdatedWhat was the original name of Congress Street?
A) Calle de la Alegria (Happiness or Joy Street)
Street Smarts: Question 7
UpdatedWho is Blacklidge Drive named for?
A) Harry Blacklidge, the 1961 Grand Marshal of the Tucson Rodeo Parade and longtime Tucsonan
B) Frank Blacklidge, an early contractor, rancher and cook
C) Chief Blacklidge, a Pima Indian leader that lived during the mid-1800s
Street Smarts: Bonus question
UpdatedWho is Jacobs Park, near Prince Road named for?
A) S.J. Jacobs, who donated the land for the park with agreement it would be named for him
) Michael Jacobs, a Pima County Superior Court judge killed in a plane crash
C) Robert Jacobs, a coach and teacher in the Amphi School District, killed in a place crash
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