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1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21    are all    Fibonacci Sequence Numbers Any term is the sum of the two previous terms

-2, -46, 0, 17    are all    Integers Integers are …-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3, … and do not include any fractions or decimals

√2, Π, E, √7    are all    Irrational Numbers Numbers which cannot be expressed as a simple ratio of a/b

3 Preludes for Piano, Porgy & Bess, An American in Paris    are all    Compositions by Gershwin

19, 37, 73, 97    are all    Prime Numbers Prime numbers are only divisible by themselves and 1

20, 24, 27, 28    are all    Composite Numbers

20th Century Fox, Back Door Man, Soul Kitchen    are all    Songs by The Doors

2/3, 5.6325, 18, -3    are all    Rational Numbers Any number that can be expressed as the ratio a/b, as long as b≠0

32, 0, 273    are all    Freezing Points of Water In Farenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin respectively

39 Steps, Rebecca, To Catch a Thief    are all    Films Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

4-2, 6-1, 5-1    are all    Volleyball Formations 4-2 is the basic formation for beginners with two setters and four hitters.

162, 415, 741, 2088    are all    Numbers Divisible by 3 To determine if a number is divisible by 3, check if the sum of its digits is divisible by three

212, 100, 373    are all    Boiling Points of Water In Farenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin respectively

216, 343, 512, 729    are all    Perfect Cubes If you memorize the cubes of 1-10, mathdrew will show you an impressive parlor trick whereby you can ask someone to choose a number from 1 to 100, then cube it, and then as soon as they tell you the impossibly large number, you will produce the cube root of that number flawlessly and effortlessly like a mathemagician/prodigy

245, 400,715, 2000    are all    Numbers Divisible by 5 Only numbers ending in “0” or “5” are divisible by 5

300, 574, 938, 7136    are all    Numbers Divisible by 2 To determine if a number is divisible by 2, the last digit must be even (0, 2, 4, 6, or 8)

310, 213, 949, 714, 818    are all    Area Codes for S. Calif. Phone Numbers

484, 1331, 6655, 82522    are all    Numbers Divisible by 11 Only when the difference between the sum of the 1st, 3rd, 5th, etc digits and the sum of the 2nd, 4th, 6th, etc. digits is a multiple of 11 (including “0”) is the original number divisible by 11

576, 625, 676, 1024    are all    Perfect Squares

98.6, 37, 310    are all    Human Body Temperatures In Farenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin respectively

1000 Airplanes on the Roof, Einstein on the Beach, Monsters of Grace    are all    Operas by Glass

1776, 1789, 1917, 1959, 1978    are all    Years of Revolutions The American, French, Russian, Cuban, and Iranian/Islamic revolutions... respectively

-459.67, -273, 0    are all    Absolute Zero Theoretically the temperature at which all atomic and molecular motion is frozen still

5-12-13, 3-4-5, 8-15-17, 7-24-25    are all    Pythagorean Triplets These triplets of numbers hold true for the lengths of the three sides of right triangles only!!! Recall that the Pythagorean Theorem states that: (Leg#1)^2 + (Leg#2)^2 = (Hypotenuse)^2

10-24-26, 6-8-10, 80-150-170, 14,48,50    are all    Multiples of Pythagorean Triplets

1,1,2,3,5,8    are all    Fibonacci Sequence Numbers A special sequence of numbers whose terms are the sum of the two previous terms

A, B, AB, O    are all    Bloodtypes In Japan, asking someone their bloodtype is akin to asking Westerners their astrological signs

Abeille, Papillon, Mouche    are all    French Insects Bee, Butterfly and Fly respectively

A, C, D, E, K    are all    Vitamins Vitamins can either be "fat soluble" or "water soluble" .... Vitamin C is water soluble, meaning that the human body will take just as much as it needs and dispose of the excess ... so take as much as you like especially when sick ... But beware of fat soluble vitamins, as excess amounts are stored within the body and may lead to toxification in overdosages

Adams, Eisenstaedt, Stieglitz, Rowell    are all    Male Photographers Ansel Adams is famous for his majestic black and white photos of Yosemite Park and many other natural settings ... Galen Rowell if also famous for awe-inspiring natural photographs - yet his are in color

Addison’s, Thyroiditis, Diabetes    are all    Diseases of the Endocrine System

Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine, Thymine    are all    DNA Bases

Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine, Uracil    are all    RNA Bases RNA acts as a messenger between DNA and Ribosomes

Ad Hominem, Testimonial, Card-Stacking, Bandwagon    are all    Propaganda Techniques

Adjacent, Vertical, Complementary, Supplementary    are all    Angles Studied in Geometry Two complementary angles add up to 90 degrees

