Desert Les At Large: Scottsdale Street Quizeroo

Want to impress fellow travelers  with your knowledge of the origins of Scottsdale street names? Get started and take this 7-question quiz.

Howdie Pardner,

 

Yup. It’s good to see you again. Desert Les is back. Not because them Peak readers demanded it but because the fool editor told Desert Les to fill this here white space with interestin’ doings.

Well, thought Desert Les, it’s summer and them snowbirds has left these parts. This would be a fine time to see what our warmth-lovin’ year-round homesteaders know ‘bout local street names. When the snowbirds return, us heat-seeking humans can impress them with our knowledge. Yup.

Pardner, just take the simple quiz below. It’s multiple-choice. Just click on “Answer” for the correct name. If you are real energetic, use the Honorable Cowboy/Cowgirl Self Scorer when y’er done.

Don’t mean to stress you none, but no Googlin’ – we hang cheaters in these parts. Yup.

 

Scottsdale Street Name Quiz

#1.  This street is named after a famous architect who established a residence and school at the southern end of the McDowell Mountains in 1937.

  •  I.M. Pei Boulevard
  • George Costanza Drive
  • I.M. Right Circle
  • Antoni Gaudi Street
  • Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard

Answer

Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard

#2.  When it reaches Tempe, Scottsdale Road becomes this road.

  • In Tempe Place
  • Sun Devil Drive
  • South Scottsdale Road
  • Not Scottsdale No More Avenue
  • Rural Road

Answer

Rural Road

 

#3. This street is named after the man who served under Wilson as vice president. The man and his wife, who was the daughter of a Scottsdale pioneer, had a winter home in Scottsdale.

    • Snowbird Road
    • Farmer’s Daughter Boulevard
    • Marshall Way
    • Drinkwater Drive

Answer

Marshall Way

 

#4. This street is named after a family that farmed near the original Scottsdale town site from the late 1890s through the 1950s. Many people mistakenly believe this road is named after the founder of Tempe and/or his son, a former U.S. Senator, who had the same last name.

  • Cotton Court
  • McCane Boulevard
  • Hayden Road
  • Miller Road

Answer

Hayden Road

 

Answer: Hayden Road

#5. This street is named after a school for Native Americans that was established in Phoenix in the early 1900s. The school was at the intersection of this road and Central Avenue.

  • School House Road
  • Apache Boulevard
  • Hohokam School Highway
  • Geronimo Academy Road
  • Indian School Road

Answer

Indian School Road

 

#6. Named after the tallest mountain in the McDowell Mountains, the one with the antennas on its top.

  • McDowell Road
  • Tower Drive
  • Communications Array Place
  • Thompson Peak Parkway
  • Pinnacle Peak Road

Answer

Thompson Peak Parkway

 

#7. The name of this street was derived from the first names of Fitzgerald Durham’s wife and sister. In the 50s, Durham built Ironwoods, North Scottsdale’s first golf course, as a hobby.

  • Battleax Boulevard
  • Wild Women Way
  • Jomax Road
  • Mary Sharon Road

Answer

Jomax Road

 

Honorable Cowboy/Cowgirl Self Scorer

Remember we hang cheaters and that rope don’t feel to good. Nope.

  • More than two wrong = Y’er Road Kill
  • Two wrong = Y’er a Student Driver
  • One wrong = Y’er Street Smart
  • None wrong = Y’er a Road Warrior!

 


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Author: Les Conklin

Les Conklin is a resident of north Scottsdale He founded Friends of the Scenic Drive, the Monte de Paz HOA and is the president of the Greater Pinnacle Peak Association. He was named to Scottsdale's History Maker Hall of Fame in 2014. Les is a past editor of A Peek at the Peak and the author of Images of America: Pinnacle Peak. He served on the Scottsdale's Pride Commission, McDowell Sonoran Preserve Commission, the boards of several local nonprofits and was a founding organizer of the city's Adopt-A-Road Program.. Les is a volunteer guide at the Musical Instrument Museum.

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