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Can you name all the planets in order from the sun? Enter a planet in the box below Correctly named planets will show up in the table below Click any empty Order or Planet to answer for that location *NOTE: for those of us born in the 1970's, this will always be a planet! You have 2 minutes to guess after you click the button below.	Search: Popular trivia games today TV Shows (U.S.) 33061 You Do Know Jack 30799 Russia's Borders 28964 Lousy descriptions of Tom Hanks movies 16573 Commonest English Words 12899 Same Last Name 10713 And more...
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	john:	Sep 6th, 2008 at 00:46 GMT	12 points
	As long as we are being persnickety, it's actually the "Oort Cloud" not the "ort field."

	esuna:	Sep 19th, 2008 at 03:26 GMT	4 points
	Er, all the "plutoids" are: Pluto, Eris, Haumea, and Makemake. And if we're inculding all the dwarf planets theres 70 some candidates. It just gets too nity grity and this is what most of us learned in grade school.

	Brandon:	Sep 24th, 2008 at 00:31 GMT	-4 points
	it say planets, not asteroid belts. and pluto is planet. darn scientists

	mschessplayer:	Sep 24th, 2008 at 19:58 GMT	14 points
	is it cheating since i memorized the phrase "My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas" to learn the planets in order? (thanks Hollywood Squares!) LOL

	Jeremy:	Oct 3rd, 2008 at 00:17 GMT	64 points
	Good lord. I think memorizing "My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas" is harder than memorizing the 9 planets.

	magister:	Oct 3rd, 2008 at 01:40 GMT	16 points
	@MSchessplayer: No, using mnemonic devices is not cheating. It is a good idea.

	Matt8204:	Oct 3rd, 2008 at 22:19 GMT	9 points
	That's how I memorized them in school. Our teacher gave us the mnemonic device.

	Matt8204:	Oct 3rd, 2008 at 22:19 GMT	10 points
	Except it was something silly, like "My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nine Potatoes."

	davidr:	Oct 8th, 2008 at 16:00 GMT	11 points
	Many volcanoes erupt mulberry jam under normal pressure.

	Bill the Butcher:	Oct 9th, 2008 at 21:04 GMT	19 points
	Pluto will always be a planet to me.

	A_is_for_Addict:	Oct 11th, 2008 at 16:04 GMT	23 points
	We were taught, "My very easy method just speeds up naming plantes." Not entirely sure it makes grammatical sense but it worked!

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	magister:	Oct 24th, 2008 at 01:39 GMT	42 points
	Hilarious! The same stupid comment from two consecutive posters! How on earth did that happen?

	PHI:	Oct 31st, 2008 at 01:19 GMT	13 points
	Mr. VEM J SUN (and his dog Pluto) was how I learned it!

	Technetium:	Nov 5th, 2008 at 10:01 GMT	24 points
	All I know is Earth is the best.

	becca:	Nov 9th, 2008 at 21:20 GMT	17 points
	Haha, Sailor Moon helped me memorize the planets. XD

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	magister:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 03:54 GMT	12 points
	@peanut: Could you confirm that please. I don't believe it's accurate.

	Pink Punk:	Nov 25th, 2008 at 21:56 GMT	6 points
	fun quiz. :)

	jkd:	Dec 1st, 2008 at 20:27 GMT	4 points
	Those of us born in the 1960's would likely have the same attitude to Pluto (perhaps even back to 1930 when Pluto was identified). The mnemonic I learned was "MEn Very Eager MAde Jars Stand Up Nearly Perpendicular". Why "Eager" and not "Eagerly"? Who knows. The bonus mark for this mnemonic is that it correctly distinguish MErcury and MArs.

	Kivri:	Dec 6th, 2008 at 04:30 GMT	4 points
	Pluto );

	nearlyextinct:	Dec 11th, 2008 at 18:02 GMT	10 points
	What about when Neptune is farther than Pluto?

	Dustfinger:	Dec 13th, 2008 at 03:01 GMT	21 points
	Pluto Revolve in Peace

	BlueEyedAlien:	Dec 14th, 2008 at 08:31 GMT	8 points
	I was sure glad to find out that earth was the easiest to name. It did have me worried.

	cosmic_fire:	Dec 21st, 2008 at 14:39 GMT	7 points
	My very easy method just speeds up naming planets? i always like that one :D

	P:	Dec 21st, 2008 at 20:46 GMT	9 points
	mine too...except I almost typed "mother" instead of "mars." :)

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	Notyal:	Dec 24th, 2008 at 22:01 GMT	13 points
	I was sad when Pluto got demoted. I use to dream about living on Pluto all the time as a child.

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	hoskie:	Jan 3rd, 2009 at 23:21 GMT	1 point
	I see I'm not the only one using "My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas"!

	Patteroast:	Jan 4th, 2009 at 17:21 GMT	2 points
	At the very least, there should be another quiz that includes dwarf planets, or is dwarf planets only. Or they should be added here, and make it a list of planets and dwarf planets.

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	dancox77:	Jan 11th, 2009 at 00:08 GMT	1 point
	nobody remembers them by Mary's Violet eyes make John sit up nice and pretty?

	jdizzle:	Jan 18th, 2009 at 21:19 GMT	32 points
	It bothers me that there is not a 100% next to Earth. How do people not know the name of their own planet?

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	DRB:	Jan 21st, 2009 at 03:44 GMT	10 points
	Surely Rupert should be there (one for the Douglas Adams fans...)