Biblical Math
The shortest verse in the Bible has 2 words. If the number of letters in each word indicate lengths on a right triangle, with the longer word in that verse being the hypotenuse, this is the length of the unknown side of the triangle.
What is 3?
"Jesus" has 5 letters and "Wept" has 4 letters. The length of the hypotenuse is 5 and the length of a side is 4.
a^2 + b^2 = c^2
4^2 + b^2 = 5^2
b^2 = 9; b=3
This popular art medium allows for the artists to achieve translucent and delicate layers of color and can be used in light washes to bold strokes.
What is watercolor?
This is the layman's term for horripilation, or the dots that appear on a person when a person when they become cold or afraid.
What are goose bumps?
This candy's commercials end with "you're not you when you're hungry."
What are Snickers?
Annabeth Chase, Luke Castellan, and Clarisse La Rue.
What is Percy Jackson and the Olympians?
The Book of Psalms is divided into a certain number of sections. Take the factorial of that value to get this.
What is 120?
5! = 5*4*3*2*1 = 120
This painting includes a farming couple, one with a pitchfork, in front of a wooden house.
What is American Gothic?
This term refers to the beneficial effect produced by a certain treatment which can not be attributed to the properties of the treatment itself, but to the patient's belief in the treatment.
What is the placebo effect?
The world may never know how many licks it takes to get to the center of this candy.
What is a Tootsie-Pop?
Camillo, Caspian I, and Coalblack.
What are The Chronicles of Narnia?
In Matthew 14, Jesus feeds the 5,000 with loaves of bread and fish. This is the value of the number of fish raised to the power of the number of loaves.
What is 32?
2^5 = 2*2*2*2*2 = 32
This medium of art includes using various materials like paper, fabric, photographs, and other objects that are cut or torn and then arranged into a design.
What is a collage?
The enzyme, Lachrymactory-factor synthase, is released from this food and is a chemical irritant that induces the production of tears.
What are onions?
These "curiously strong" mints have been seen as an effective substitute for heavily medicated cough drops and lozenges by some cold sufferers.
What are Altoids?
Cho Chang, Venicent Crabbe, and Barty Crouch Sr.
What is Harry Potter?
In Matthew 14 and 15, Jesus feeds a certain amount of people. Take that number, divide it by the number of commandments, multiply it by the fraction of earnings that a tithe is, and take the sine of it to get this value.
What is 1?
4000 + 5000 = 9000
9000 / 10 = 900
900 * 1/10 = 90
sin 90 = 1
This art technique involves making paintings from lots of little dots.
What is pointillism?
Also known as the Northern Lights, this phenomena occurs in the polar regions and is caused by solar particles colliding with the Earth's atmosphere.
What is the Aurora borealis?
In 1995, blue pieces replaced tan pieces in this candy.
What are M&M's?
Cinna, Cato, and Clove.
What are the Hunger Games?
The first 6 days of creation are on a die. The probability of God rolling twice and creating light once and the atmosphere once is this, in fraction form. The days do not have to be in order.
What is 2/36 or 1/18?
P(1,2) is (1/6*1/6) = 1/36
P(2,1) is (1/6*1/6) = 1/36
1/36 + 1/36 = 2/36 = 1/18
This French term refers to innovative or experimental concepts, works or the group or people producing them, particularly in the realms of culture, politics, and the arts.
What is Avant-garde?
Fireflies, plankton, and fungi can all exhibit this, defined as the ability for organisms to emit light.
What is bioluminescence?
While eating these minty treats, you may "get the sensation" like its slogan implies.
What are York Peppermint Patties?
Celeborn, the elf.
What are the Lord of the Rings?