100 math questions for bongo man

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• Who wrote the first textbook in Differential calculus? Guillaume de l’Hôpital
• Some staircases are in the form of a: spiral
• Who is the author of “The Fractal Geometry of Nature”, an important contribution to understanding form and complexity in the physical universe? Benoit Mandelbrot.
• When did Al-Khwarizmi write the popular book which introduced Indian numbers and zero to the Arab world? A.D. 820
• Who wrote the classic “The Paradoxes of the Infinite”? Bernard Bolzano
• Our measurement of time is based on: Sexagesimal number system
• Who wrote “Liber Abaci” which introduced the Indian number system and zero to Europe? Fibonacci
• When were Indian mathematicians leaders in the world of mathematics? 6″‘ to 10th century
• Which mathematician wrote “Discourse on Method” in bed when he was hardly 16 years old and had studied mathematics for a few months only? René Descartes
• The thread of a bolt is in the form of a: Circular helix
• Who wrote the classic “On Growth and Form” a mathematical treatment of natural history? D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson.
• When did the first printed book on mathematics appear? 1478
• Who wrote the popular ‘One, Two, Three Infinity’, a book on numbers and their relationship with the cosmos? George Gamow.
• What is the number which may vary from time to time, does not leave one till one has finished studies? Roll number.
• Who is the author of “Mathematical Ideas, Their Nature and Use”? Jagjit Singh.
• When was the problem of “Seven Bridges of Konigsberg” posed? 1736.
• Who wrote the mathematical masterpiece “Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid”? Douglas Hofstadter.
• Which household gadget occasionally operates on a special sequence of number? Lock (It is called a ‘combination lock’)
• Who discovered the oldest document on Mathematics? Alexander Henry Rhind.
• When was the “Four color conjecture” every map on a flat surface or a sphere can be cultured without using more than four different colors – proved? 1976
• This mathematician’s original work on geometry was ignored in his lifetime and was recognized as a masterpiece two centuries later when a handmade copy of his printed work was accidentally discovered among his pupil’s papers. Who was he? Girard Desargues
• Every day one follows the numbers of this table. What is it? Calendar
• Who wrote the witty and amusing book “A Budget of Paradoxes”? Augustus De Morgan.
• When this book was published, a timorous editor added a note claiming that the author had forwarded the revolutionary theory mentioned in it as a mathematical convenience and not as reality. Which is that book? De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium
• Who is the author of the classic ‘Men of Mathematics”? Eric Temple Bell
• Sugar is occasionally served in the form of a: cube
• When this book was published, a timorous editor added a note claiming that the author had forwarded the revolutionary theory mentioned in it as a mathematical convenience and not as reality. Which is that book? De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
• Which book became popular as “The Red Monster” among not only mathematicians but also physicists, engineers, statisticians, etc. as a handy reference? The Handbook of Mathematical Functions.
• Which book became popular as “The Red Monster” among not only mathematicians but also physicists, engineers, statisticians etc, as a handy reference? The Handbook of Mathematical Functions.
• What is the Christmas Star known as? dodecagon
• Who wrote the classic “On computable numbers, with an application to the Entscheidungsproblem” that dealt with logic in calculations? Alan Turing
• Epicycles” were employed to explain the orbits of planets and the sun around the earth in the theory of the universe forwarded by: Claudius Ptolemy.
• “Researches into the Mathematical Principles of the Theory of wealth” is the first systematic treatise on the application of mathematics to economics. Who wrote it? Antoine Augustin Cournot
• One’s score in an I.Q test is known as ones: Intelligence quotient.
• Who wrote the classic entertainer “Mathematical Recreations and Essays”? W. W. Rouse Ball
• “Researches into the Mathematical Principles of the Theory of wealth” is the first systematic treatise on the application of mathematics to economics. Who wrote it? Augustin Cournot.
• Who wrote the first systematic text on trigonometry? Johannes Peter Müller.
• When we have to go by bus, we remember this number: Transport number
• Who wrote the classic “Logic Machines and Diagrams”? Martina Gardner
• Who wrote the classic entertainer “Mathematical Recreations and Essays”? W. Rouse Ball.
• Who is the author of “Mathematics for the Million”, a lucidly written book giving the origins and fundamentals of mathematics? Lancelot Hogben
• What is brick called in geometrical terms? Cuboid
• Who wrote the classic “Proofs and Refutations” in which he argued that mathematics is not infallible and is subject to correction and criticism? Imre Lakatos
• Who wrote the first systematic text on trigonometry? Johannes Muller
• Who wrote the quaint book “Sand Reckoner” in which the universe was considered to be made up of sand grains and their count was made? Archimedes
• When numbers are assigned to a person on the basis of his performance in studies, they become: Marks
• Who wrote, “The Analyst” which attacked the then newly conceived calculas invented by Isaac Newton? George Berkeley
• Who wrote the classic “Logic Machines and Diagrams”? Martina Gardner
• This book was used as a school textbook in Persia for hundreds of years. Which is that book? The Algebra of Omar Khayyam
• This measuring device is often misused. What is it? Foot-rule (It is often employed to beat students).
