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License Plates Part VI Trivia Quiz

It's the sixth of the tin-quizzes! Get out the wrenches, and good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by Drewski. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
Drewski

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
6,441

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
1079

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. This slogan was never used on a Louisiana license plate. Hint

Bayou State

Pelican State

Sportsmens Paradise

Sportsmans Paradise

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Question 2 of 10

2. Pennsylvania license plates in 1919 adopted the eye-straining color combination of ______________________. Hint

Orange on Red

Black on Blue

Red on Black

White on yellow

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Question 3 of 10

3. This Canadian province has used the plate slogan 'CANADA'S OCEAN PLAYGROUND'. Hint

Saskatchewan

Prince Edward Island

Nova Scotia

Newfoundland and Labrador

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Question 4 of 10

4. Muhammed Ali was issued special license plates when residing in Illinois. They had no number, but only bore a picture of a _______________. Hint

Muhammed Ali himself

A can of D-Con bug spray

A boxing glove and crown

Boxing ring with two boxers

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Question 5 of 10

5. The slogan 'DISCOVER' adorns which state's license plates? Hint

Rhode Island

New Hampshire

Tennessee

Louisiana

6. In the 1960's, Arkansas license plates displayed the slogan 'LAND OF OPPORTUNITY'. Strangely enough, plates from this Central American country used the same slogan, because the plates were made by the same factory, and it was apparently easier to leave the slogan in place. Hint

Chile

French Guyana

El Salvador

British Honduras

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Question 7 of 10

7. This little island's license plates have displayed the slogan 'ISLAND OF STONE MONEY', along with an actual picture of one of the large stone coins. Hint

Bouvet

Yap

Ngaraard

Cocos (Keeling) Island

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Question 8 of 10

8. New Hampshire's controversial license plate slogan is 'LIVE FREE __
____'.

Answer: (Taxes are a sure thing, too.)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Georgia's long running license plate slogan: _________ STATE.

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 10 of 10

10. The first registered member of the Auto License Plate Collectors Association (ALPCA number 1) was __________________ . Hint

Dr. Victor Von Scotchlite

Dr. Ima Tincollector

Dr. Cecil George

Dr. Rusty Boltholes

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This slogan was never used on a Louisiana license plate.

Answer: Pelican State

Louisiana actually jumped back and forth on the spelling of the Sports 'person' Paradise slogans - they also used the slogan 'YAMS' in 1954. Although pelicans were heavily featured on the plates, they never found their way into a legend.

2. Pennsylvania license plates in 1919 adopted the eye-straining color combination of ______________________.

Answer: Red on Black

Random color combinations were used on Pennsylvania from 1906 until 1921, when the first use of the state colors, blue and orange-gold came into use. Plates in 1922 were brown on cream, but from 1923, the blue and orange returned to stay.

3. This Canadian province has used the plate slogan 'CANADA'S OCEAN PLAYGROUND'.

Answer: Nova Scotia

More recent Nova Scotia license plate have featured the picture of a 'bluenose', which is a type of schooner.

4. Muhammed Ali was issued special license plates when residing in Illinois. They had no number, but only bore a picture of a _______________.

Answer: Boxing ring with two boxers

Violinist David Rubinoff also had pictorial license plates. When living in Texas in the 1940's and 1950's, he actually had plates with a picture of himself playing a violin, along with the number '0'.

5. The slogan 'DISCOVER' adorns which state's license plates?

Answer: Rhode Island

Rhode Island also used the slogan 'Ocean State'.

Answer: British Honduras

British Honduras became Belize in 1973.

7. This little island's license plates have displayed the slogan 'ISLAND OF STONE MONEY', along with an actual picture of one of the large stone coins.

Answer: Yap

The earliest known Yap license plates date from 1959, and are primitively stencilled white on black plates on flat galvanized steel.

8. New Hampshire's controversial license plate slogan is 'LIVE FREE __ ____'.

Answer: OR DIE

New Hampshire is one of the few states who have almost exclusively used the same colors on their plates - green and white - since their first year of issue. New Hampshire issued their first plates in 1905. In 1945-48, the were black and white, and a very few plates in the early 1980's, a red on white scheme was toyed with.

9. Georgia's long running license plate slogan: _________ STATE.

Answer: Peach

The slogan 'PEACH STATE' was first used in 1940, and then until around the 1980s. Current Georgia plates have a peach in the place of the 'O' in the state name. The 1941 plate was an oversize yellow on blue plate, with a large full color peach decal in the center of the plate.

10. The first registered member of the Auto License Plate Collectors Association (ALPCA number 1) was __________________ .

Answer: Dr. Cecil George

The A.L.P.C.A. was formed in 1954, in New Hampshire. Today, there are over 3,000 registered members.

Source: Author Drewski

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