Spoiler Alert: Answers to the Mystery Ride Quiz

From Joe Anderson

South on an ancient road:
1.  (Name that road)  Old State Road 37
Right at a burg named after a biblical king:
2.  (Name that burg)   Harrodsburg
Right on “Mystery” Road
3.  (Name that road)  Popcorn Road
 Cross into a county named after a famous bird:
4.  (Name that bird)  Larry Bird
Cross the abandoned narrow gauge B&O railroad:
5.  (Name that railroad) Bloomfield – Oolitic not Baltimore & Ohio
West on State Road (Al Abbott’s age):
6.  (Name that State Road)  State Road 54
Northeast along “Mystery” Creek:
7.  (Name that Creek)  Popcorn Creek
SAG and Refreshment stop at “Mystery” church:
8.  (Name that church)  Popcorn Christian Church
Continue north on “Mystery” road:
9.  (Name that road)  Popcorn Road
North to Alaska on a cold weather road:
10.  (Name that road)  Snow Road
East on a rocky road at a stop sign:
11.  (Name that road)  Rockeast Road
North to your home port on another rocky road:
12.  (That that road)  Rockport Road
Pass through a village named after the Star Trek Captain:
13.  (Name that village)  Kirksville
Back to Bloomington on a pike named after the Michigan Fight Song:
14.  (Name that tune)  Victors
Turn right at a T-Intersection at the top of a hill:
15.  (Name that road)  That Road
Using these fifteen clues:
16.  (Name that “Mystery Ride”) The Popcorn Ride
17.  (Name that prize)  Popcorn

“Road Biking, Monroe and Lawrence Counties, IN” was selected by National Geographic Adventure magazine as 65th among a list of “America’s Best Adventures.” (Number one is rafting the Grand Canyon”) Published in the inaugural issue of National Geographic Adventure, April 2000.  www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure

The article states, “Remember the 1979 movie “Breaking Away?” Since then, serious road bikers have wheeled along the back roads around Bloomington, including a bucolic 50-mile loop that heads south on Route 37 to Harrodsburg, then goes west on Popcorn Road and continues tacking left on a two-lane country roads past small farms, limestone quarries, and quaint towns.” The information is attributed to Bicycle Garage, 812 339-3457, www.bikegarage.com .  We have Fred Rose to thank for providing this information to National Geographic.