History
The roman numeral for 100
What is C?
Gottfried Leibniz and Issac Newton are both credited with inventing this branch of math
What is calculus?
If you're using pi, you are calculating the perimeter of this shape
What is a circle? (or semi-circle, technically)
the number of gallons in an Olympic swimming pool, as an order of magnitude
5
Why are obtuse angles always so sad?
They’re never right!
Zero as a concept was independently developed by the Mesopotamians and this other civilization
What are the Maya?
Archimedes designed this principle used to calculate...
What is buoyancy?
the number of faces on an octohedron
What is 8?
the speed of light in miles per hour
8
How do you offend a circle?
The numbers we use today, known as Arabic numerals, originated in this country
What is India?
The highest award in Mathematics, the Abel Prize, was first awarded to a woman (prof. Karen Uhlenbeck) in this year
What is 2019?
A truncated icosahedron has its claim to fame as the design for this common, black-and-white plaything
What is a soccer ball?
Distance to the moon in kilometers
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Do you know what mathematicians do after it snows?
They make snow angles!
A quipu, an Incan tool for writing and accounting, was made from this material
What are strings and knots?
Welsh mathematician Robert Recorde is credited with inventing this necessary component of an equation.
Platonic solid with 12 faces
What is a dodecahedron?
Distance to space (to the Karman line) in kilometers
Which numbers won't sit still?
Roamin numerals
The country where the city of Königsberg, (known for its 7 bridges) today called Kaliningrad is located.
What is Russia?
Frank Drake created an equation including unknowns such as the number of stars in the universe and the number of habitable exoplanets, designed to find this
What is the probability of intelligent life?
A platonic solid with 20 faces
What is an Icosahedron?
Number of stars visible without a telescope from Earth
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Which civilization was best at algebra?
The Romans. For them, X was always 10.