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Quiz questions and fun facts: Sample memory joggers
algebra
To remember the order of operations in complex algebraic or numerical expressions:
Bless my dear Aunt Sally!
Brackets, multiply, divide, add, subtract
kings and queens
To remember the order of the kings and queens of England from William the Conqueror to George VI:
Willie, Willie, Harry, Stee,
Harry, Dick, John, Harry Three,
One, Two, Three Neds, Richard Two,
Harry Four, Five, Six. Then who?
Edward Four, Five, Dick the Bad,
Harrys twain and Ned the Lad,
Mary, Bessie, James the Vain,
Charlie, Charlie, James again.
William and Mary, Anna Gloria,
Four Georges, William, and Victoria.
Edward Seventh next, and then
George the Fifth in 1910.
Edward the Eighth soon abdicated
And so a George was reinstated.
planets
To remember the order of the planets, outwards from the Sun:
My very educated mother just served us nine pies
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
salts
To create a salt:
If a soluble salt you wish to provide,
You first on the acid settle;
Then neutralize with the proper oxide,
Hydroxide, carbonate, or metal
But if the salt will not dissolve,
A simpler means you'll try:
Precipitate it, you resolve,
Then filter, wash, and dry
Ten Commandments
To remember the Ten Commandments:
Good Inns Vigorously Serve Ready Meals And Sandwiches For Evenings
To have no Gods besides Jehovah
To make no Idols
Not to take God's name in Vain
To keep the Sabbath holy
To Respect one's parents
Not to commit Murder
Not to commit Adultery
Not to Steal
Not to accuse anyone Falsely
Not to Envy anyone else's possessions
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