# Eleven **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 11, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eleven/602597 "2011-11-11T14:54:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eleven/602597/1 "2011-11-11T14:54:32Z")
I just worked a puzzle that had these clues to a “common theme” and had the notion to see how many others we can come up with. Spinal Tap Neil Armstrong Armistice Day Pipers Football Team Danny Ocean Source for puzzle: [DAILY POST - Unexpected Error](http://www.puzzability.com/cgi-bin/commonknowledge.pl) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eleven/602597/2 "2011-11-11T14:58:23Z")
This thread moved (from MPSIMS to the Game Room) by the letter K. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eleven/602597/3 "2011-11-11T15:08:04Z")
There may be some additional ideas in [11:11 and other fun clock things](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=510942) which had 58 replies between 03-19-2009, 12:42 PM and 03-21-2009, 08:12 AM ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eleven/602597/4 "2011-11-11T16:04:34Z")
Many years ago my friends and I would all notice when the clock read 11:11. One friend and I were working on an album, and the first song on it was an acoustic guitar piece called 11:11. The last song was called The End, and my friend finished the final take of the acoustic guitar part at 11:11 am. On Veteran’s Day. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eleven/602597/5 "2011-11-11T16:21:26Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Many years ago my friends and I would all notice when the clock read 11:11. > > One friend and I were working on an album, and the first song on it was an acoustic guitar piece called 11:11. The last song was called The End, and my friend finished the final take of the acoustic guitar part at 11:11 am. > > On Veteran’s Day. That’s at least cool! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eleven/602597/6 "2011-11-11T16:27:42Z")
Yeah, and today would be a good day to listen to it. Too bad I don’t have a tape player anymore! ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eleven/602597/7 "2011-11-11T19:00:48Z")
Mark Messier, Phil Simms, Isiah Thomas all wore number 11 Apollo Spaceflight Ben-Hur, Titanic and Lord of the Rings: Return of the King each won 11 Academy Awards Canadian Maple Leaf has 11 points Sodium (atomic number) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eleven/602597/8 "2011-11-11T19:14:56Z")
Good ones, **soulmurk**. Other potential gee-whiz facts at [11 (number)From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11_(number)) which appears to cover some of the same details in [http://www.amazon.com/Penguin-Dictionary-Curious-Interesting-Numbers/dp/0140080295](http://www.amazon.com/Penguin-Dictionary-Curious-Interesting-Numbers/dp/0140080295) ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eleven/602597/9 "2011-11-11T19:16:22Z")
During my time as the most shooting-challenged shooting guard on my junior high basketball team, I wore #11. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eleven/602597/10 "2011-11-11T19:37:27Z")
Primus has a song called “Eleven” (from, I believe, the album _Sailing the Seas of Cheese_). There is nothing in the lyrics that explains the title. However, the bass/rhythm line consists of a repeated series of 3 triplets followed by a doublet, or 3 + 3 + 3 + 2, which equals 11. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eleven/602597/11 "2011-11-11T20:04:22Z")
As a favorite old Negativland song drilled into my head, there were 11 time zones in the Soviet Union. That has apparently been revised down to nine as of 2010. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eleven/602597/12 "2011-11-11T22:23:34Z")
James Knox Polk, eleventh President of the United States ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eleven/602597/13 "2011-11-11T22:48:53Z")
Peter Phillips is 11th in the line of succession for the British throne. ---
**Author:** ![Bibliothecarius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@Bibliothecarius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliothecarius)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eleven/602597/14 "2011-11-13T12:46:18Z")
My former roommate is obsessed with the number 11. He was born on November 22 (11/22). Most of his friend’s phone numbers add up to 11 or other double numbers. The house we lived in together was number 65 (6+5=11). He received scores on computer games like 1111. Etc. It was everywhere for him. I just googled this and discovered the [11 phenomenon](http://www.11phenomenon.com/), about which a whole bunch of kooky books and websites have been written. Not telling him that though or he’ll go nuts! :eek: