License Plate Quiz

[mgk920]

#4 - Louisiana - new license plates feature the state bird - the pelican.

Ahh, but is that pelican flying???

Mike

[mgk920]

I thought the state bird was the mosquito...

No, that's Wisconsin's

Mike

[mgk920]

#8 Texas had a sailboat between the letters and numbers, but they changed it to an outline of the state. So that really answers the question about a representation of the state on the license.

Definitely a state outline there, but I don't recall there ever being a sailboat there (I thought that it was a star).

#14 Would the markings on the New Mexico plates count? And if aboriginal means Native American, the Oklahoma, too.

I don't necessarily equate 'aborigional' with 'Native American', as I am very much a 'Native American', being born in Milwaukee, WI, but I also most definitely don't have any 'aboriginal' ancestry (that I am aware of).

That said, I do consider the 'Sun' symbol on New Mexico plates and the item on Oklahoma plates to be 'aboriginal' images, so 'dingdingdingdingding' on those two.

#2 Arizona (cactus) and Idaho (evergreen)

#3 Georgia (peach!), Kansas (wheat)

Oops, I noticed that I put both 'tree' and 'non-tree plant' under '#3', so I'll change 'non-tree' to be '#3.5' (hehehehe)

Is the saguaro cactus considered to be a 'tree'? IMHO, it is a non-tree plant, so #3.5 would be correct for Arizona.

Georgia's peach is a winner for #3 ('tree')

I'm not sure if Idaho's evergreen is species-identifiable, so I'll give a "brrrrrp" to that one.

Kansas and wheat is acceptable for #3.5 ('non-tree')

#10 Maine (lobster - at least it used to)

Man, those are some of the strangest looking mammals that I have ever seen!

#11 Alaska and DC

Dingdingdingdingding!!!

#12 The old Texas plates, and the DC plates have stars

True

We also have a space ship and a cowboy on the plates. So in total, Texas currently has
1) outline of the state
2) non-agricultural item
3) person (we all know that the cowboy really represents the DALLAS COWBOYS, right?)

Ohhh, I wanted agricultural items, not non-agricultural ones. Too bad....
Also, is that 'Cowboy' identifiable as a named individual?

Mike

[JNA]

11)
Alaska
Maryland
New Mexico
Rhode Island

[mgk920]

2) Pennsylvania has the state web site address along the bottom of it's ugly tag.
3) South Carolina has an image of a palmetto tree on it's standard issue tag
4) Maine's tag has some type of bird perched on a pine branch
7) Florida has a state outline on it's tag
9) Iowa has a grain silo and barn
12) Alabama has the stars that "fell on" it. Whatever that means.
13) Idaho's tag features an image of the Rocky Mts.
15) Kentucky with it's acid trip looking smiley faced sun. Stay away from the bluegrass
16) Virginia with it's plain white tag.

That's all I've got.

Nine for nine!!!



Mike

[mgk920]

Adding to what others have answered...

2) A website URL
Indiana has a URL on their plates.

Dingdingdingdingding!!!

3) Tree or trees of identifiable species, or unaltered parts thereof
Oregon

How species-identifiable' are the trees on Oregon's plates?

13) Geological formations
Both Oregon and Washington have mountains on their plates.

15) The Sun
We've never seen it in Oregon!

heheheheheehe

Mike

[jenniplans]

BUN's plate thread reminded me of a fun little quiz that I put up a on a road-related message board a while back. Some will be easier than others.

16) Nothing besides simple text (state/province/territory name and motto) and the letters and numbers

Before MO redesigned the license plates, they used to be an ugly, ugly brick red color with white lettering and numbers. The new plates are better, but the blue squiqqly line under Missouri doesn't make me think of water...

[mgk920]

11)
Alaska
Maryland
New Mexico
Rhode Island

Correcto X 4



Mike

[AubieTurtle]

12) Alabama has the stars that "fell on" it. Whatever that means.

"Stars fell on Alabama" is the state song... something about a meteor shower in the early 1800s. They should just make the Lynard Skynard song the state song because you know that's what everyone expects it to be.

