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Quiz about History of Greek Philosophy and Math

History of Greek Philosophy and Math Quiz

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A multiple-choice quiz by thejazzkickazz. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
thejazzkickazz

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
86,495

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Very Difficult

Avg Score
3 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who was the first Greek to state the formula for the volume of a cone?
Hint

Democritus

Euclid

Thales

Eudoxus

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was the geometrical shape that was used by the Brotherhood of the Pythagoreans as a sign of membership?
Hint

circle

pentagram

triangle

octagon

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Question 3 of 10

3. A quadratrix was derived as a solution for trisecting any angle. Who was the fellow who solved this problem?
Hint

Archimedes

Hippias

Plato

Archtyas

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Question 4 of 10

4. "Sphaerica" is perhaps the most important of Greek works. Who was the author of this book?
Hint

Menelaus

Aristotle

Eudoxus

Plato

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was the Greek mathematician from whom Euclid borrowed many of his propositions with such flair?

Answer: (A--)

6. Who was the German mathematician that incorporated Zeno of Elea's notion of infinitesimals, banishing not only these demons but also showing how in fact we live in a Parmenidean world of stillness?
Hint

Weierstrass

Newton

Leibniz

Gauss

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who was the Greek mathematician credited with proving the Pythagorean theory? Hint

Apollodorus

Aristotle

Archilocus

Archimedes

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who was the Greek mathematician that systematized the axioms of Babylonia and Greece?

Answer: (E--)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Thales was not only a decent philosopher, but he also founded many geometrical theorems. Which of the following theorems are not attributed to Thales? Hint

A circle is bisected by its diameter

Parallel lines intersected create equal angles

Angles of two isosceles triangles have equal base angles

If two triangles have 2 angles and one equal they are of tantamount natures

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which Greek philosopher and mathematician was successful in the squaring of the lunes, which then induced him to "square the circle"? Hint

Thales

Hippocrates

Eudoxus

Archimedes

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was the first Greek to state the formula for the volume of a cone?

Answer: Democritus

Democritus stated that the volume of a cone was one-third the cylinder with the same base and height, and the pyramid was one-third of a prism. Not only did this Universal-genius discover that all materiality was composed of a-tomos (atoms), but he also contributed in every field of science. He travelled to India, Babylon and the rest of the known world, consulting with magi and the wisest-people he could find.

2. What was the geometrical shape that was used by the Brotherhood of the Pythagoreans as a sign of membership?

Answer: pentagram

The pentagram was called "health" by the brotherhood, it is a triple-triangle. The Pythagoreans played an important part in the history of astronomy with the spherical-model of the Universe. Thus, they also inferred that the earth and other celestial bodies were spherical in nature.

3. A quadratrix was derived as a solution for trisecting any angle. Who was the fellow who solved this problem?

Answer: Hippias

4. "Sphaerica" is perhaps the most important of Greek works. Who was the author of this book?

Answer: Menelaus

5. Who was the Greek mathematician from whom Euclid borrowed many of his propositions with such flair?

Answer: Autolycus

He was considered the first Greek mathematician. Autolycus' theorems: If a sphere revolves uniformly about its axis, all the points on the surface of the sphere which are not on the axis will describe parallel circles which have the same poles as the sphere and are also at right angles.

Answer: Weierstrass

7. Who was the Greek mathematician credited with proving the Pythagorean theory?

Answer: Apollodorus

This theorem is also claimed by the Indians to have been discovered and documented in the Apastamba Sulba Sutras.

8. Who was the Greek mathematician that systematized the axioms of Babylonia and Greece?

Answer: Euclid

9. Thales was not only a decent philosopher, but he also founded many geometrical theorems. Which of the following theorems are not attributed to Thales?

Answer: Parallel lines intersected create equal angles

10. Which Greek philosopher and mathematician was successful in the squaring of the lunes, which then induced him to "square the circle"?

Answer: Hippocrates

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