Animals
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A Moment of Science
Completes the Idiom
State License Plates
100

Generally batting leadoff alphabetically, this "earth pig" has a foot-long tongue

an aardvark

100

Here is a tin from this pie company; Yale students repurposed it later

Frisbee

100

The c. 300 B.C. "De Historia Plantarum" helped establish Plato's student Theophrastus as the founder of this 6-letter science

botany

100

Give it your all:
"Go big or..."

Go home

100

In the 1990s this state's plate briefly carried the slogan "Hoosier Hospitality"

Indiana

200

Wisconsin's state mammal, this weasel family member stores up body fat in summer & fall for long winter sleeps

a badger

200

This Sega video game character originally was a hedgehog named Mr. Needlemouse; things have sped up since then

Sonic

200

Carpo, Kale & Eirene are 3 of the 79 known moons orbiting this planet

Jupiter

200

When an enemy suddenly acts kind, remember "Beware of Greeks..."

bearing gifts

200

A speciality lobster plate lets drivers in this state show support for its signature product

Maine

300

The Indian gray is a type of this mammal that has no problem going after cobras

a mongoose

300

Milton Bradley used a printer that normally made shower curtains to make this game's floor mat

Twister

300

Stannum is the Latin word for this, which explains Sn as its chemical symbol

tin

300

The show is over:
"Elvis has..."

Left the building 

300

For the most part, Vermont's license plates have white lettering & numbers on this color background

green

400

Sure, this Aussie mammal lays eggs like a bird, has a bill like a bird & dives under-water for 40 seconds, but flying? Nope!

a platypus

400

Acquiring resources is key to winning the game called the Settlers of this island

Catan

400

In the body, free radicals are atoms that are unstable & can damage cells by stealing one of these particles from nearby molecules

electrons

400

hat a great idea! Oroweat or otherwise, it's the "best thing since..."

Sliced bread

400

A specialty plate from California supports conservancy programs here, a national park since 1890

Yosemite

500

The adorable pygmy this monkey lives up to its name; it can be less than a foot long & weight just 10 ounces

marmoset

500

Founded in 1900, this model train company introduced its switch tower accessory & its porthole window caboose in the '50s

Lionel

500

As Homer Simpson said, "In this house we obey the laws of" this relationship between heat & mechanical energy

thermodynamics

500

That's a tough choice to make: "On the horns of..."

a dilemma

500

This state's "Chile Capital of the World" plate won America's Best License Plate Award for 2017

New Mexico