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Dancing with the Stars
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The symbol used to represent 'x1' in the Mayan notation.
What is a dot, or single mark?
100
The first civilization to discover the concept of zero.
What is the Maya?
100
The base that the Mayans used.
What is Base 20?
100
This date marks the end of the Mayan Civilization.
What is 1300 AD?
100
This number is how many calendars the Mayans used.
What is three?
200
A symbol that resembles a shell, or an American football.
What is the symbol for zero?
200
The date Arab Scholars discovered zero and shared their knowledge.
What is about 800's?
200
The base we use.
What is Base 10?
200
This date marks the beginning of the Mayan Civilization.
What is 300 BCE?
200
The calendar the Mayans used to count exceptionally long periods of time.
What is the Long Count Calendar?
300
The symbol used to represent 'x5' in the Mayan notation.
What is a bar, or line?
300
A concept that to this day, befuddles brilliant minds.
What is zero?
300
The first four placement numbers in Base 20.
What is 1, 20, 400, 8000, etc.?
300
This measurement of time was used by the Maya, and was equal to approximately 400 years.
What is a b'ak'tun?
300
Instruments that the Maya used to study the stars.
What are human eyes?
400
Contrary to our own, the Mayans used this orientation when writing their notation.
What is vertical?
400
The Europeans translated zero from this cultural group. (From their astronomy)
What is the Hindu?
400
Other base that has been used in antiquity.
What is base 60, used by the Babylonians?
400
This date marks the discovery of zero in Europe.
What is 1100 AD?
400
The time it takes for one object to rotate completely around another.
What is an orbital period?
500
Thought to be the primary reason the Mayans used Base 20.
What is counting on their fingers and toes?
500
The oldest inscription with zero from Mayan history.
What is the inscriptions from "Stelas 18 and 19 from Uaxactún del 357 B.C.E."?
500
This base is often used in programming languages.
What is base 2?
500
The discovery of zero in Mesoamerica.
What is 350 AD?
500
The length of the year in Mayan culture.
What is 365 days?