Funny Math Words
A truncated hyperbolic paraboloid looks like one of these "once you pop, you can't stop" snacks that come in a can
Pringles
When you google "Isaac Newton," a tree appears on your screen; click it and this fruit falls to the bottom of the screen
Apple
Although Illinois is known as the "Land of Lincoln", Abe lived in this neighboring "Hoosier State" from the age of 7 to 21
Indiana
After moving to Key West in the early 70s, this "son of a son of a sailor" wrote the song "I Have Found Me a Home"
Jimmy Buffet
It's the only other one-word question you get when you rearrange the letters in "how?"
Who
Nullstellansatz is a theorem in algebraic geometry whose name contains "null" the German word for this number
Zero
When you google "the one ring", you're asked, "did you mean: my" this
(Go ahead, say it like Gollum says it)
Precious
In 1863, Abe issued a proclamation asking his fellow citizens to observe this holiday on the last Thursday of November
Thanksgiving
There are come conflicting stories, but ask any local and they'll tell you this sweet and tart pie was certainly invented in Key West
It's the only other fruit you get when you rearrange the letters in "melon"
Lemon
Sesquiduplicate means "twice and a half as great" like the number 250 from this number
100
When you google "Alex Trebek:, google asks "did you mean" this (Yes, it's in the form of a question)
Who is Alex Trebek
After stumbling off a train platform, Lincoln's son Robert was saved by none other than Edwin Booth, the brother of this assassin
John Wilkes Booth
This author's Key West home still displays a urinal he once carried home from his favorite watering hole, Sloppy Joe's
Ernest Hemingway
It's the only other bird you get when you rearrange the letters in "raptor"
Parrot
Hypocycloid is one of the three shapes seen on this city's NFL team helmets, to represent the three elements used to make steel
Pittsburgh
Do a google search for this 5-letter word beginning with "A" and you'll see the whole screen tilt
Askew
The Broadway show "Oh, Mary!" is a darkly comedic take on this Kentuckian who married Abe in 1842 after a stormy courtship
Mary Todd Lincoln
Key West's little white house was a winter residence of this president whose middle name was simply the letter "S"
Harry S Truman
It's the only other presidential action you get when you rearrange the letters in "vote"
Veto
Enneadecagon is a polygon with this many sides (or, 1 more than an octodecagon)
19
When you google "chicxulub crater", this flies across your screen; scientists believe one caused dinosaurs to go extinct
Meteorite or Asteroid
At 6'4", Lincoln still ranks as the tallest POTUS; this President who took the oath in 1963 comes in second
Lyndon B Johnson
In 2016, this longtime resident and writer of "Freckle Juice" founded a bookstore on the island with her husband George
Judy Blume
It's the only other common first name you get when you rearrange the letters in Dolly
Lloyd