• Which journal gives an up-to-date information on the current world literature in mathematics especially for researchers? Mathematical Reviews
• Who is the author of “Mathematics for the Million”, a lucidly written book giving the origins and fundamentals of mathematics? Lancelot Hogben
• ‘Lady Luck’ is the title of a popular science book on: The theory of probability.
• A pencil is often in the form of a: Cylinder (Pencils are also in the form of hexagonal and triangular prisms)
• The oldest journal devoted chiefly to advanced mathematics is: Journal de l’École polytechnique
• Who wrote the classic “Proofs and Refutations” in which he argued that mathematics is not infallible and is subject to correction and criticism? Imre Lakatos
• Which is the most unreadable mathematical classic? Principia Mathematica
• When we enter a foreign country, this number is essential: Passport number.
• The ratio of the width of a TV picture to the height is known as “aspect ratio”. What is it? 4:3
• Who wrote the quaint book “Sand Reckoner” in which the universe was considered to be made up of sand grains and their count was made? Archimedes
• A body leaps up or is thrown up. Thereafter it falls back to the earth. Its flight traces a: Parabola
• The earth is in the shape of: An oblate spheroid
• What is the structure of a DNA molecule? Double helix.
• Who wrote, “The Analyst” which attacked the then newly conceived calculus invented by Isaac Newton? George Berkeley
• The shell of a snail has a shape resembling A logarithmic spiral
• What is the number attached to a book when it is kept in a library? Accession number
• Eggs are often: oval-shaped
• This book was used as a school textbook in Persia for hundreds of years. Which is that book? The Algebra of Omar Khayyam
• Zodiac signs are in all: twelve
• Quality control of products manufactured in an industry is conducted using: Statistical techniques
• When a snake coils itself, it forms somewhat geometrical pattern. What is it? The Spiral of Archimedes.
• Which journal gives up-to-date information on the current world literature in mathematics especially for researchers? mathematical review
• The arrangement of leaves on the stem of a rose follows the pattern of: a helix
• Which ratio is most pleasing to the eye? golden ratio
• The population of rabbits follows: Fibonacci sequence
• ‘Lady Luck’ is the title of a popular science book on: The theory of probability.
• The horns of wild sheep are in the form of a: Logarithmic spiral
• Egyptian pyramids are actually: Square-based pyramids
• A tree, a snail, a volcano, the earth, a galaxy, – all are: Turing machines
• The oldest journal devoted chiefly to advanced mathematics is: Journal de l’Ecole polytechnique
• Who said, “The deep study of nature is the most fruitful source of mathematical discovery”? Joseph Fourier
• The dish of a radio telescope is: Concave in shape
• Honeybees communicate information through dances. What kind of figure do they make while dancing? eight
• Which is the most unreadable mathematical classic? Principia Mathematica.
• Which type of fish looks like a pentagram? Starfish (Some species have however six arms. They look like a hexagram).
• Which geometrical concept is employed to make maps of the world? Mercator’s projection.
• Climbing views grow naturally in the form of: helix
• Both Rene Descartes and Pierre de Fermat are considered to be the founding father of this subject. What is the subject? Analytical Geometry
• Who said, “All the effects of nature are only mathematical consequences of a small number of immutable laws”? Pierre-Simon Laplace.
• The patterns of history are Cyclical
• Who mathematically predicted the presence of the planet Neptune? John Couch Adams
• Who is the founding father of modern analysis? Augustin Cauchy.
• Which heavenly body appeared soon after it was discovered and then lost – at the precise position predicted by mathematical tools: Ceres
• When a heavy, flexible cable or rope is suspended from two points, say two pylons, it forms: Catenary curves
• Who gave the four key laws of electromagnetism in precise mathematical form? James Clark Maxwell.
• These two mathematicians founded the theory of probability. Who are they? Pierre de Fermat and Blaise Pascal
• Which mathematical concept is used to stimulate the shapes, designs and patterns seen in nature? Fractal
• Which subject is often employed in advertisements to boost up the sales of products? Statistics
• Someone did a simple mathematical calculation and forwarded a revolutionary biological theory. What was that theory? The theory of circulation of blood
• Who founded the Logistic School of Mathematics? G.W. Leibniz

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