Adler, Horney, Klein, Jung, Rogers    are all    Freud’s Disciples/Psychoanalytic Pioneers

Aebleskivers, Herring Frikadeller, Smorrebrod    are all    Danish Foods Sample in Copenhagen, Denmark or Solvang, California

A, E, I, O, U, H, K, L, M, N, P, W    are all    Letters in the Hawaiian Alphabet They never use two consonants together

Ah Satan Sees Natasha, Senile Felines, Do Geese See God?    are all    Palindromes Sentences that read the same forwards or backwards

Aigle, Milan, Pygargue a Tete Blanche    are all    French Birds of Prey Eagle, Kite and Bald Eagle respectively

Aigu, Grave, Circonflex    are all    French Accent Marks Accent Aigu points to the front of the word, accent grave points to the end of the word, and accent circonflex looks like the carrot symbol "^"

Ain’t That A Shame, California Man, I Want You To Want Me    are all    Songs by Cheap Trick Check out their "Live at Budokhan" album

Akira, Nagisa, Yoji, Takeshi    are all    Japanese Film Directors

Alameda, Calaveras, Humboldt, Kern    are all    Counties in California Another county in California - San Bernardino county - is the largest county in the entire contiguous U.S.

AL, AR, MS, LA    are all    Southern States Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana respectively y'all

Alba, Berry, Johansson, Jolie, Knightley, Kidman    are all    Female Sex Symbols of the 1990’s & 2000’s

Albee, Fugard, Hansberry, Mamet, Shepard    are all    20th Century Playwrights

Albright, Rice    are all    U.S. Secretaries of State (females)

Alecto, Tisiphone, Megaera    are all    The Furies From Greek Mythology

Alan Hale Jr., Tina Louise, Bob Denver    are all    Actors from Gilligan’s Island

Alice, Trixie, Ed, Ralph    are all    Characters on “The Honeymooners” Aka The Jackie Gleason Show

Allemagne, Etats Unis, Angleterre    are all    French Country Names Germany, United States, and England respectively

Allen, Bell, Bush, Faulk, Dorsett    are all    Football Running Backs Of course O.J. Simpson was a famous one too .... but unfortunately he dirtied up his own name and reputation ... he's reputed to have been heard round the Christmas Tree singing "I'm Dreaming of a White .... Girlfriend"

Allentown, Erie, Hershey    are all    Cities in Pennsylvania Yes, the worlwide Hershey headquarters is located in Hershey, Pennsylvania, complete with street lamposts where the lights are fashioned into the shape of Hershey Kisses

Alphabet Street, Batdance, Paisley Park    are all    Songs by Prince Two other great songs by Prince are "Kiss" and "Another Hole in your head"

Alsace-Lorraine, Rhone-Alps    are all    Regions in Eastern France

Al Scates, Andy Banakowski    are all    UCLA Volleyball Coaches Al Scates has won more National Championships than the reknown John Wooden in his career at UCLA which began in 1962 … his lifetime win percentage is .843 as of 2007 … 19 national championships

Amelia Goes to the Ball, The Telephone, Amahl and the Night Visitors    are all    Operas by Menotti

Amundsen, Peary, Cook, Scott    are all    Polar Explorers

Andalucia, Murcia    are all    Regions in Southern Spain

Anderson, Sills, Te Kanawa, Callas    are all    Opera Sopranos/Divas

Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Jane Seymour, Catherine Parr    are all    Wives of King Henry VIII And of course also Anne Boleyn

Anne Sexton, Sandra Cisneros, Rita Dove, Sylvia Plath    are all    Female American Poets If you have not already, PLEASE read some of the works - ANY of the works - of Anne Sexton .... she's an AMAZING American Poet and also a College Professor

Anura, Caudata    are all    Amphibian Orders

Anvil, Cochlea, Stirrup, Hammer    are all    Parts of the Inner Ear

APAB, APBC    are all    Levels of U.S. High School Calculus (for College Credit)

Apache Rose Peacock, Road Trippin’, Under the Bridge    are all    Songs by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Apia, Majuro, Koror, Honiara    are all    Oceania Capitals

Appalacian Suite, Rodeo, El Salon Mexico    are all    Compositions by Copland

Apse, Transept, Nave, Sacristy    are all    Parts of a Cathedral

Aramis, Porthos, Athos    are all    The Three Musketeers

Arbus, Leibovitz, Geddes, Lange, Cunningham    are all    Female Photographers

Artic, Timber, Aard    are all    Wolves The Aardwolf is a striped, maned wolf from Africa

