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Last Week's Quiz

Created by Eli Robinson
Edited by Jonpaul Guinn

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  • Submit your answers by 7:44pm ET 8/31/26
  • Don't cheat. Cheating is bad. Using Google/AI/ChatGPT/Gemini IS cheating.
  • Trivia graders don't care about spelling (but try your hardest)
  • No negative points for incorrect responses (so guess to your heart's content)
  • Email [email protected] for clarification on any questions

Teachers are always trying to get their students to retain information, so they often turn to the old trick of using a mnemonic.

A mnemonic is any memory tool or technique that helps you retain or retrieve information. By associating complex data with easily remembered patterns, rhymes, or acronyms, your brain can quickly recall facts that are otherwise difficult to memorize.



As we get ready to head back to school, we wanted to see if you can remember the ways you used to remember.

MISCELLANEOUS Q1. Prism People: For how rare it is that we get a chance to see a rainbow, it’s amazing that basically everyone can remember its seven colors. That’s, of course, because their first letters spell out what imaginary man’s name?



SOCIAL STUDIES Q2. Columbus Crossing: People have a really hard time remembering the year that any historical event happened. Yet, our teachers made sure that we all remember that what year is when Columbus sailed the ocean blue?



MISCELLANEOUS Q3. Divvying Days: The 365 days of the year are separated basically arbitrarily into twelve months, ergo we need some way to keep track of how many days each has. What month follows “30 days hath” as the first mentioned in the saying?



SOCIAL STUDIES Q4. Many Marriages: “Divorced, Beheaded, Died; Divorced, Beheaded, Survived” isn’t the standard character arc on “White Lotus” or even the stages of trying to assemble IKEA furniture as a couple. Rather it’s the six outcomes for the marriages of what royal?



SOCIAL STUDIES Q5. Abode Areas: Cleveland, Chicago, and Toronto are all wonderful places to own homes. HOMES is also one way to remember what geographic region where all three locales are found?



MISCELLANEOUS Q6. Overridden Orders: When I was growing up, it was “My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas,” but thanks to a controversial early 2000s IAU ruling, the order of what things is now “My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos”?



MISCELLANEOUS Q7. Math Memories: The loquacious amongst us were always partial to “Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally.” For brevity, PEMDAS was your math teacher’s favorite way to drill what particularly useful sequence?



WORD PLAY Q8. Good Grammar: Schoolhouse Rock spoke of a particular junction’s function, but Gen Z used “FANBOYS” for the same topic. What grammatical device, used in the previous sentence, are we talking about?



SCIENCE & TECH Q9. Souper Sayings: “King Philip Came Over For Good Soup” isn’t simply an exciting recap of your weekend’s culinary adventures. Rather your biology teacher may have used this to keep all the organisms straight. What’s the “G” in “Good” stand for?



FINE ARTS Q10. Making Music: I’ve heard “Every Good Boy Does Fine” as well as “Even George Bush Drives Funny” as the way to remember the lines on which clef: treble or bass?



TIEBREAKER Talking Time: “Spring forward, fall back” is everyone’s favorite way to keep track of which way the clock moves when. Between fall 2025 and spring 2026, how many days did the U.S. spend in standard time?

Quiz is closed and your answers are now locked! Graders are grading and results will be sent on 8/31/26