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MATH MATH JEOPARDYJEOPARDY
Brought to you by the Mathematical Association of America
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The RulesThe RulesThis game plays the same as
traditional Jeopardy, except there is only one round and then Final Jeopardy.
No one is allowed to ring in until the host has finished reading the answer.
Once a category and point value have been chosen, click that point value to go to the answer.
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Pre-Calculus Math in the Movies
Famous Theorems
My Favorite Constants
“C” in Math
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10 Points – Pre-10 Points – Pre-CalculusCalculusThe degree of the polynomial
What is 5?
20 Points – Pre-20 Points – Pre-CalculusCalculus
The simplified form for
20 Points – Pre-Calculus20 Points – Pre-Calculus
What is(𝑥−4) (𝑥+1)൘ ?
30 Points – Pre-30 Points – Pre-CalculusCalculusThe horizontalasymptote(s) for
What is y = 3/2?
40 Points – Pre-Calculus40 Points – Pre-Calculus
The vertical asymptote(s) for
What is x = -4?
50 Points – Pre-50 Points – Pre-CalculusCalculus
The simplified form for12lnሺ𝑒5ሻ+(log3 81) −0.5.
What is 6?
10 Points – Math in the Movies10 Points – Math in the Movies
Matt Damon’s math genius character’s nameappears in the title of thisAcademy Award winner.
What is Good Will Hunting?
20 Points – Math in the Movies20 Points – Math in the Movies
The land Donald Duck visits in Disney’s
famous math movie.
What isMathmagicLand?
30 Points – Math in the 30 Points – Math in the MoviesMovies
Russell Crowe earned an
Academy Awardnomination for his role in
this math movie.
What is A Beautiful Mind?
40 Points – Math in the 40 Points – Math in the MoviesMovies
Darren Aronofsky co-
wrote and directedthis film with theconstant name.
What is Pi?
50 Points – Math in the 50 Points – Math in the MoviesMovies
Robert Redford leads a
group of securityexperts against BenKingsley in this 1992film.
What is Sneakers?
10 Points – Famous 10 Points – Famous TheoremsTheorems
For a right triangle,
.
What is ThePythagoreanTheorem?
20 Points – Famous 20 Points – Famous TheoremsTheoremsFinding
via
uses this theorem.
What is TheSqueeze Theorem?
30 Points – Famous 30 Points – Famous TheoremsTheorems
This important theorem
connects derivatives and
integrals as inverseoperations.
What is the FundamentalTheorem ofCalculus?
40 Points – Famous 40 Points – Famous TheoremsTheorems
Proven by Andrew Wiles.
What is Fermat’sLast Theorem?
50 Points – Famous 50 Points – Famous TheoremsTheorems
Sets the maximum number of hues needed
to paint a planar surface.
What is the Four Color Theorem?
10 Points – My Favorite 10 Points – My Favorite ConstantConstant
It’s the ratio of acircle’s circumference
to its diameter.
What is π?
20 Points – My Favorite 20 Points – My Favorite ConstantsConstants
What is 0?
30 Points – My Favorite 30 Points – My Favorite ConstantsConstants
The constant
is also known by thiscolorful name.
=
What is the Golden Ratio?
40 Points – My Favorite 40 Points – My Favorite ConstantsConstantsThe constant
first appeared in a paper bythis 18th century Swissmathematician.
Who is LeonhardEuler?
50 Points – My Favorite 50 Points – My Favorite ConstantConstant
In electrical engineering,
is denoted by this letter.
What is j?
10 Points – “C” in Math10 Points – “C” in Math
Not what I “sined” upfor, it’s the ratio ofadjacent to hypotenuse
in a right triangle.
What is cosine?
20 Points – “C” in Math20 Points – “C” in Math
Subject co-inventedby Newton andLeibniz.
What is calculus?
30 Points – “C” in Math30 Points – “C” in Math
The shape of acable strungbetween twopoles.
What is a catenary?
40 Points – “C” in Math40 Points – “C” in Math
For
it’s
.
What is the conjugate?
50 Points – “C” in Math50 Points – “C” in Math
His infinity of infinitiesand ternary set created a
paradise from which we
will not be expelled.
Who is GeorgCantor?
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The Category is
Famous Mathematicians
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Final JeopardyFinal Jeopardy
The sequence
is named after this man.
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, …
Final JeopardyFinal JeopardyWho is Fibonacci (Leonardo of Pisa)?
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