Math Trivia
Geometry (DOUBLE POINTS)
Pop culture
U.S. Presidents
Holidays
100
This famous equation for a line is often the only thing anyone remembers from algebra I.
What is y=mx+b?
100
This word means "at a right angle to"
What is perpendicular?
100
This Tik Tok predecessor only allowed videos that were exactly 6 seconds long.
What was Vine?
100
The only president to serve for more than 2 terms.
Who was FDR/Franklin Roosevelt?
100
This winter holiday lasts for 8 nights.
What is Hanukkah?
200
This type of number can only be divided by 1 and itself.
What is prime?
200
This four sided shape has four congruent sides.
What is a rhombus? / What are rhombi?
200
This mega-star musician was the #1 artist on both Billboard and Spotify in 2024
Who is Taylor Swift?
200
The only U.S. President born in Vermont.
Who was Calvin Coolidge?
200
Juneteenth is a federal holiday that celebrates this event in American History.
What is the end of slavery?
300
A previously proved rule that we can use in future math proofs and applications.
What is a theorem?
300
Line t:
What is a transversal?
300
This athlete holds the world record for most home runs in a single season.
Who is Barry Bonds?
300
George Washington supposedly chopped this down as a child.
What is a cherry tree?
300
This Muslim holiday involves fasting from sunrise to sunset for 30 days.
What is Ramadam?
400
This ancient greek mathematician created almost all of the geometry we've studied in this class.
Who was Euclid?
400
This triangle center is the center of gravity or balancing point for the triangle.
What is the centroid?
400
This is one of the three movies that are tied for most Oscar wins (you can name any of them).
What is Ben-Hur?
What is Titanic?
What is The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King?
400
Ronald Reagan was nearly assassinated by a man attempting to impress this actress.
Who is Jodie Foster?
400
This evil counterpart to Santa is said to kidnap and punish bad children on Christmas in some European countries.
Who is Krampus?
500
According to topologists (a type of mathematician who study shapes that can be stretched and changed) a coffee mug is identical to which of these shapes:
What is a torus?
500
This shortcut shows that the two triangles below are congruent:
What is ASA (Angle side angle)?
500
An EGOT involves winning all four of these awards.
What are an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and Tony?
500
This president was known as "The Little Magician" and "The Red Fox of Kinderhook", and was the only president who did not speak english as his first language.
Who was Martin Van Buren?
500
This ancient Roman holiday is considered to be a precursor to Christmas, and shared many elements including gift giving.
What is Saturnalia?