Math
Often called the "Father of Geometry" for his 13 books called Elements.
Who is Euclid of Alexandria?
Legendary for shouting "Eureka!"
Who is Archimedes of Syracuse?
A traditional spiralling mechanical device for moving water from a lower position to a higher position.
What is Archimedes' Screw?
Renaissance Man famous for his art displayed in the Louvre Museum.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
This caused Jesus' feet to be missing in the painting Last Supper.
What is the door?
The answer of 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + 10.
What is 55?
Penicillin is a molecule produced by this organism.
What is mold? (specifically Penicillium fungus)
What is a scientific instrument that detects earthquakes?
What is a seismometer or seismoscope?
Famous for his paradox where Achilles loses to a tortoise.
Who is Zeno of Elea?
The CSES (China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite) is named after this famous Chinese polymath.
Who is Zhang Heng?
The hypotenuse of this special right triangle is 5.
What is the 3-4-5 triangle?
First person to demonstrate wireless power transmission.
Who is Nikola Tesla?
What is alternating current?
What is the most prestigious award in the field of mathematics?
What is the Fields Medal?
His Nobel-winning discovery was an accident.
Who is Alexander Fleming.
The x-y coordinate system is named after this famous mathematician/philosopher.
Who is René Descartes?
This class of medicine prevent bacterial infections.
What are antibiotics?
What would be the problem if manholes are squares rather than circles?
What will fall in?
He is quoted widely for stating "cogito ergo sum"
Who is René Descartes?
Famously known as the "Prince of Mathematics".
Who is Carl Gauss?
The diagonal of a rectangular garden is 13 units long. One side of the garden is 12 units long. How long is the other side?
What is 5 units?
If the weight of the water displaced is less than the weight of the object, the object will sink or float?
What object sinks?
Where is the center of gravity of a circle?
Where is the center of gravity of a triangle?
Where is the intersection of median lines?
What is Q.E.D.?
What is "quod erat demonstrandum"? the abbreviation placed at the end of a mathematical proof.
The coloured part of a human eye is called this.
What is an iris?