Famous Mathematicians

Maybe you can't add, subtract, multiply or divide, but I'll bet you know many of these names.


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Quiz: Famous Mathematicians
Description: Maybe you can't add, subtract, multiply or divide, but I'll bet you know many of these names.
Question Number: 1
Question: Who wrote The Elements - a thirteen-book series on Geometry?
Question Number: 2
Question: Nothing is really known about this secretive mathematician's work, except for one special triangular theorem, which bears his name:
Question Number: 3
Question: This very prolific mathematician is the mathematical world's equivalent of Kevin Bacon. He published around 1500 papers before his death in 1996.
Question Number: 4
Question: This man introduced Arabic numerals, but is better known for a sequence of numbers that describe the offspring of a pair of bunny rabbits.
Question Number: 5
Question: A mathematician best known for a moment of bathtub inspiration.
Question Number: 6
Question: A female mathematician, known as a pioneer of computer programming
Question Number: 7
Question: Oh, what a Beautiful Mind he had.
Question Number: 8
Question: This woman taught herself mathematics in the 1700's
Question Number: 9
Question: This smartass schoolboy added the numbers between 1 and 100 lickety split.
Question Number: 10
Question: This man's last theorem drove mathematicians nuts for years and may be a good example of why not to write in the margins of books.

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