Logic
Q. A farmer has 17 cows. All but 3 die. How many cows are left?
Ans: 3
Q. This German mathematician's work laid the groundwork for modern physics, including the theory of relativity.
Albert Einstein
In myths, it’s a serpent swallowing its own tail, symbolizing eternity and cycles.
Ans: Ouroboros.
This pair of theorems establishes the inverse relationship between differentiation and integration, allowing evaluation of definite integrals using antiderivatives.
Ans: Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
Everyone’s worried about climate change today. In math/science terms, what’s the point beyond which change becomes unstoppable — just like when ice caps melt past recovery?
Tipping Point
Q.A father and son are in a car accident. The father dies, and the son is taken to the hospital. The doctor says, "I can't operate on this boy. He's my son." How is this possible?
Ans: The doctor is the boy's mother.
Q. This ancient Greek mathematician is known as the "Father of Geometry" and wrote the influential work, Elements.
Ans: Euclid
This butterfly-shaped diagram shows how tiny changes in initial conditions can cause huge differences in outcomes.
Ans: Lorenz Attractor.
What theorem equates the outward flux of a vector field through a closed surface to the volume integral of its divergence? It is also known as Gauss's theorem.
Ans: Divergence theorem
Folks watch Netflix episodes back-to-back continuously. What's the mathematical term that refers to something going on and on without interruption?
Infinity
Q. There were some people on a train. At the first stop, 19 people got off and 17 people got on. Now there are 63 people on the train. How many people were on the train to begin with?
Ans: 65
Q. This 17th-century French mathematician and philosopher developed the Cartesian coordinate system, connecting algebra and geometry.
Ans: René Descartes
Seen in seashells, hurricanes, and sunflowers — this spiral is linked to the Fibonacci sequence and golden ratio.
Ans: Fibonacci/Golden Spiral.
This theorem, a generalization of Green's theorem, relates the integral of the curl of a vector field over a surface to a line integral around the surface's boundary.
Ans: Stokes' theorem
In myth, who was the riddle-master who posed questions no one could answer, who consumed those who failed?
The Sphinx
Q. You are on a game show, and there are three doors: Door 1, Door 2, and Door 3. Behind one door is a car, and behind the other two doors are goats. The host, Monty Hall, knows what is behind each door. You choose Door 1. Monty, who knows where the car is, then ens Door 3, revealing a goat. Monty then gives you the option to switch your choice to Door 2 or stick with your original choice (Door 1).
What should you do to maximize your chances of winning the car?
A) Stick with your original choice (Door 1).
B) Switch to Door 2.
C) Your chances of winning the car are the same whether you switch or stay.
B. Switch to Door 2.
Q. This 18th-century Swiss mathematician made fundamental contributions to calculus and number theory, and the number e is named after him.
Ans: Leonhard Euler
A triangle where each corner looks normal, yet the whole figure can never exist in 3D space. What is it?
Ans: Penrose Triangle (Impossible Triangle).
In two-dimensional vector calculus, this theorem relates a line integral around a simple, closed curve to a double integral over the region it encloses.
Ans: Green's theorem
Overnight, things go viral on social media. In math, what do we term this type of quick, doubling growth?
Exponential Growth
Q. According to legend, during the last weeks of his life the French mathematician Abraham de Moivre noticed that he needed a quarter-hour more sleep each night than on the preceding night, and he predicted that as soon as he needed 24-hour sleep he would die. If all this were true, how much sleep did he need after the 12-hour sleep and before death?
a. 838.8 b.846 c.864 d.850
c.864
Q. This English mathematician and computer scientist is considered the "Father of Artificial Intelligence" for his work on algorithms and computation. He also helped break the Enigma code during World War II.
Ans: Alan Turing
It’s a donut-shaped surface with a hole in the middle. Mathematically, it’s said that a coffee cup is the same as this shape because both have one hole. What is it?
Ans: Torus.
A driver on a toll road receives a speeding ticket, even though no police were present, because their average speed exceeded the limit. What theorem is used to prove that at some instant, their instantaneous speed must have been equal to their average speed?
Ans: Mean Value Theorem
In Greek mythology, which bird supposedly burned to ashes and re-emerged — just like trends that keep on dying and reviving on the internet?
Phoenix