Vowel-Less U.S. States
"Famous potatoes" appears on its standard license plates:
DH
Idaho
Mozzarella is in caprese salad with tomato, & tomato is with bacon in this 3-initial sandwich
a BLT
A "prep race" for the Kentucky Derby, the Withers Stakes fittingly shares its name with the highest point on this animal's back
a horse
Severus Snape is the "Defense Against the Dark Arts" teacher at this school that Harry Potter attends
Hogwarts
Phoenix NBA team, or
male offspring
the Suns/sons
One of the "Four Corners" states:
RZN
Arizona
Mayo is in egg salad with hard-boiled eggs, which are with bacon atop this salad, first served at LA's Brown Derby
Sometimes called a "paunch", a cow's rumen is the largest chamber of this digestive organ; the vet's paunch is his own business
a stomach
Peter Pevensie is one of the children who come to reign over this land created by C.S. Lewis
Narnia
MLB team whose stadium features a giant illuminated "Liberty Bell", or
young female horses
the Phillies/fillies
Where "Roll Tide!" & "War Eagle!" are often shouted:
LBM
Alabama
Milk is in custard with eggs, & eggs are with bacon in this quiche, named for a region of France
(Quiche) Lorraine
Believe it or not, many adult cats suffer from this condition, which makes them unable to digest milk
lactose intolerance
Tiny Tim is a sickly boy in this Dickens classic with an alliterative title
A Christmas Carol
The NFL's "Monsters of the Midway", or
what someone does when they strip nude
the Bears/bares
In 1973 it became the first state to decriminalize marijuana possession:
RGN
Oregon
Tomato sauce is in Sloppy Joes with beef, & beef is with bacon in this beloved Wendy's burger, introduced in 2007
the Baconator
It's an infectious disease affecting livestock--or the heavy metal band guitarist Scott Ian named after it
anthrax
He's the evil dictator who's "watching you" in "1984"
Big Brother
NHL team that left Hartford in 1997, or
Bob Marley's band
the Whalers/Wailers
The only state that touches the Arctic Ocean:
LSK
Alaska
Sugar is in jam with fruit, & fruit is with pancakes & bacon in this classic IHOP dish with a kooky name
Rooty Tooty Fresh n' Fruity
If your pooch leaves doggie daycare with a scratchy throat, have him checked for canine infectious tracheobronchitis, better known as this
kennel cough
Billy Bibbit & Charles Cheswick are fellow inmates with Randle McMurphy in this Ken Kesey novel set in a mental hospital
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The individual loops that make up a chain, or
Minnesota's WNBA team
the links/Lynx