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The Village Idiot
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Mathemagicians
100
Which mathematician only discovered his math talents while hiding from Nazis in a boarding school?
Benoit Mandelbrot
100
Who started at Timberline the same year as The Village Idiot?
Vicki Baker
200
Which historical figure invented the coxcomb graph to help understand data from soldier illness and death?
Florence Nightingale
200
In what state did The Village Idiot earn his Bachelor's degree?
300
Which mathematician coined the term "imaginary" to refer to complex numbers?
René Descartes
300
What treasure valley high school did The Village Idiot graduate from?
Borah
400
Which mathematician said the following about Euler after he went blind?
"I would go blind too if I did math like Euler".
Carl Friedrich Gauss
400
How many of The Village Idiot's sons were varsity wrestlers at Timberline?
2
500
This US President came up with a unique proof of the Pythagorean Theorem.
President Garfield
500
What minor did The Village Idiot earn in college?
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