MNEMONIC'S REVEALED
2. Roy G. Biv - Kermits big hit "RAINBOW Connection" clues us in that the colors of the rainbow in order are Red, Orange, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet.
3. HOMES - There could be a lot of residences on the shores of the great lakes - Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior.
4. Mercury's Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nine Potatoes - One would have to know the solar system from one end to the other to get this one from Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, to Pluto.
5. Turn the letters D and B on their sides. - you ought to know your camels whether they are laying on their sides or standing up. A Dromedary Camel has ONE hump. A Bactrian Camel has TWO
6. May I have a large container of apples. - This phrase is not for gathering pastry filling but rather to remember the important numerical value "pi" - 3.1415926 which corresponds to the the number of letters in each word.
I am impressed with all of you who knew the answers. I must say Dallin is working hard to figure out the power ranger riddle!!!!
ReplyDeleteWe, thank goodness mb is on my side got all of them except the last two. The camel one is cool, but there is no way to get that unless you already knew it and the pi one was really cool I thought. thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteI am glad you thought the last one for pi was cool. Actually, the way the traditional Mnemonic has one asking for a CONTAINER OF "COFFEE". I got creative to find another 6 letter word and finally thought of "APPLES". With the connection with "pie" actually, I think it may be more clever than the original.
ReplyDeleteSmart dad and smart kids!! I won't disclose how many I got - but I was close on the camel one (jk)!!
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