history
achievements 1
facts
achievements 2
wild cards
100
where was ptolemy born, raised, and died in?
a.alexandria,egypt
b.rome,italy
c.berlin,germany
d.ankara,turkey
alexandria, egypt
100
what principle did ptolemy establish by measuring angles of incidence and reflection for planar and curved mirrors
a.according to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly. it's wings are too small to get it's fat body off the ground.the bee, of course, flies anyways, because bees don't care what humans intended to be possible
b. an object and its mirror image must make equal angles to a mirror.
c.according to the geocentric model the earth is the center of our own universe with the other planets and the sun orbiting around us.
an object and its mirror image must make equal angles to a mirror.
100
according to robert newton ptolemy is (harshly) called what?
a.a fraud in science and history
b.most accurate man alive
c. an idiodic fool
d.the most successful fraud in the history of science
he calles ptolemy "the most successful fraud in the history of science."
100
what law did ptolemy failed to discover involving mirrors? (200 for both names)
a.refraction
b.reflection
c.defraction
d.snell's law
e.aviation
refraction
snell's law
100
what is ptolemy's full name?
a.alexandria Ptolemy
b.james Ptolemy
c.claudius Ptolemy
d.albert Ptolemy
Claudius Ptolemy
200
who overthrew ptolemy's geocentric theory.(400 points for if you can get both)
a.issac newton
b.albert einstien
c.robert newton
d.neil armstrong
e.archimedes
f.dr.nefario
g.richard feynman
issac newton and galileo galilei
200
what did his geocentric theory form in our modern science?
a.lies
b. it formed the basis' of our understanding of the motions of stars and planets for over than a thousand years.
it formed the basis of our understanding of the motions of stars and planets for over than a thousand years
200
what is this?
a.ptolemy's geocentric theory
b.harmony of the spheres
c.optica
d.trigonometric function
ptolemy's geocentric theory
200
what is ptolemy's most popular surviving object?
a.geocentric model
b. table of a trigonometric function
c.optica
d.refraction
the earliest surviving table of a trigonometric function
200
what is the name of ptolemy's book?(200 for each one)(10 max)
a.the republic
b.critique of pure reason
c.ptolemy's almagest
d.orientalism
e.the geography
f.meaning of realitivity
g.tetrabibols
h.ptolemy's geography
i.origin of species
j.on growth and form
k.geographia
l.ancient india
m.the music of life
n.the almagest:introduction to the mathmatics
o.number:the language of science
p. la geografia
q.elegance of science
r.planisphaerium
ptolemy's almagest
the geography
tetrabibols
geographia
ancient india as described by ptolemy
the almagest:introduction to the mathmatics of the heavens
ptolemy's geography
Planisphaerium
la geografia
300
much of _____ astronomy and geography were built on his ideas
a.medieval
b.roman
c.egyption
d.greek
medieval
300
what is ptolemy's world map?
a.a map of our entire world that we use today
b. it is a map of all the land rome owned
c. it is a map that just like his geocentric model is inaccurate and we don't use today.
d.a map of the world known to Greco-Roman society in the 2nd century.
a map of the world known to Greco-Roman society in the 2nd century.
300
beside astronomy and mathematics, what else did ptolemy contributed to? (300 for each)(3 max)
a.anatomy
b.musical theory
c.sociology
d.optics
e.psychology
f.ecology
g.geography
h.physics
geography, musical theory, and optics.
300
what is ptolemy best known for?
a.geocentric model
b.table of a trigonometric function
c.optica
d.compiling a star catalog
compiling a star catalog
300
what is his nationality?
a.egypt
b.swedish
c.english
d.roman
roman
400
how long did ptolemy's geocentric prevail?
a.1400 years
b.1300 years
c.1000 years
d.1500 years
1400 years
400
what is ptolemy's theorem
a.a theorem about how our planet is the center of the universe
b.Ptolemy's theorem is a relation between the four sides and two diagonals of a cyclic quadrilateral(shape in a circle).
c. it is a theorem of how a mirror object and a object must make equal angles to a mirror.
Ptolemy's theorem is a relation between the four sides and two diagonals of a cyclic quadrilateral(shape in a circle).
400
what was his almagest originally called?
a.geocentric model
b.ptolemy's theorem
c.mathēmatikē syntaxis
d.table of trigonometric function
the Mathēmatikē Syntaxis aka Mathematical Treatise
400
who did ptolemy influence?(400 for each)(4 max)
a.nicolaus copernicus
b.issac newton
c.albert einstien
d.geardus mercator
e.abd al-rahman al-sufi
f.neil armstrong
g.archimedes
h.dante alighieri
i.leonardo decapreo
j.theon of symrna
Nicolaus Copernicus
Gerardus Mercator
Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
Dante Alighieri
400
what are historians arguing about even now?
a.Ptolemy was a mathematician of the very top rank, arguments of others show that he was no more than a superb expositor
b.on if ptolemy was a commander of alexander
The arguments of some historians show that Ptolemy was a mathematician of the very top rank, arguments of others show that he was no more than a superb expositor, but far worse, some even claim that he committed a crime against his fellow scientists by betraying the ethics and integrity of his profession.
500
what early work did ptolemy write? (+500 points for it's other name) (+500 points for what subject is it on)
a.cubic
b.harmonikon
c.waves
d.laws of aviation
harmonikon
harmonics
on music theory
500
what were his scientific treatises that became important in Byzantine, Islamic, and Western European science?(500 each)
a.almagest
b.geocentric model
c.table of a trigonometric function
d.tetrabiblos
e.apotelesmatika
f.optica
g.thegeography
h.harmony of the spheres
almagest
the geography
Apotelesmatika
500
what is the geocentric model?(+500 for what it is now called)
a.a superseded description of the Universe with Earth at the center.
b.a model of our known universe
c.human anatomy
d.model of the center of our planet
In astronomy, the geocentric model is a superseded description of the Universe with Earth at the center. Under the geocentric model, the Sun, Moon, stars, and planets all orbit Earth.
ptolemaic system
500
what is an establishment ptolemy made that involves mirrors?
a.we are in the center of the universe
b.refraction
c. an object and its mirror image must make equal angles to a mirror
d.optica
he established mathematically that an object and its mirror image must make equal angles to a mirror
500
who was in rule when he was born.
a.alexander
b.Diadumenian
c.Macrinus
d.Elagabalus
Alexander the Great