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10 Average Questions about Mnemonics

Mnemonics are devices used to remember things. Most commonly, a mnemonic will use the first letter of each word in a list, creating a poem or pithy saying with those letters as the initial letters of each word. Can you guess who uses these mnemonics?

A multiple-choice quiz by crisw. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
crisw

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
86,048

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
2300

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Roy G. Biv. Hint

Dentist

Farmer

Auto mechanic

Meteorologist

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Question 2 of 10

2. Every Good Boy Does Fine Hint

Doctor

Construction worker

Policeman

Music teacher

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Question 3 of 10

3. King Phillip came over from great Scotland. Hint

Zoologist

Pilot

Plumber

Carpenter

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Question 4 of 10

4. Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally. Hint

Mathematician

Director

Astrologer

Mortician

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Question 5 of 10

5. My very educated mother just sent us nine pickles. (Accurate 1930-2006.) Hint

Taxi driver

Physicist

Botanist

Astronomer

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Question 6 of 10

6. Bad beer rots our young guts, but vodka goes well. Hint

Electrician

Woodworker

Dog trainer

Computer programmer

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Question 7 of 10

7. Sam's horse must eat oats. Hint

Geographer

Actor

Baker

Author

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Question 8 of 10

8. Really sick children must take no exercise. Hint

PE teacher

Biologist

Cheesemaker

Pediatrician

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Question 9 of 10

9. Never eat Shredded Wheat. Hint

Cook

Stenographer

Keypunch operator

Cartographer

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Question 10 of 10

10. To Zanzibar by motor car. Hint

Chemist

Costume designer

Anatomist

Landscaper

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Roy G. Biv.

Answer: Meteorologist

Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet- the colors, in order, of the rainbow.

2. Every Good Boy Does Fine

Answer: Music teacher

They are the notes which fall on the lines in the treble clef.

3. King Phillip came over from great Scotland.

Answer: Zoologist

The order of scientific nomenclature- Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.

4. Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally.

Answer: Mathematician

The order of mathematical operations- Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction.

5. My very educated mother just sent us nine pickles. (Accurate 1930-2006.)

Answer: Astronomer

The planets, from nearest to farthest from the Sun - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto. In 2006, a new definition of what defines a planet, as opposed to any of the other objects orbiting our sun, led to the reclassification of Pluto as a dwarf planet.

6. Bad beer rots our young guts, but vodka goes well.

Answer: Electrician

The order of color bands and their values on a resistor, from smallest to largest- Black, Brown, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet, Gray, White.

7. Sam's horse must eat oats.

Answer: Geographer

The Great Lakes, in order of size- Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie, Ontario.

8. Really sick children must take no exercise.

Answer: Pediatrician

This one is clever! It describes on what day after infection the rash of some common childhood diseases appears. Day 1-Rubella. Day 2- Smallpox and scarlet fever. Day 3- Chickenpox. Day 4- Measles. Day 5- Typhus. Day 6- Nothing. Day 7- Enteric fever.

9. Never eat Shredded Wheat.

Answer: Cartographer

The directions on a map, in order- North East South West.

10. To Zanzibar by motor car.

Answer: Anatomist

The branches of the facial nerve- temporal, zygomatic, buccal, marginal mandibular and cervical.

Source: Author crisw

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