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MathMagic Cycle 26: Level 10-12 Regular
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In "Mathematical Brain Benders" Stephen Barr offers the following
LITERARY
QUIZ - (search domain: ON)
"The title "Father of" so-and-so has been popularly given to many people:
their names are given in the second column, and you are to match these
with
their putative offspring in the first column.
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Angling
Church History
Comedy
English Cathedral Music
English Poetry
English Prose
Epic Poetry
Fathers
Good Works
Greek Music
Greek Tragedy
History
Italian Prose
Jests
Letters
16 Lies
17 Medicine
18 Moral Philosophy
19 Music
20 Orthodoxy
21 Ridicule
22 The Faithful
23 Waters
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Abraham
Aeschylus
Aquinas
Aristophanes
Ascham
Athanasius
Boccaccio
Chaucer
Eusebius
Francis I
St. Gregory of Nyssa
Hippocrates
Homer
Herodotus
Miller (Joe)
) Mississippi
Mohammed II (Turkey)
Palestrina
Rebelais
Satan
) Tallis
Terpander
Walton"
Why a literary quiz? Folks involved with math and computers tend to
forget
that our civilization is the result of thousands of years of accomplish-
ments, so we must look at other disciplines for balance and
perspective...
Work with your NTPs to find out more about these names.
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MathMagic Cycle 26: Level 10-12 Advanced
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King Midas' Gold
Before King Midas had his wish turned into a curse, he was fond of
covering everything he could with the precious metal. One day he called
his most gifted goldsmith and showed him a cylinder that was one foot
tall and a square prism of the same height. "Observe the bases of these
rare stones I have traced on this parchment" - he told him - "the square
base of one fits exactly inside the circle base of the other. What I
want from you is to either cover the tall sides of the square prism with
gold so that it becomes a cylinder of the same diameter as the one I
have here, or take the cylinder and build on to it four hemicylindrical
projecting moldings of gold using the sides of the inscribed square as
the diameter" (yes, he knew his math terms, believe it or not). "Under
the penalty of death you are to determine which venture uses the least
amount of gold."
As mathmagicians, can you and your NTPs help the goldsmith determine
which solid to cover ?
Remember MathMagicians: share your thoughts leading to a solution with
us.
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Good luck and best wishes for 1998
MrH