Ashanti, Bantu, Xhosa, Kwale, Yoruba    are all    African Tribal Groups

Ashtabula, Trumbull, Cuyahoga, Miami    are all    Counties in Ohio

Asian, Forest, African    are all    Elephants

Astrud, New Day For You, Promises    are all    Songs by Basia Basia hit the music scene in the 1980's and has an interesting background of England and Eastern Europe in her blood .... check out her song "Astrud" where she goes Brazillian

Atlatl, Catapult, Sling    are all    Projectile Weapons

Atropos, Clotho, Lachesis    are all    The Fates From Greek Mythology

Augustus, Tacitus, Hadrian, Caligula    are all    Roman Emperors Caligula had a mounting collection of "toys in his attic" evidenced by his promoting his horse to the position of General in his army (the other evidence is not allowed on this family site)

Auk, Moa, Kipi    are all    Extinct Birds The Dodo & Passenger Pigeon are 2 others

Aurora, Golden, Cripple Creek, Durango    are all    Cities in Colorado

Austin Powers, Meet the Parents, Recount    are all    Films Directed by Jay Roach Jay Roach is married to the lead guitarist/singer of the 1980's all-girl band The Bangles

Aymara, Guarani, Quechuas, Xucuru    are all    South American Tribal Groups

Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Holstein-Friesian    are all    Dairy Cattle

AZ, NV, OR    are all    California Border States Arizona, Nevada, and Oregon respectively

Babe, The Grand Illusion, Lady    are all    Songs by Styx Come Sail Away was perhaps their biggest song

Baby Dodds, Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich, Art Blakey    are all    Jazz Drummers

Bacchante, Tosspot, Dipsomaniac    are all    Names for Drunks Also “Souse”

Back Check, Capstan Screw, Wippen, Felt    are all    Parts of a Piano’s Action The red felt that you see inside any piano is actually there to mute the sounds the striking hammers make when the "Soft" pedal is depressed

Bactrian, Dromedary    are all    Camels Not only are their humps fat (not stored water), but camels can drink up to twenty gallons of water at a time, and have exceedingly long eyelashes as adpatations to desert sandstorms

Balance of Terror, Mutually Assured Destruction, Deterrence    are all    Cold War Terms

Balboa, Cordoba, Real, Guarani, Sol    are all    Latin American Currencies

Baldy, Lassen, Mammoth    are all    Californian Mountains Mount Whitney is also in California and has the distinction of being the tallest mountain in the contiguous U.S. - only Mt. McKinley of Alaska is taller

Balearic, Majorca, Minorca, Canary    are all    Islands off Spain

Baltimore & Ohio, Orange Blossom Special, Tokyo-Osaka, California Zephyr    are all    Trains/Railway Lines Also the Southern Pacific in the US and the Orient Express in Eurasia

Bangers, Faggots, Spotted Dick, Cranachan    are all    English Foods

Banjar, Dayak, Korowai, Punan,    are all    Indonesian Tribal Groups

Banquo, Macduff, Duncan    are all    Characters in Macbeth

Bantang, Sulawesi, Waigeo    are all    Indonesian Islands

Baraboo, Oshkosh, Tomahawk    are all    Cities in Wisconsin

Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Contemporary    are all    Musical Periods/Movements

Barrie, Carroll, Grimm, Anderson, Potter    are all    Authors of Classic Children’s Books

Barry Goldwater, Diane Feinstein, Ted Kennedy, Barbara Boxer    are all    U.S. Senators There are 2 senators elected from each of the 50 states – each for a 6-year term

The Bartered Bride, The Kiss, The Two Widows    are all    Operas by Smetana

Barton Fink, Miller’s Crossing, Fargo    are all    Films Directed by the Coen Brothers

Basenji, Borzoi, Keeshund, Vizsla    are all    Dog Breeds

Bauhaus, Rococo, Gothic, Georgian    are all    Architectural Styles

Baylor, Bowie, Gonzales, Lamar, Hidalgo    are all    Counties in Texas

B.B., Billie Jean, Martin Luther    are all    Kings

BC Vest, Regulator, Hood    are all    Scuba-Diving Gear

Bear Bryant, Knute Rockne, Woody Hayes, Joe Paterno    are all    College Football Coaches

Beelzebub, Mephistopheles, Asmodeus    are all    Names for the Devil Of course "satan" is perhaps the most popular ... which surprisingly morphs into "santa"

Belmopan, Tegucigalpa, San Jose    are all    Central American Capitals

Belushi, Akyroyd, Murray, Chase    are all    Original SNL Actors Some later started the popular House of Blues

Be, Mg, Ca, Sr    are all    Alkali Earth Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Calcium, and Strontium, respectively, can all be found in the 2nd column (Period) of the Periodic Table

Bend, Brookings, Dundee    are all    Cities in Oregon

Bernini, Caravaggio, Rubens    are all    Baroque Artists Started in the 17th Century in Europe, and featured strong emotions and dramatic lighting

