Acros
Army Acros
Math History
NAME THAT SYMBOL
Book by Quote
100
The environmental agency known as EPA stands for this.
What is the Environmental Protection Agency?
100
This acronym “IED” refers to a type of explosive device often used in asymmetric warfare.
What is Improvised Explosive Device?
100
This number system using digits 0–9 originated in India and was later spread to Europe.
What is the Arabic numeral system?
100
(x)
What is the multiplication symbol?
100
“It was a pleasure to burn.”
What is Fahrenheit 451?
200
This Cold War-era alliance, abbreviated NATO, stands for this organization.
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?
200
“CO” in a military unit refers to this leadership position.
What is Commanding Officer?
200
This theorem, attributed to a Greek mathematician, relates the sides of a right triangle.
What is the Pythagorean theorem?
200
What is pi?
200
“Sing, O goddess, of the rage of Achilles…”
What is The Iliad?
300
This financial acronym “IPO” refers to a company’s first sale of stock to the public.
What is Initial Public Offering?
300
“OPSEC” refers to protecting sensitive information from enemy access.
What is Operational Security?
300
This ancient Greek mathematician is known as the “Father of Geometry.”
Who is Euclid?
300
(≈)
What is approximately?
300
“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
What is The Perks of Being a Wallflower?
400
The academic test known as the LSAT stands for this.
What is Law School Admission Test?
400
This military abbreviation “AWOL” means a person is absent without permission.
What is Absent Without Leave?
400
This ancient Greek mathematician approximated the value of pi and died during the Roman capture of Syracuse.
Who is Archimedes?
400
***DAILY DOUBLE***
(∑)
What is a summation?
400
“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me.”
What is Jane Eyre?
500
***DAILY DOUBLE***
This economic group “OPEC” coordinates petroleum policies among member countries.
What is the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries?
500
This acronym “ACE” describes a unit’s status in terms of personnel and supplies.
What is Ammunition, Casualties, Equipment?
500
This Persian mathematician and poet helped develop early algebra and gave it its name.
Who is Al-Khwarizmi?
500
(∇)
What is a nabla?
500
“Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.”
What is Frankenstein?