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The Möbius strip and Other Impossible Figures

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Introduction:
"The Möbius strip is a famous example of a figure that doesn't comply with everyday geometry. What do you know about it and other, similar objects and how they're featured in art?"


1. The term Möbius strip comes from the person who discovered it. What was his name?
    Johann Mobius
    Carl Mobius
    Alfred Mobius
    Ferdinand Mobius


2. The Möbius strip has the property of being non-orientable, meaning that it can be moved around the surface and back to where it started so that it looks like a mirror image of itself. Which of these figures is also non-orientable?
    Torus
    Klein Bottle
    Golden Triangle
    Rhombitruncated Icosidodecahedron


3. A famous artist was fascinated with the Möbius strip as well as other impossibilities. He put them in many pieces of his art. Who was he?
    Gottfried Mind
    Pablo Picasso
    M. C. Escher
    Alois Senefelder


4. In 1969 and early 1970, an art contest was held to determine what a particular logo would look like. Gary Anderson, a college student, designed the winning logo, which was a Möbius strip made up of three arrows. It is still widely used today internationally. What does this logo represent?
    Recycling
    The creation of nuclear energy
    The water purification process
    Trickle-down effect


5. In one-dimensional geometry, what quantity of sides would be impossible?
    Answer: (A number)


6. Which impossible shape was created by artist Oscar Reutersvärd?
    Penrose Rhombus
    Penrose triangle
    Penrose Hexagram
    Penrose Cylinder


7. Which of these is not another name for the Devil's pitchfork?
    Blivet
    Poiuyt
    3-Pronged Impossibility
    Ambiguous trident


8. Many impossible figures are only impossible at the perspective they're shown at. In fact, perspective plays an important role in artwork with impossible designs. Which piece of art has the following quote underneath it: "Whoever makes a DESIGN without the Knowledge of PERSPECTIVE will be liable to such Absurdities as are shewn in this Frontiſpiece."
    A Lesson in Perspective
    False Perspective
    Ambiguous Perception
    Ye Olde Madhouse


9. The impossible cube (shown at the lower left-hand corner of M.C. Escher's "Belvedere) is based off of a wire-frame 2D cube first published in 1832. Which of these is the correct name for it?
    Johnson's Cube
    Necker Cube
    Dubbelzinnig Blokje
    Doppeldeutig Wurfel


10. This Hungarian artist (and animated film director) also dealt with ambiguous/impossible scenes, and is often held in the same esteem as Escher. His works include "Corner House" and a Möbius Strip of hands flipping pages called "Books". Who is he?
    Galantai Gyorgy
    Istvan Orosz
    Tibor Kalman
    Edmund Tull


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