Bertolucci, Fellini, Antonioni    are all    Italian Film Directors

Big Blue Sea, Bullets, Under My Skin    are all    Songs by Bob Schneider He's got a bit of a rough edge to his voice which makes him stand apart from so many other male vocalists ... though not as raspy as Tom Waits

The Big Bopper, Richie Valens, Buddy Holly    are all    Rock Stars Who Perished Together in a Plane Crash

Billy Budd, The Turn of The Screw, Peter Grimes    are all    Operas by Britten

Bird, Cummings, Aguirre, Laettner, Kemp    are all    Basketball Forwards Larry Bird was the star Forward for the Boston Celtics for his career in the NBA

Bireme, Argosy, Carrack, Dhow, Barkantine    are all    Boats

Bixby, Norman, Andarko    are all    Cities in Oklahoma

Black Cow, Peg, Hey Nineteen, Josie    are all    Songs by Steely Dan

Blackfriars, Brunel’s, Millennium    are all    English Bridges

Blowfish, Scorpionfish, Stonefish,    are all    Poisonous Fish

Blue Nile, Birbir, Tekeze    are all    Ethiopian Rivers

Blue Nile, White Nile, Nile    are all    Sudanese Rivers

Bodhran, Ashiko, Taiko, Kettle,    are all    Drums

Boffers, Thompson, Beretta, Gatling    are all    Guns Named After Their Inventors

Boggs, Cey, Pendleton, Schmidt    are all    Baseball Third Basemen

Bolle, Serengeti, Persol, Maui Jim    are all    Brands of Sunglasses Ray Ban is another very popular brand

Bonobos, Chimps, Orangutans, Gorillas    are all    Primates Bonobos are a smaller version of chimpanzees .... and hence slightly more manageable / human friendly for zoos

Boom Boom Out Go the Lights, Crash & Burn, Snortin’ Whiskey    are all    Songs by Pat Travers Band Great Rock band out of Canada - popular in the early 1980's - Pat Travers can shred a screaming guitar solo!!

Boomslang, Mamba, Rinkhal    are all    African Snakes The Black Mamba has been reported to be able to outrun man ...

Borges, Fuentes, Vargas Llosa, Gabriel Marquez    are all    20th Century S. American Novelists Gabriel Marquez has two outstanding books: "Love in the Time of Cholera" and also "One Hundred Years of Sollitude"

Boris Gudunov, Peter the Great, Ivan IV    are all    Russian Rulers

Boro, Fon, Santa Ana, Sirocco, Mistral    are all    Winds Also “The Hawk”

Borsolino, Porkpie, Panama, Beret    are all    Hats

Botulism, Shigella, Listeria    are all    Diseases Transmitted by Poisoned Food The dreaded E Coli Bacteria is another passed on through improperly washed foods or improperly heated foods

Boureki, Dolmades, Horiatiki, Gyros, Tzatziki    are all    Greek Foods

Box, Snapping, Leatherback, Hawksbill    are all    Turtles

Boycott, Cardigan, Leotard, Sandwich    are all    Eponyms Things named after the people who invented them

Bradshaw, Namath, Montana, Elway    are all    Football Quarterbacks

Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva    are all    Hindu Trinity

Brain, Fan, Staghorn    are all    Corals

Brando, Dean, Hudson, Mitchum    are all    Male Sex Symbols of the 1950’s

Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo, Jason    are all    Marsalis Brothers American Jazz Instrumentalists

Braun, Wahl, Remington    are all    Men’s Shavers

Breshnev, Andropov, Chernenko    are all    Russian Leaders Preceeding Gorbachev

Bridges of Madison County, Mystic River, Firefox    are all    Films Directed by Clint Eastwood

Brine, Olympia, Markwort, Mikasa    are all    Brands of Soccer Balls

Brioni, Castangia, Canali, Corneliani    are all    Italian Suit Designers

Brisbane, Cairns, Townsville    are all    Cities in Queensland Australia

Brittany, Aquitaine, Pays-de-la-Loire    are all    Regions in Western France

Broad, Will Rogers State, Venice, Dockweiler    are all    California Beaches

Brooks, Skaggs, Nelson, Parton    are all    Country/Western Music Singers

Brown Bess, Long Tom, Big Bertha    are all    Guns

Brown, Harrick, Bartow, Wooden    are all    UCLA Basketball Coaches

Brown, Tiger, Taipan    are all    Australian Snakes

Bruins, Kings, Clippers, Trojans    are all    Los Angeles Sports Teams Also of course the Lakers and Dodgers

Bryde’s, Sei, Northern Right, Pilot, Minke,    are all    Whales

Bukowski, Soto, Collins, Cummings, Hughes    are all    Male American Poets

Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Fort Sumter, Appomattox    are all    Famous Battles of The American Civil War

