Friday Jeopardy 10.23.26

FamousMathemeticians

55

Italian mathematician known for his famous Sequence of numbers: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89...

Leonardo Fibonacci

89

This Greek philosopher and mathematician is famous for his equation regarding right triangles: a² + b² = c²

Pythagoras (Pythagorean Theorem)

144

Both Isaac Newton of England, and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz of Germany, are credited with developing which branch of mathematics?

Calculus

233

This Greek mathematician is known as "The Father of Geometry"

Euclid

377

Who is the Swiss mathematician who gave us the number e (2.718), which is used in certain interest formulas?

Leonhard Euler

NumberJumble

55

Take the number of months in a year and add the number of states in the U.S.

62

89

Divide the number of continents in the world by number of class periods here at LG.

1

144

Add the number of hours in a day to the number of days in a week, then subtract 11.

20

233

Multiply the number of days in the week by the number of hours in a day.

168

377

Start with the number of days in a year, subtract the number of states in the U.S., and then add the number of muffins in a baker's dozen.

328

Planets andMoons

55

How many moons does Earth have?

One

89

How many moons does Mars have?

Two

144

Mercury and Venus have the amount of moons. How many do they each have?

Zero

233

Which planet has the most moons?

Saturn (293 known moons)

377

Which planet has the largest moon in our solar system?

Jupiter (the moon is named Ganymede, and it is 3270 miles across making it larger than the planet Mercury)

GeometricTransformations

55

This type of transformation is similar to what a mirror does?

Reflection

89

This type of transformation turns a point or shape on a graph.

Rotation

144

This type of transformation is when a figure or point slides to a new location without changing its size or orientation.

Translation

233

This type of transformation is when a figure changes its size (bigger or smaller).

Dilation

377

Which type of transformation is considered to be "non-rigid?"  

A. translation

B. reflection

C. rotation

D. dilation

Dilation

Football orBaseball

55

Which sport has more starting positions?

Football (11 offense + 11 defense = 22)

(baseball only has 9)

89

Which ball weighs more, NFL football or MLB baseball?

Football (14-15 oz)

(baseball is only around 5 oz)

144

Which sport uses referees for officials?

Football

233

Which sport uses an umpire for an official?

Both sports have umpires 

377

At the professional level, which sport plays on the larger field?

Baseball (about 2.5 acres, football is only 1.3 acres)