This earlier piece about UK cities contains mnemonics to remind me of the places in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland that have official City Status. Most of the following 1,100 words deal with the 51 cities in England. English cities by Region Once again, my starting point was this list on Wikipedia: List of cities… Continue reading Quiz Research and Mnemonics: UK Cities, part 2 (England and its 51 cities)
In the last few weeks, several quiz shows on British TV have featured questions about UK cities. Three jackpot rounds in the latest series of “Tenable” have been based on the subject, but none of the teams could come up with the required 10 answers. If any of them had, they would have won some… Continue reading Quiz Research and Mnemonics: UK Cities, Part 1 (Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
Geography doesn’t stand still. When I was a boy the Soviet Union (or USSR, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) counted as one country with one capital city (Moscow). After the break-up of the Soviet Union, it split into many more countries. How many, exactly? I didn’t know until very recently so looked it up.… Continue reading A mnemonic for the former Soviet Union
Today is the day of the EU Referendum. The UK electorate is voting on whether to remain in the EU or to leave. Yesterday evening the group stage of the 2016 European Football Championships (Euro 2016 for short) came to an end. We now know the 16 teams who will play in the knock-out rounds… Continue reading Euro 2016, the EU, and some mnemonics
This weekend of events commemorating the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death is drawing to a close. There are 37 plays in the Complete Works of Shakespeare. Can you name them all? If so, how do you remember them? If not, and you would like some suggestions, my mnemonics are given below. [Digressions appear in square… Continue reading Shakespeare Mnemonics
The Trivia Menu (here) gives an introduction to how I have acquired certain bits of information over the years and lists some favourite quiz questions. This piece gives my mnemonics for remembering all 50 US States and the State Capitals. Over the years other people have asked me for it, right up to last week… Continue reading Trivia Mnemonics (US States and Capitals)
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