VECTOR 2016QUIZ FINALS

RULESInfinite Pounce: +20/-10

+10 flat scoring on direct and passes

A team which has pounced can not answer on

a pass or direct, even if their answer on

pounce is incorrect.

Most important rule on next slide -

Q1.

In mathematics, it is a matrix with one row or one column.

In biology, it is an organism, typically a biting insect or tick, that

transmits a disease or parasite from one animal or plant to another.

It is also a well known term in high school physics.

In many programming languages, it denotes a one dimensional array.

In aeronautics, it is the course or compass direction of an airplane.

In Physics, it is described as the direction and magnitude with which

an object is in motion.

What is being talked about?

Vector

Q2.

In which slot is the car parked?

87

Q3.

This Indian-Canadian mathematician won the Fields medal in 2014. He was born in Hamilton and holds professorships at IIT Bombay and Tata Institute of fundamental research. He also learnt the Tabla from Dr. Zakir Hussain. Which very famous Indian?

Manjul Bhargava

Q4.

Explain what the function Ta of a number X does.

Taxi Cab Function

Q5.

The puzzle, known as Number Place in the US, was first published in New York in the late 1970s by the puzzle publisher Dell in its magazine Math Problems and Logic Puzzles. It became immensely popular in the UK in 2005, stimulating international interest. Which Japanese puzzle am I talking about?

Sudoku

Q6.

What is called Solidus if written diagonally or Vinculum if written horizontal?

The line between the denominator and the

numerator

AUDIENCE QUESTION

22 December, 2016

Q7.

“The Man Who Knew Infinity” is a book/movie based on who’s life?

Ramanujan

Q8.

A ______is a three-dimensional geometric shape that tapers smoothly from a flat base (frequently, though not necessarily, circular) to a point called the apex or vertex. It also serves as the medium of delivery of one of our favourite desserts Identify.

Cone

Q9.

The subject was studied by sea captains for navigation, cartographers, engineers etc. Originally developed for solving problems pertaining to triangles, the first recorded history of this subject is in 140 BC by greek mathematician Hipparchus. Which subject?

Trigonometry

Q10.

It has long been disputed over who should take the credit of the invention of this device – Isaac Newton or Gottfried Leibniz. It is said that Newton had invented it but kept it to himself for his personal research until Leibniz came made it tried to patent it although there is no real proof to his story. Which branch of mathematics, frequently used in other fields, am I talking about?

Calculus

Q11.

In a chess tournament 120 players were participating. To determine the winner, what is the minimum number of knockout matches should be played?

119

Q12.

If prime numbers that differ by 2 are called Twin Primes, then what are the prime numbers that differ by 4 called?

Cousin primes

X:Y

AUDIENCE QUESTION

Q13.

The first X was held in Romania in 1959. Since then it has been held every year except in 1980. Because of this eastern origin, the X were first hosted only in eastern European countries, and gradually spread to other nations. It consists of six problems. Each problem is worth seven points, so the maximum total score is 42 points. No calculators are allowed. It is held over two consecutive days; each day the contestants have four-and-a-half hours to solve three problems. Identify X, who shares it name with something that a lot of us attempt every year.

International Mathematics Olympiad

Q14.

Who is famous for having developed a method of checking primes from 1 to 100 through a ‘sieve’?

Eratosthenes

Q15.

Which famous theorem states that in a right angled triangle, The sum of squares of the base and height will be equal to the square of the hypotenuse?

Pythagoras Theorem

Q16.

Which famous mathematician is famous for having given a theorem which states that the there cannot exist a set of three numbers such that xa +ya = za where a is a natural number greater than 2?

Note that when a=2, then the theorem becomes Pythagoras theorem.

Fermat

Q17.

Identify this gentleman who plays an influential role in the lives of school children.

R.D. Sharma

Q18.

She was an Indian writer and mental calculator, popularly known as the "human computer". A child prodigy, her talent earned her a place in the 1982 edition of The Guinness Book of World Records. She died in 2013 in Bengaluru, India. Identify this legend.

Shakuntala Devi

Identify the famous formula

AUDIENCE QUESTION

Q19.

Identify this famous mathematician, extremely famous in the field of Geometry.

Euler

Q20.

The X system is a system which uses one or more numbers, or Xs, to uniquely determine the position of a point. It was developed by Rene Descartes. Identify.

Coordinate System

Q21.

Radhanath Sikdar was a famous Indian mathematician who did something pertaining to the geography of a certain region around India. He was an expert at trigonometry. What did he measure?

Height of Mt. Everest

Q22.

Which sub unit of mathematics borrows it’s name from Arabic for ‘ Reunion of broken parts?

Algebra

Q23.

The CAPTCHA test in the computing field can be attributed to which famous mathematician/ computer pioneer?

Alan Turing

Q24.

The X problem were named so by Paul Erdős as they led to the marriage of his close friends George Szekeres and Esther Klein. The problem consists of the following statement:

Theorem: any set of five points in the plane in general position has a subset of four points that form the vertices of a convex quadrilateral.

X also shares its name with a bollywood movie starring Saif Ali Khan and Ileanea D’Cruz.

ID X

Happy Ending Problem :)

6 questions open to all teams on stage.

Teams will wager 10, 20 or 30 points before

seeing the question.

± the points wagered for a correct / incorrect

answer.

RULES / THE GAME CHANGER

1This puzzle was invented by the French mathematician Édouard Lucas in 1883. There is a story about an Indian temple in Kashi Vishwanath which contains a large room with three time-worn posts in it surrounded by 64 golden disks. Brahmin priests, acting out the command of an ancient prophecy, have been moving these disks, in accordance with the immutable rules of the Brahma, since that time. The modern variant of the game is named after a town in Vietnam. What?

Tower of Hanoi Problem

2

The name of which concept in Mathematics comes from the Latin word

meaning meaning “I meet together, I agree”?

Congruence

3

The ancient Indian poet Pingala is knownfor developing a unique system for defining the metre of his poetry. His system was similar to the Morse Code and involved classifying long and short words. His work went on to become a major influence to the modern world of computing. How do we better know Pingala’s work?

01100010 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110010 01111001

4

The Principia Mathematica(abbreviated PM) is a three-volume work on the

foundations of mathematics, written by Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell. It was an attempt to describe a set of axioms and inference rules in symbolic logic from which all mathematical truths could in principle be proven. Famously, several hundred pages of the PM have been used to prove the validity of which mathematical truth?

1 + 1 = 2

5

The consistent saddle shape of X is mathematically known as a hyperbolic paraboloid.

The designers used supercomputers to ensure that the X’s aerodynamics and sturdiness during transport and packaging. What am I talking about?

6

2004: 5

2005: 1

2008: 3

2009: 2

2011: 2020

2014: 0.5

2016: 1

Connect these numbers.

Chetan Bhagat