[cololi]

1)
13)
Utah - Arch

You can also get a skier or snowboarder with the slogan "greatest snow on earth" on it as one of theregular issue plates. That's right, we over choices at no additional cost!

[zman]

You can also get a skier or snowboarder with the slogan "greatest snow on earth" on it as one of theregular issue plates. That's right, we over choices at no additional cost!

Heh... Greatest snow on earth.... heh....

Just kidding....

[cololi]

You better be kidding, considering it has snowed 28 inches at Snowbird in the last 2 days. Luckily, I have the day off!

[DetroitPlanner]

OTOH, the 'fancy' plate with the Mackinac Bridge is not the regular issue, you have to specifically request it. Just ask for 'plates' and Michigan will give you those generic white-on-dark blue ones that full under the definition of #16.

Mike

Funny, I thought the only non-regular issue ones were my "Model T, 100 years" or the university/"Honk to save Michigan's whales" plates.

[nuovorecord]

How species-identifiable' are the trees on Oregon's plates?

They appear to be of the evergreen variety, but I don't think they could be narrowed down further than that.

OT: The coolest license plates I've ever seen were those of the NW Territories, shaped like a polar bear. Maybe one of the resident Canuckistanis can confirm if these are still currently issued?

[mgk920]

Well, I suppose that it is time to put up the ones that I know of. These answers are by no means comprehensive and some new ones may have come out since I last saw the ones that I remember (feel free to correct me on any errors/updates/omissions).

BUN's plate thread reminded me of a fun little quiz that I put up a on a road-related message board a while back. Some will be easier than others.

What USA states/Canadian provinces (and territories) have current regular issue car plates with the following design elements?

1) Recognizable person or persons

-Illinois
-South Dakota

2) A website URL

-Indiana
-Pennsylvania

3) Tree or trees of identifiable species, or unaltered parts thereof

-Georgia
-South Carolina

3.5) Non-tree plant or plants of identifiable species, or unaltered parts thereof

-Arizona
-Kansas

4) Bird or birds in flight

-Wisconsin

5) A weather phenominon

-Hawaii

6) A bridge

-(none)
Note - Michigan's 'Mackinac Bridge' plate is a special issue and must be specifically requested. If you just ask for a 'plate' in MI, you'll get the generic white-on-dark blue one.

7) A geographical outline of the state, province or territory

-Florida
-Minnesota
-Nebraska
-New Jersey
-New York
-Texas

8) Sailboat or sailboats (can include ocean-going sailing ships)

-Wisconsin

9) Agricultural stuctures, implemants or equipment

-Iowa
-Kansas
-North Dakota
-Wisconsin

10) Non-human mammal or mammals of identifiable species

-Northwest Territories
-Texas
-Wyoming

11) State/provincial/territorial flag, or unique design elements thereof

-Alaska
-District of Columbia
-Indiana
-New Mexico(?)
-Ohio
-Quebec
-Tennessee
-Texas

12) Star or stars

-Alabama
-Alaska
-District of Columbia
-Tennessee
-Texas

13) Geological formations

-Arizona
-Colorado
-Idaho
-Nevada
-New Hampshire(?)
-Utah
-Washington

14) Aborigional art/artifacts

-New Mexico
-Oklahoma

15) The Sun

-Alabama (bleechh!)
-New Mexico (I'll accept the Zia 'Sun' symbol here)
-Wisconsin

16) Nothing besides simple text (state/province/territory name and motto) and the letters and numbers

-California
-Connecticut
-Delaware
-Massachusetts
-Michigan
-Missouri
-Virginia

[AubieTurtle]

OT: The coolest license plates I've ever seen were those of the NW Territories, shaped like a polar bear. Maybe one of the resident Canuckistanis can confirm if these are still currently issued?

Yep, the NW Territories still issues the polar bear shaped plates. There was a bit of a fuss over them when Nunavut broke away from NWT and started issuing plates in the same shape. I believe they agreed to use a different numbering scheme from NWT. There are only a small number of automobiles in Nunavut (a couple thousand I think) so I don't think NWT is giving up much letting Nunavut issue them too.