Bump, Pass, Set, Spike    are all    Volleyball Terms

Bunche, Powell, URL, Boelter, Kinsey,Ackerman, Dodd, Franz, Knudsen, Murphy, Royce, Schoenberg    are all    UCLA Buildings

Burma Shave, Blue Valentine, Drunk On The Moon    are all    Songs by Tom Waits

Burrowing, Northern Spotted, Barn, Great Horned    are all    Owls

Bushman, Valentino, Fairbanks    are all    Male Sex Symbols of the Silent Screen

Butte, Missoula, Billings    are all    Cities in Montana

Cable, Fathom, Knots    are all    Nautical Measures

C++, ADA, ALGOL, COBOL, APL    are all    Computer Programming Languages

C, A, F, E    are all    Notes Between the Treble Clef Lines

CA, HI, OR    are all    Western U.S. States

Calabash, Calamet, Hookah, Peace    are all    Smoking Pipes

Calabria, Sicilia, Campania    are all    Regions in Southern Italy

Calais, Normandy, Picardy    are all    Regions in Northern France

California, Florida, Montana, Nevada    are all    US States Named After Spanish Words

Calloway, Hines, Goodman, Shaw, Dorsey, Miller    are all    Big Band Leaders from the 1930’s

Calloway, Titleist, Pinnacle, Top Flight,    are all    Brands of Golf Balls

Calyx, Sepal, Pedicel, Pistil, Stamen    are all    Flower Parts

Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu    are all    Charlie’s Angels (Movie)

Camion, Voiture, Avion, Bateau    are all    French Vehicles

Canary in a Coalmine, Bombs Away, Murder By Numbers    are all    Songs by The Police

Cao Dai, Buddhism, Shintoism, Taoism,    are all    Far Eastern Religions

Capybara, Beaver, Porcupines    are all    Larger Rodents

Cardamon, Tumeric, Cloves, Anise, Cumin    are all    Spices

Carew, Robinson, Alomar, Hubbard    are all    Baseball Second Basemen

Caribou, Bangor, Lewiston    are all    Cities in Maine

Carina, Centaurus, Andromeda    are all    Southern Hemisphere Constellations

Carlsbad, Fort Bragg, Eureka, Crescent City    are all    Cities Along California’s Coast

Car Nicobar, Little Andaman, Monroe    are all    Indian Islands

Carry On My Wayward Son, Point of No Return, Hold On    are all    Songs by Kansas

Cartier, Champlain, La Salle, Jolliet    are all    French Explorers

Casio, Texas Instruments, Hewlett-Packard    are all    Calculator Makers

Castilla Leon, Extremadura    are all    Regions in Western Spain

Castles Made of Sand, Dolly Dagger, Room Full of Mirrors    are all    Songs by Jimi Hendrix

Cataract, Herniorraphy, Dental Extraction    are all    Common Surgeries

Cauchy, Newton, Riemann, Gauss, Leibniz    are all    Mathematicians Contributing Greatly to Calculus

Cerberus, Checkers, Mafia, Fala    are all    Famous Dogs

Cezanne, Van Gogh, Gaughin    are all    Postimpressionist Artists Term coined by Roger Fry referring to 19th century painters dissatisfied with the limitations of expressionism

Chamberlin, Jabbar, Ming, Ewing    are all    Basketball Centers

Chambord, Fontainebleau, Rambouillet, Chenonceau    are all    French Chateaux

Channel, Anacapa, San Miguel, Santa Rosa    are all    California Islands Offshore Also Catalina of course

Chaussette, Gant, Ceinture    are all    French Clothing

Chelsea, Soho, West End, Piccadily    are all    Districts of London

Chet Atkins, Paco De Lucia, Joe Pass, Lee Ritenour    are all    Jazz Guitarists

Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan, Miles Davis,    are all    Big Band Leaders from the 1950’s

Chickering, Bosendorfer, Baldwin, Kawai    are all    Pianos

Chisholm, Goodnight, Santa Fe, Oregon    are all    Famous Trails of the American West

Chiton, Cucumber, Limpet, Wintletrap    are all    Tidepool Creatures

Chlamydia, Papillomavirus, Trichomoniasis    are all    Diseases Transmitted Sexually

Choctaw, Cherokee, Catawba, Seminole    are all    Native Southeast American Indians

Chord, Secant, Tangent    are all    Lines/Segments Touching a Circle Obviously, “radius” and “diameter” as well

Chris Botti, Maynard Ferguson, Chuck Mangione    are all    Jazz Trumpeters

Christine Sixteen, Hotter Than Hell, Rocket Ride    are all    Songs by Kiss

Chuck E’s in Love, Rorschachs, It Must Be Love    are all    Songs by Rickie Lee Jones

