Computer Science
What is the language that computers read to carry out instructions?
Binary
What percentage of math PhD's are awarded to women (as of 2018) (within 3%)?
29% (27-32%)
Which famous mathematician's life and work are depicted in the 2014 film "The Imitation Game"?
Alan Turing
What famous Greek mathematician is credited with the discovery of the Pythagorean theorem?
Pythagoras
What is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman Numerals?
What was the first type of computer?
Calculator
Who was the first woman to win a Fields Medal? Bonus: What year did she win?
Maryam Mirzakhani; 2014
Who wrote the famous mathematical work "Principia Mathematica"?
Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell
Name the first eight digits of pi
3.1415926
Which branch of AI involves developing algorithms that allows computers to learn and improve from experience automatically?
Machine learning
Who was the first woman in modern Europe to earn a PhD in math? Bonus: What was the year?
Sofya Kovalevskaya; 1874
In the book and movie series "The Da Vinci Code," what mathematical and artistic concept plays a central role in solving the mystery?
The Fibonacci sequence and the Golden Ratio
What is the Fibonacci sequence? Bonus: Can you name the first few numbers in it?
A sequence in which each number is the sum of the two preceding ones; 0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13
Name the first six digits of the Golden Ratio
1.61803
Who created a machine called the "analytical engine"?
Charles Babbage
Who was the first African American woman to earn a PhD in mathematics? Bonus: What was the year?
Euphemia Haynes; 1943
This children’s fictional novel was written by a mathematician and translated into 176 different languages. What is the novel called?
Alice in Wonderland
Who is known for the development of calculus independently of Isaac Newton?
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
What is 111,111,111 * 111,111,111?
12,345,678,987,654,321
What was the first major programming language started in 1957 and was created by IBM? It only supported IF, TO and GOTO statements.
FORTRAN
Who was the first woman in mathematics whose life was well-documented?
Hypatia
In the movie A Beautiful Mind, what mathematics concept, based on conflict and cooperation between people, does John Nash (played by Russel Crow) receive the nobel prize in economics for?
Game theory
What is the Goldbach Conjecture, and is it proven or unproven?
Every even integer greater than 2 can be expressed as the sum of two prime numbers; Unproven
2^82,589,933 - 1