The Oscars?
Second Place
Name that Mathematician!
A Little Complex
Last but not Least
100

A movie about a two-dimensional world where everything is flat and boring. The characters are all shapes, like squares and circles, and they live in a society where the more sides you have, the higher your social status. One day, the main character, a square, discovers the existence of a third dimension and tries to convince his fellow flatlanders that there is more to the world than they thought. The movie is mostly just a bunch of shapes moving around and talking about geometry.

What is Flatland?

100

The missing term in the sequence: 2, _, 5, 7, 11, ...

What is 3?

100

The creator of a very beautiful identity involving e, i, and pi.

Who is Euler?

100

Another name for the absolute value of a complex number.

What is the modulus?

100

The greater of the following two quantities: 28 and 83

What is 83?

200

A movie about this nerdy guy who's really good at puzzles and stuff, and he's supposed to help crack some code the Germans are using during World War II. He's kind of a jerk to everyone, but that's okay because he's a genius or something.

What is the Imitation Game?

200

The missing term in the sequence: 1, _, 3, 5, 8, ...

What is 2?

200
A brilliant mathematician who, at the age of just 23, invented integral calculus.

Who is Isaac Newton?

200

A form for complex numbers which utilizes an angle and distance from the origin.

What is polar form?

200

The greater of the following two quantities: 722 and 433

What is 433?

300

A movie about a bunch of college kids who are really good at counting cards and go to Las Vegas to win lots of money. They are taught by their genius math professor and they end up getting in trouble with the casino bosses. There's some drama, some romance, and some sneaky card tricks, but in the end they all live happily ever after (except for the casino bosses who lose a lot of money).

What is 21?

300

The missing term in the sequence: 4, _, 9, 13.5, 20.25, ...

What is 6?

300

This mathematician is known for his developement of the coordinate plane. Rumor has it that a bug crawling on his ceiling gave him the idea.

Who is René Descartes?

300

The simplified value of (1 + i)(3 + 2i).

What is 1 + 5i?

300

The greater of the following two quantities: 99100 and 10099

What is 99100?

400

A move where a janitor is secretly a genius at math or something. He hangs out with his tough guy friends and gets into fights, but then he starts seeing a therapist who helps him realize his potential. There's also a love interest who works at a college, but their relationship is kind of weird. Eventually, the janitor guy decides to go to California for some reason, and that's pretty much it.

What is Good Will Hunting?

400

The missing term in the sequence: 1, _, 12, 22, 35, ...

What is 5?

400

A mathematician know for his contributions to number theory and infinite series. They also had a particular liking of the number 1729.

Who is Srinivasa Ramanujan?

400

The value of 3ei*(3pi/2).

What is -3i?

400

The greater of the following two quantities: epi and pie

What is epi?

500

A movie about some smart guy who thinks a lot and sees weird things, but he's also kinda crazy. He hangs out with other smart people and solves puzzles, but then some government guys show up and try to recruit him for some secret spy stuff. It's all very confusing and serious, but it's supposed to be based on a true story or something.

What is A Beautiful Mind?

500

The missing term in the sequence: 1,_, 21, 1211, 111221, ...

What is 11?

500

After more than 350 years of attempts, this mathematician proved Fermat's Last Theorem in only ‎234 pages.

Who is Andrew Wiles?

500

The square root of i.

What is sqrt(2)/2 * (1 + i)

500

The greater of the following two quantities: 5099 and 99!

What is 5099?
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