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100

The symbol of the integral is an elongated alphabetical capital letter of this standard letter of the alphabet

What is S?

100

Using pi, this area of science models planets and their orbits

What is Astronomy?

100

Mathnet, a late 1980s takeoff on Dragnet which aired on PBS, featured this actor playing the chief of police for a group of crime fighting mathematicians.  He is better known for the lines “Luke, I am your father” and “This is CNN” or as Mufasa in “The Lion King”

Who is James Earl Jones?

100

2020 Graduate Nikhil Nagabandi is now a Ph.D. student in the prestigious mathematics program at this University which is one member of the “Research Triangle”

What is the University of North Carolina?

100

The value 3 – 4 x 6 + 2

What is -19?

200

The field of calculus was independently by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and this other great scientist

Who is Isaac Newton?

200

Pi is defined as the circumference of any circle to its what

What is Diameter?

200

This NSU alum, who spoke to the Math Club via zoom, was featured in a Super Bowl TV  commercial in February 2022 that showcased successful women in STEM fields as an IF/THEN ambassador

Who is Tiffany Kelly?

200

2019 Graduate David Tereshchenko completed his MBA at the prestigious Stern School of Business located on the campus of this university in the “Big Apple”

What is New York University?

200

If a = 2b , b = 3c, c = 4d, what is a if d=2

What is 48?

300

Often used to build mathematical theories, these logical statements are accepted to be true without proofs (as in the three ____ of probability)

What are Axioms?

300

This type of number cannot be written as the root of any polynomial with rational coefficients

What is Transcendental?

300

This string theorist cameoed on the Big Bang Theory where Sheldon Cooper told him that his effort to explain complex physics to a lay-audience was “a waste of time”

Who is Brian Greene?

300

2016 Graduate Ly Nguyen is a practicing dentist in this state, “The Sooner State”

What is Oklahoma?

300

Suppose a straight line goes through (-3,0) and (0,9). This is the slope

What is 3?

400

The Epsilon-Delta definition is the most rigorous definition of this mathematical concept

What is a Limit?

400

Q: Proposed by Archimedes, this fraction is often wrongly believed to be the exact value of pi

What is 22/7?

400

The three professions of the professional astronauts replaced by common-men Homer and Barney on the season five episodes of “The Simpsons” titled “Deep Space Homer”

What are: A mathematician, a different type of mathematician, and a statistician?

400

2017 Graduate Tia Suciu, who received her MBA from NSU, is a senior business analyst for this fitness corporation headquartered in Hallendale Beach, FL whose name is a latin-inspired cardio-dance founded in 2001 by Beto Perez

What is Zumba?

400

Suppose Diana, Konstantin, and Naziba go bowling.  Each one of them bowls an even numbered perfect square between 100 and 200 (inclusive) but no two bowlers got the same score.  The sum of their three score are

What is 440?

500

A branch of mathematics that studies the geometric properties preserved under continuous deformations, such as stretching, twisting, and bending

What is Topology?

500

It is believed that the constant p was first discovered during the golden era of this civilization

What is Babylonian?

500

This statistician, associate professor at Harvey Mudd College, and former graduate school classmate of Dr. Gershman serves as host of the PBS Series “Nova Wonders” and “Nova Universe”

Who is Talithia Williams?

500

2017 Graduate Margarita Lovinska, who received her Masters Degree in Applied Analytics from Pepperdine University is a senior business analyst for Anthem, better known colloquially as this health insurance giant

What is Blue Cross/Blue Shield?

500

The sum of the first 100 numbers of this sequence 1 – 2 + 3 – 4 +5 – 6 +7 – 8 …

What is -50?

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