South Carolina's Roads Trivia Quiz

Answer: I-16

South Carolina's mainline freeways comprise over 700 miles of roadway. I-26 covers the most mileage, at 221 miles.

Answer: US 17

US 17 is a busy highway that connects South Carolina's coastal communities. It runs roughly parallel to I-95, and multiplexes--that is, runs concurrently--with I-95 for several miles in the southern portion of the state.

Answer: Felix "Doc" Blanchard

All of the athletes here have some ties to South Carolina. Tennis pioneer Althea Gibson was born in the town of Silver, in Clarendon County, in 1927. Baseball star Shoeless Joe Jackson was born in Pickens County in 1889 and died in Greenville in 1951. And although he was a native of Georgia, George Rogers won the Heisman Trophy in 1980 while playing for the South Carolina Gamecocks. "Doc" Blanchard, who grew up in Bishopville, also won a Heisman, in 1945, while playing at Army.

He was "Mr. Inside".

Answer: Charles Bolden

The second African-American to ever command an American spacecraft, Major General Charles F. Bolden, Jr. (USMC, retired) is a native of Columbia and a graduate of Annapolis (1968). Bolden flew in space four times, including STS-31 (Hubble Space Telescope deployment mission in April, 1990) and STS-60 (first US space mission to include a Russian cosmonaut as part of the flight crew). I-77 bears his name from the Richland/Fairfield county line, north of Columbia, until it crosses I-20, northeast of downtown.

Answer: SC 11

The Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway runs for 115 miles through Oconee, Pickens, Greenville, Spartanburg and Cherokee counties. A number of state parks and lakes lie along the route, making it a popular alternative to the high-speed drive down I-85 and the busy Greenville-Spartanburg corridor.

Answer: Ginger ale

Originally created in 1903 by a local doctor who mixed Jamaican ginger with strong mineral water, Blenheim Ginger Ale is bottled today in neighboring Dillon County. The family that owns the beverage also runs the infamous tourist trap South of the Border, which sits on the North Carolina/South Carolina border.

Answer: US 123

A spur of US 23, US 123 begins in Georgia and ends in downtown Greenville. US 76 connects Clemson to several cities to its east, including Anderson, Laurens, Columbia and Sumter. US 178, a spur of US 78, crosses US 23 between Clemson and Easley, and runs southeast to Greenwood and Orangeburg. US 52 runs across the eastern side of the state, well away from both Greenville and Clemson.

Answer: SC 22

The Conway Bypass actually starts between Conway and Aynor, at US 501, and continues on to its southern terminus at US 17, near North Myrtle Beach. The bypass allows people to reach North Myrtle and points north without having to drive down congested US 501 through Conway and Myrtle Beach.

Answer: Mark Clark

After his military service, Mark Clark served as president of The Citadel, the famed military school, from 1954 to 1966. After Clark's death on April 17, 1984, he was buried at the school. The beltway is I-526, one of two active spurways on I-26.

Answer: The road is unnumbered

Exit 57 leads the weary traveller from the freeway to the airport, which serves upstate South Carolina. Aviation Parkway is not numbered. It does, however, have a direct connection to SC 14, which crosses I-85 and runs to the west of the airport.

Thanks to wikipedia and the AAA North American Road Atlas 2005 for additional information in this quiz!