Tele-Trivia: Mnemonics
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Directions: Answer these questions about mnemonic devices.
Background
A “mnemonic” or “mnemonic device” is a tool to help us memorize lists or sequences. In mathematics, the phrase “Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally” or the word “PEMDAS” are used to help us remember the order of operations: Parentheses, then Exponents, then Multiply or Divide, then Add or Subtract.

In this astronomy mnemonic, what planet does “Mother” represent?
"My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos"
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In this physics/art mnemonic, what does “York” represent?
"Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain"
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In this U.S. geography mnemonic, what does the letter “M” represent?
"HOMES"
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fIn this psychology mnemonic, what does “Brings” represent?
"Death Always Brings Great Acceptance"
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In this world geography mnemonic, what country does “Very” represent?
“Boring, Average Politics Can Become Very Corrupt. People Everywhere Get Used Sometimes”
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This mnemonic is used in biology to represent the order of taxa. “Philip” stands for “Phylum.” What does “Soup” represent?
"Dear King Philip Came Over For Good Soup"
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This mnemonic is used in medicine to represent the organ systems of the human body. “C” stands for “Circulatory.” What does “R” stand for (name either possible answer)?
“NICER DRUMS”
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This mnemonic is used in measurement to represent the prefixes of the metric system in order. “Chocolate” stands for “centi-”. What does “Henry” stand for in this mnemonic?
“King Henry Died Drinking Chocolate Milk”
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This mnemonic is used in geology to remember early geological periods. “Joints” stands for “Jurassic.” What do any of the other words in the mnemonic represent?
“Pregnant Camels Ordinarily Sit Down Carefully, Perhaps Their Joints Creak”
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This mnemonic is used in geology to remember the Mohs scale of mineral hardness. “Quaint” stands for “Quartz.” What do any of the other words in the mnemonic represent?
“Terrible Giants Can Find Alligators Or Quaint Trolls Conveniently Digestible”
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Which of these music mnemonics represents the strings of a guitar in order?
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Which of these history mnemonics represents the British royal families in order?
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Which of these chemistry mnemonics represents the abundance of elements in earth’s crust (from most abundant to least abundant)?
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BONUS QUESTIONS
In the UK, they use “BIDMAS” instead of ‘PEMDAS” to remember their mathematical order of operations. What do the “B” or the “I” stand for?
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What does this mnemonic help you to remember?
"Memory Needs Every Method Of Nurturing Its Capacity"
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