Trucking Trivia
Q1. If you are hauling a load of monkey pickles , what do you have on your truck? Q2. What are the northernmost points of the U.S. Interstate Highway system? Q3. Road Kill Road Test: How many vertebrates are run over in the United States each day? Q4. This American film and television actor completed nearly 70 motion pictures and starred in several TV productions during a career that spanned over four decades. An aircraft mechanic in WWII, he worked as a truck driver in Los Angeles while trying to break into show business as an actor. Q5. This Texas honky-tonker released his latest album, The Truckin' Sessions: Volume Two in April. He is best known for Big Wheels Keep Rollin' more than a decade ago. Q6. Why are most interstates built around cities instead of through them? Trucking Trivia Answer s A1. Ba nan as ( whi ch are al mos t a lw ays gr een w hen sh ipp ed) . A2. The norther n termini of I-5, 1 5, and 29 (crossing t he Canadian border) near , respectiv ely, Blaine, W ashington; Swee tgrass, Mont ana; and Pembina, N orth Dakot a. A3. 1 mill ion , o r o ne eve ry 11 and ½ se con ds! A4. R oy H aro ld Sch ere r, J r., bet ter kn ow n to m ost as R ock H uds on. A5. D ale W ats on, w ho rel eas e h is o rig ina l al bum or tr uck dr ivi ng son gs, T he T ruc ker Ses sio ns , in 19 98. A6. D wig ht D . E ise nho wer , w ho saw G erm any 's a uto bah ns d uri ng WW II a nd how cru cia l a hi ghw ay s yst em w as f or n atio nal de fen se, be gan th e U .S. in ter sta tes th is way si nce it wou ld be har der to de str oy t hem in ca se of w ar. 54 // COMPANYDRIVER // january 2010 CD0110_Trucking Trivia.indd 54 12/6/09 6:00 PM