Circle, Parabola, Hyperbola, Ellipse    are all    Conic Sections These are shapes that can be sliced from a cone (or pair of cones)

City of Women, Nights of Cabiria, And the Ship Sails On    are all    Films Directed by Federico Fellini

Clarence, Parramatta and Georges    are all    Australian Rivers Actually, all types of New South Wales Rivers

Clavichord, Hammered Dulcimer, Harpsichord    are all    Piano Relatives

Cl, F, Br, I    are all    Halogens

Cliburn, Addabo, Serkin    are all    Pianists Specializing in Brahms

Clouded, Snow, Common    are all    Leopards

C, N, O, H, P, S    are all    Non-metals

Collard Greens, Chit’lins, Grits, Hominy, Gumbo    are all    U.S. Southern Food Dishes

College Station, Galveston, Earth    are all    Cities in Texas

Colossus of Rhodes, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Lighthouse at Alexandria    are all    Three of the Seven Wonders of the World

Come Down in Time, Levon, Mona Lisas & Mad Hatters    are all    Songs by Elton John

Come Together, Big Ten Inch, Toys in the Attic    are all    Songs by Aerosmith

Commutative, Associative, Distributive    are all    Properties of Algebra Commutative and Associative apply to both addition and multiplication, but not subtraction or division

Concerto for 2 Mandolins, Le Quattro Stagioni, The Faithful Shepherd    are all    Compositions by Vivaldi

Connery, Travolta, Reynolds, Redford, Newman    are all    Male Sex Symbols of the 1970’s

Conquest, Famine, Pestilence, Death    are all    Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Cool The Engines, Amanda, Foreplay    are all    Songs by Boston

Coq, Dinde, Canard    are all    French Farm Birds

Cor Anglais, Shawm, Arghul, Bansouri, Ryuteki    are all    Woodwind Instruments

Corso, Ginsberg, Ferlinghetti    are all    Beat Generation Poets

Cosecant, Cotangent, Cosine    are all    The Trigonometric Cofunctions

Cosmo, Elaine, George, Newman    are all    Characters on Seinfeld One of the highest-rated American TV sitcoms … aired from 1989-1998

Courir, S’Enfuir, Se Lever    are all    French Action Verbs

CO, WY, KS, NE    are all    Midwest U.S. States

Crab Orchard, Louisville, Fox Chase    are all    Cities in Kentucky

Cr, Au, Mn, Zn, Fe, Cu    are all    Transition Metals

Crazy, Violet, Whirlpool    are all    Songs by Seal

Cree, Ojibwa, Inuit    are all    Canadian Tribal Groups

Crescendo, Diminuendo    are all    Musical Terms for Change in Loudness

Cripple Creek, Deadwood, Yukon, Sutter’s Mill    are all    Gold-mining Camps

Crowned, Sandhill, Whooping, Sarus    are all    Cranes

Cubic Yards, Gallons, Litres    are all    Measures of Volume

Cumbia, Merengue, Pachanga    are all    Latin American Dances

Cumulonimbus, Altocumulus, Nimbostratus    are all    Clouds

Cystic Fibrosis, Down Syndrome, Ectodermal Dysplasia    are all    Congenital Diseases

Dadaism, Cubism, Fauvism, Pointilism    are all    Artistic Periods/Movements

Dai, Moken, Iban, Kenyah, Rungus    are all    Eastern Asia Tribal Groups

The Damned, Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Heartbreakers    are all    British Punk Rock Groups

Danube, Crasna, Bodrog    are all    Hungarian Rivers

Danube, Nims, Neckar    are all    German Rivers

Danube, Weissbach, Murz    are all    Austrian Rivers

Daphne, Niles, Roz, Martin    are all    Characters on Frasier Played by Jane Leeves, David-Hyde Pierce, Peri Gilpin and John Mahoney respectively

Dardanelles, Magellan, Hormuz    are all    Straits

Dardic, Indic, Slavic, Aramaic    are all    Language Groups

Dartmouth, Cornell, Columbia, Brown    are all    Ivy League Colleges Of course there’s also Yale, Harvard, Princeton & Penn.

