These objects will sometimes use the number “419.9” to deter theft. For 10 points each:
[10e] Identify these objects that are often stolen in pranks when they contain something particularly juvenile or out of place, such as one in Wilmington, North Carolina, that indicated the distance to Barstow, California.
ANSWER: highway signs [accept street signs, road signs, interstate signs or any other synonym for “street”; accept mile markers; prompt on signs or markers]
[10h] Residents of the town of Shitterton in this English county countered sign theft by purchasing a sign made of stone. This county’s city of Lyme Regis is the home of Sarah in The French Lieutenant’s (lef-TEN-antz) Woman .
ANSWER: Dorsetshire
[10m] Residents of Bolinas, California constantly steal street signs along this road to deter tourists. A stretch of this road in Big Sur crosses the Bixby Bridge and is often included on lists of the most scenic drives in the US.
ANSWER: California Route 1 [accept State Route 1; accept SR1; accept Cabrillo Highway; accept Shoreline Highway; prompt on Shoreline or Cabrillo]
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