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From: jrrt@hogpd.UUCP (R.MITCHELL)
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Subject: More mnemonics
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Date: Mon, 20-Feb-84 15:04:29 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 20 15:04:29 1984
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In the March 1980 issue of OMNI, Scot Morris devoted half his Games
column to a quiz on mnemonics.  The following is lifted without
permission from that column; see how many you can identify.  Answers
will be posted in a week.

 1) Roy G. Biv
 2) Spring forward, fall back.
 3) Every good boy deserves favor.
 4) Do men ever visit Boston?
 5) Red right returning.
 6) Some officers have curly auburn hair to offer attraction.
 7) Never lower Tillie's pants; Mother might come home.
 8) My very earnest mother just served us nine pickles.
 9) King Philip came over for good soup.
    Alternate: Kindly place cover on fresh, green, spicy vegatables.
10) HOMES
11) Palaces evoke opulent memories of a plundered past.
12) D.C. Van Dissel
13) Bad boys...
14) Tall gyroscopes can fly apart, orbiting quickly to complete
    disintegration.
15) Camels often sit down carefully.  Perhaps their joints creak? 
    Possibly, early oiling might prevent permanent rheumatism.
16) How I wish I could recollect of circle round the exact relation
    Archimede unwound.
17) PAIL
18) Can dead men vote twice?
19) Bless my dear Aunt Sally.
20) On old Olympus' treeless tops
    A fat-assed German vends some hops.