David Ricardo, Milton Friedman, J.M. Keynes    are all    Economists

Dazz, We Don’t Wanna Sit Down, Dusic    are all    Songs by Brick

Debakey, Barnard, Koop    are all    Famous Surgeons

Debbie Allen, Isadora Duncan, Alvin Ailey, Twyla Tharp    are all    Dance Choreographers

Declarative, Interrogative, Exclamatory, Imperative    are all    Types of Sentences

Declination Setting Circle, Drive Base, Concave Mirror    are all    Parts of a Telescope

Dejeuner, Repas, Petit Dejeuner    are all    French Meals

De Kooning, Kline, Pollock    are all    Abstract Expression Artists Originating in the 1940’s in New York

Delacroix, Turner, Blake, Gericault    are all    Romantic Artists European movement in the late 18th to mid-19th centuries focusing on emotion over reason and on spontaneous expression

Delaware, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, New York    are all    US States Named After English People or Places

De Leon, Cortes, Vaca, Pizarro    are all    Spanish Explorers

Dengue Fever, Filariasis, Yellow Fever    are all    Diseases Transmitted by Mosquitos

Desmond, Griffin, Simms, Parker, Coltrane    are all    Jazz Saxaphonists

Devil’s Postpile, Joshua Tree, Lava Beds, Pinnacles    are all    California National Parks

Diamondback, Ridge-nosed, Mojave    are all    Rattlesnakes

Diamond Dogs, Blue Jean, China Girl    are all    Songs by David Bowie

Diamond Shears, Jacks, Pontil Rods, The Glory Hole    are all    Glass-Blowing Terms

Diana, Vulcan, Mars, Bacchus    are all    Roman Gods

Dias, Magellan, Prince Henry the Navigator    are all    Portuguese Explorers

Didion, Atwood, Beattie, Tyler, Morrison    are all    Contemporary American Female Writers

Diet, Bundestag, Knesset    are all    Parliaments

Dietrich, Garbo, Harlow, West    are all    Female Sex Symbols of the 1930’s

DiMaggio, Mays, Speaker, Griffey Jr.    are all    Baseball Outfielders

Dingo, Dhole, African    are all    Wild Dogs

Dionysus, Aphrodite, Apollo, Eros    are all    Greek Gods

Distractions, Lentil, I Go to Sleep, Breathe Me    are all    Songs by Sia

Djembes, Berimbau, Kpanlogo, Timbal, Tabla    are all    Percussion Instruments

Domingo, Caruso, Pavorotti    are all    Opera Tenors

Dominguin, Arruza, Manulete, Vasquez, Ortega    are all    Bullfighters/Matadors

Donahue, Dorrell, Vermeil, Toledo    are all    UCLA Football Coaches

Donjon, Bailey, Portcullis, Shell Keep    are all    Castle Parts

Donphan, Swinub, Diglett, Marovak    are all    Ground-Type Pokemon Characters

Don Wilson, Rochester, Dennis Day, Mary Livingstone    are all    Characters from the Jack Benny Show

Donyi-polo, Mahima, Jainism, Hinduism, Sikhism    are all    Religions of India

D’Orsay, Prado, Rijks    are all    World Museums

Douglass, Garvey, Du Bois, X, Jackson    are all    African American Leaders Also of course Martin Luther King, Jr.

Draco, Cassiopeia, Ursa Major    are all    Northern Hemisphere Constellations

Ducky Drake, Tom Jones, Jim Bush    are all    UCLA Track Coaches The UCLA track stadium is named Drake Stadium

Dulce De Lache, Faina, Jamones Serranos    are all    Argentinian Foods

Duodenum, Ileum, Cecum    are all    Parts of the Digestive Tract

Durian, Mangosteen, Monkey Bread, Acaii    are all    Exotic Fruits

Easy, Brick House, Zoom    are all    Songs by The Commodores

The Easy Winners, Elite Syncopations, Great Crush Collision    are all    Piano Rags by Scott Joplin

Ecclesiastes, Psalms, Numbers, Kings    are all    Old Testament Books

Ectomorph, Endomorph, Mesomorph    are all    Body Shapes/Types

Eczema, Rosacea, Carbuncles    are all    Diseases of the Skin

Edentata, Serenia, Lagomorpha, Insectivora    are all    Mammal Orders

E, G, B, D, F    are all    Notes on the Treble Clef Lines

Eine Nacht in Venedig, Simplicius, Die Fledermaus    are all    Operas by Strauss II

El Capitan, Half Dome, Liberty Cap    are all    Rock Monoliths in Yosemite

Elmo Lincoln, Johnny Weissmuller, Lex Barker    are all    Actors Playing Tarzan

Emerald Tree, Anaconda, Red-Tailed Boa    are all    South American Snakes

Emily, Charlotte, Anne    are all    Bronte Sisters English novelists

Emu, Kiwi, Cassowary    are all    Flightless Birds

Enigma Variations, Pomp & Circumstance    are all    Compositions by Elgar

Epiphone, Gibson, Fender, Les Paul,    are all    Electric Guitars

Epistemology, Aesthetics, Metaphysics    are all    Subdivisions of Philosophy

Eroica, Pastoral, and Choral Symphonies    are all    Compositions by Beethoven

Essay for Orchestra, Knoxville, Adagio for Strings    are all    Compositions by Barber

