What is a cul-de-sac?
AnswerA street closed at one end
A cul-de-sac is a dead-end street, often with a turning circle at the closed end.
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The basics
Which Paris avenue runs to the Arc de Triomphe?
AnswerChamps-Élysées
The Avenue des Champs-Élysées links Place de la Concorde with the Arc de Triomphe.
Going deeper
Which New York City street is named after a wall built by Dutch settlers?
AnswerWall Street
Wall Street follows the line of a defensive wall built in New Amsterdam in the 1600s.
What was the Via Appia (Appian Way)?
AnswerAn ancient Roman road
Begun in 312 BC, the Appian Way linked Rome to southern Italy.
What is the raised edge between a street and a sidewalk called?
AnswerCurb (kerb)
A curb (kerb in British spelling) is the raised edge that separates the road from the footpath.
Expert level
The word 'street' comes from Latin 'via strata'. What did via strata mean?
AnswerPaved road
Via strata meant a paved or layered road; strata became Old English stræt.
New York's Commissioners' Plan of 1811 laid out Manhattan's streets in what pattern?
AnswerA grid
The 1811 plan set out a rectangular grid of numbered streets and avenues.
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