TEEN MATH
TIME TO TAKE THE S_A_T
IT'S JUST GRASS, MAN
ABORIGINAL WORDS
Mythology
400
Book 13 of his "Elements" deals with regular solids
Euclid
400
Wrigley's gum is known for this aromatic herb with serrated leaves
Spearmint
400
Even if not shredded & served with milk, wheat is this type of grass whose grain is used for food
Cereal
400
It's a curved piece of wood usually 2 to 3 feet long
Boomerang
400
Dionysus granted this king any wish; he regretted getting the golden touch when his food became gold & he nearly starved
King Midas
800
A problem at the 2017 Intl. Math Olympiad for teens involved one of these lines touching a circle at a single point
A tangent
800
A very bright red
Scarlet
800
I reckon you don't officially have to put Kentucky in front of this all-acoustic music style of Ricky Skaggs & others
Bluegrass
800
The name of this wild dog is Aussie slang for a contemptible person
Dingo
800
Daily Double!
Laocoon, a priest of Apollo, meant this object when he said, "I fear the Greeks, especially when they bring gifts"
1200
It's (10 + 11) x 12
252
1200
As well as a quick informal photograph, it can mean a brief summary of a situation
Snapshot
1200
Stampede is a variety of this grass once grazed upon by bovines on the Great Plains
Buffalo grass
1200
Parliament meets in this city, from Aboriginal words for "meeting place"
Canberra
1200
The sculpture of this huntress is also known as "The Diana of Versailles"
Artemis
1600
Daily Double!
In 1952 an early computer was used to discover the 13th Mersenne one of these numbers
1600
It's not just the sound of a grapefruit hitting concrete--it's also the middle vertical element of a chair back
Splat
1600
Tom yum goong from Thailand is made with prawns & this, Cymbopogon citratus
Lemongrass
1600
Dwarf & pretty-faced are types of this small member of the kangaroo family
Wallaby
1600
Mercury was the Roman messenger of the gods; he was the Greek equivalent
Hermes
2000
In 1640 16-year-old Blaise Pascal came to math fame with an essay on these "sections"
Conic sections
2000
It's an astronomical instrument used to determine latitude & longitude at sea
A sextant
2000
This woody grass has been known to grow 4 feet in 24 hours
Bamboo
2000
Now the name of a water sports clothing company, it's Australian for a stagnant backwater
Billabong
2000
He solved the riddle of the Sphinx
Oedipus