Essex, Schenectady, Allegany, Cattaraugus    are all    Counties in New York

Estevez, Sheen, Sheedy, Ringwald, Lowe    are all    Brat Pack

Etre, Avoir, Aller, Faire    are all    French Basic Verbs

Eugene V. Debs, Upton Sinclair, George Bernard Shaw, Olaf Palme    are all    Socialists

Euphonium, Cornet    are all    Brass Instruments

Eureka, Julian, Visalia, Alhambra    are all    Cities in California

Everlast, Century    are all    Brands of Boxing Gloves

Every Good Boy Deserves Favor, My Very Easy Method: Just Set Up Nine Planets    are all    Mnemonics These are memory aids … the first is for the notes on the lines of the trble clef from bottom to top, and the second is for the order of the planets from the sun

Every Rose Has Its Thorn, This Too Shall Pass, All is Fair in Love and War    are all    Cliches

Evil Ways, Oye Como Va, Black Magic Woman,    are all    Songs by Santana

Ewing’s Sarcoma, Paget’s, Rickets    are all    Diseases of the Bones/Skeletal System

Fallaci, Capa, Duncan, Bierce, Crane, Pyle    are all    Journalists/War Correspondents

Falstaff, Jerusalem, Il Trovatore    are all    Operas by Verdi

Fargo, Minot, Dickinson    are all    Cities in North Dakota

Farrah Fawcett, Cheryl Ladd, Jaclyn Smith, Kate Jackson    are all    Charlie’s Angels (TV)

Fassbinder, Herzog, Reifenstahl, Schell    are all    German Film Directors

Father, Son, Holy Ghost    are all    Christian Trinity

Fausta, La Favorite, La Zingara    are all    Operas by Donizetti

Feiffer, Trudeau, Schultz, Larson, Ketchum    are all    Cartoonists

Femto, Giga, Hecta, Pico    are all    Metric System Prefixes

Fibber McGee & Molly, The Shadow, Allen’s Alley    are all    Radio Shows from the 30’s & 40’s

Fields of Gold, Songbird, Fever    are all    Songs by Eva Cassidy

Filariasis, Schistosomiasis, River Blindness    are all    Diseases Caused by Worms

Fillmore, Harrison, Polk, Taylor, Tyler    are all    Streets of San Fransisco Named After Presidents

Fipple, Ranks, Stops, Console, Couplers    are all    Pipe Organ Parts

Firefly Etude, Six Morceaux Pour Piano Hainauer, Klavierquintett    are all    Compositions by Moszkowski

Fishing, Pallas’, Golden    are all    Smaller Asian Cats

Fishman, Rather, Cronkite, Chung    are all    TV Anchormen/women

Flat-top, Resonator, Flamenco, Ibanez    are all    Acoustic Guitars

FL, GA, SC,    are all    SE U.S. States

Flint, Warren, Makinac, Kalamazoo    are all    Cities in Michigan

The Flower of My Secret, Volver, Kika    are all    Films Directed by Pedro Almodovar

The Flying Dutchman, Tristan Und Isolde, Die Walkure    are all    Operas by Wagner

Flying Sit, Camel, Death    are all    Figure Skating Spins

Forte, Piano, Pianissimo    are all    Musical Terms for Loudness

Fossey, Birute Galdikas , Goodall    are all    Women Devoted to Researching Primates

Frankfort, Hartford, Pierre, Bismarck    are all    U.S. State Capitals

Frets, Truss Rod, Pegheads, Pickup    are all    Guitar Parts

Friction, Spring, Thrust, Normal    are all    Forces

A Friend Like You, Who Am I, Disrespected    are all    Songs by Billie Miles

Frijoles Negros, Pico De Gallo, Empanadas, Mole    are all    Mexican Foods

Fromagerie, Boulangerie, Charcuterie    are all    French Food Markets

From Dusk Til Dawn, Resevoir Dogs, Four Rooms    are all    Films Directed by Quentin Tatantino

… from Want, … from Fear, … of Worship, … of Speech    are all    The 4 Freedoms Set Forth by F.D.Roosevelt

F.Roosevelt, Wilson, Kennedy, Clinton    are all    Democratic U.S.Presidents

Furlong, Rod, League    are all    Length Measures

Fusion, Smooth, Third-Stream, Latin    are all    Types of Jazz

Galicia, Cantabria, Basque, Navarra    are all    Regions in Northern Spain

Garchomp, Dragonite, Salamence, Giratina    are all    Dragon-Type Pokemon Characters

Gauss, Ramanujan, Erdos    are all    Mathematicians Who Were Prodigies