Test Yourself With This Tricky Quiz About Mathematicians!
Think you know about all the brainiest boffins behind the modern study of maths? Test yourself with this quiz about mathematicians!
Hey maths fan! You may always get your sums right (right?) but how much do you know about these marvellous minds that made maths what it is today? This quiz will go back in time and test your knowledge of mathematicians that worked in ancient Egypt, Greece, India and even... a bunch of sheds near Milton Keynes, UK! These brilliant brains worked out some of the hardest puzzles humanity has ever cracked, so the least we can do is make sure we know their names and what they did. And that's what this quiz about mathematicians is all about!
For more brain-boggling stuff like this, check out our ultimate maths quiz, these hilarious maths jokes, or even these science facts! But for now, let's get back to these mathematicians! Wahoo!
Pythagoras was an Ancient Greek mathematician who discovered lots of features of shapes. He was also in a religious group that said you shouldn't eat... what?
Hypatia (350 AD - 4125 AD) was the first female mathematican that we have proper recorded evidence for. Where did she live?
What branch of maths did the Persian genius Muhammad ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi come up with?
This kind of pattern is named after a famous Italian mathematician. What's it called?
Why did a French mathematician in the early 1800s write under the fake name "M. Le Blanc"?
Where did Indian mathematican Srinivasa Ramanujan say he got all his good ideas from?
As well as being an amazing mathematician, Einstein was an incredible... what?
What did Katherine Johnson help do?
Alan Turing was a genius mathematician who helped crack codes people thought were unbreakable. What did he do with this?
Bonus question - who got hit on the head by an apple?
Bah! Unlucky! Your maths skills might be amazing - but you're missing out on some knowledge about the history of maths! This is important info, so have another go at this quiz and we'll see if you can score a bit higher! Good luck!
Not bad - you know your stuff! This result is pretty good! You definitely know a few things about these important mathematicians, but you could probably improve on some of your knowledge... up for another go? Let's try this quiz one more time!
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