DANGER CURVES AHEAD
TO A BATTER, A CURVEBALL APPEARS TO DO MOST OF ITS CURVING IN THIS 1/4 OF ITS TRIP TO THE PLATE
ITS LAST QUARTER
SHAKESPEARE: “GOOD NIGHT SWEET PRINCE, AND FLIGHTS OF _______ SING THEE TO THY REST”
ANGELS
WITH MUCH “GRAVITY”, THIS YOUNG FELLOW OF TRINITY BECAME THE LUCASIAN PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS IN 1669
ISAAC NEWTON
THIS Md-PENN BOUNDARY IS A GEOMETRIC TERM FOR A FINITE PORTION OF AN INFINITE STRAIGHT PATH
MASON-DIXON LINE SEGMENT
THE EARLIEST VERSIONS OF THIS PUZZLE OF 9 ROWS AND 9 COLUMNS WERE CALLED NUMBER PLACE
SUDOKU
IN GRAMMAR, THEY’RE A PAIR OF CURVED LINES USED TO INDICATE INTERJECTED EXPLANATORY MATERIAL
PARENTHESES
BILLY JOEL: “I’D RATHER LAUGH WITH THE SINNERS THAN CRY WITH THE ________; THE SINNERS ARE MUCH MORE FUN.”
SAINTS
YOU GET AN “A” IF YOU KNOW THIS MATHEMATICIAN OF THE 200s B.C. WROTE A TREATISE ON CENTERS OF GRAVITY
ARCHIMEDES
THIS CALIFORNIA MATHEMATICS TREASURE HAS COPIES OF ALMAGEST, ELEMENTS, ARS PRINCIPIA JUST TO NAME A FEW… AND ONE OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTIONS OF CAMELLIAS IN THE WORLD
HUNTINGTON LIBRARY
JEFFERSON: “THE TREE OF LIBERTY MUST BE REFRESHED FROM TIME TO TIME WITH THE BLOOD OF _________ AND TYRANTS”
PATRIOTS
AMONG PTOLEMY’S PURSUITS WAS DRAWING UP A TABLE OF THESE—NOT IN A MUSICAL SCORE BUT AS LINE SEGMENTS IN A CIRCLE
CHORDS
NELSON’S COLUMN SITE IN LONDON THAT IS 2 FOR 4 AND 3 FOR 9
TRAFALGAR SQUARE ROOT
PITCHED BELOW THE TRUMPET, THE MELLOPHONE REPLACES THIS BRASS HORN IN THE MARCHIING BAND
FRENCH HORN
THESE CAUSED A BLURRING OF THE IMAGE, SO NEWTON REPLACED ONE OF THEM WITH A CURVED MIRROR
A TELESCOPE LENS
PLUTARCH: THE WILDEST _______ MAKE THE BEST HORSES”
COLTS
A 1970s COMPUTER LANGUAGE IS NAMED FOR THIS FRENCHMAN WHO INVENTED A 1640s CALCULATING MACHINE
BLAISE PASCAL
WHEN PROFITS EQUALS LOSSES, THESE NON-ODD INTEGERS PLAY A PART
BREAKING EVEN NUMBERS
THIS SPORT INCLUDES SUCH MANEUVERS AS THE THUMB TOSS, ELBOW ROLL, FISHTAILS AND OPEN THROATS
BATON TWIRLING
THIS MIDWESTERN COLLEGE TOWN WAS NAMED FOR ITS LOCATION ON A CURVED PART OF THE SAINT JOSEPH RIVER
SOUTH BEND
ARTHUR C. CLARKE: “ANY SUFFICIENTLY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY IS INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM ______”
MAGIC
THIS SWISS MATHEMATICIAN’S PRINCIPLE SAYS THE PRESSURE IN A FLUID MOVING HORIZONTALLY DECREASES AS ITS VELOCITY INCREASES
BERNOULLI
THIS MATHEMATICAL WEBSITE WAS FEATURED IN THE OCT 27, 2006 ISSUE OF THE JOURNAL SCIENCE
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