| #5848, aired 2010-02-03 | CLASS "E" $2,500 (Daily Double): At Harvard, Introduction to Game Theory is a course on this economics |
| #5800, aired 2009-11-27 | A, B, C, D THEN F $200: This branch of mathematics uses letters to symbolize numbers in equations algebra |
| #5765, aired 2009-10-09 | SPEAK UP! $2,800 (Daily Double): A Nobel Prize winner: "Don't worry about your difficulties in mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater" Einstein |
| #5724, aired 2009-06-25 | SHEER CHAOS $1,000 (Daily Double): What Bush accused Gore of using, it's an actual branch of mathematics that acknowledges imprecision fuzzy math |
| #5587, aired 2008-12-16 | WE REWRITE HISTORY! $200: In 1589 Kevin Federline became a professor at the University of Pisa & taught mathematics Galileo |
| #5556, aired 2008-11-03 | THE "THE" $1600: 7-letter word for a formula in mathematics deduced from other propositions theorem |
| #5539, aired 2008-10-09 | HALLS OF FAME $2,000 (Daily Double): Floyd Holt ('06), Janice Gould ('02) & Jaime Escalante ('99) are in the Natl. this H.O.F.; we'd list them all if we could teachers |
| #5515, aired 2008-07-25 | BRITISH PHYSICISTS $1200: Lucasian Prof. of Mathematics at Cambridge, he was born on January 8, 1942, 300 years to the day after Galileo's death (Stephen) Hawking |
| #5457, aired 2008-05-06 | & THE AWARD GOES TO... $1000: The Fermat Prize in this field is awarded for contributions to "statements of variational principles" mathematics |
| #5448, aired 2008-04-23 | MATHEMATICS $400: Distance runners know that 42.2 kilometers is closest to this many miles 26 |
| #5448, aired 2008-04-23 | MATHEMATICS $800: In the equation y=2x+3, 2 & 3 are called constants & the x & y are called this because they can change variables |
| #5448, aired 2008-04-23 | MATHEMATICS $1200: Number of inches in half a yard 18 |
| #5448, aired 2008-04-23 | MATHEMATICS $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew indicates a monitor.) Unlike an equilateral triangle with 3 equal sides, this type of triangle has 3 sides of different lengths a scalene triangle |
| #5448, aired 2008-04-23 | MATHEMATICS $2,000 (Daily Double): This angle is larger than an acute angle & smaller than an obtuse one a right angle |
| #5286, aired 2007-09-10 | "P"LEASE $1000: In mathematics, it's a flat surface of infinite extent; in carpentry, it's a tool used on surfaces a plane |
| #5277, aired 2007-07-17 | GETTING TESTY $400: The A.C.T. college entrance exam includes a set of 4 multiple-choice tests covering English, science, reading & this mathematics |
| #5234, aired 2007-05-17 | SPOT THE MISSPELED WORD $600: Good accounting secretaries need a healthy knowledge of mathmatics mathmatics (mathematics) |
| #4903, aired 2005-12-28 | "GON" TOMORROW $800: Mathematics branch dealing with the angles & functions of triangles trigonometry |
| #4840, aired 2005-09-30 | SCIENTISTS $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the top secret Jeopardy! science lab.) Laplace published the equation named for him in his treatise on these mechanics--the mathematics of the heavens celestial |
| #4786, aired 2005-05-30 | MEN OF SCIENCE $400: In 1589 he became a professor of mathematics at the U. of Pisa; in 1592 he moved on the U. of Padua Galileo |
| #4701, aired 2005-01-31 | THE SCIENCE GEEK $800: This German-born physicist said, "do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics; I can assure you that mine are... greater" Einstein |
| #4582, aired 2004-07-06 | PEARLS OF WISDOM $5,000 (Daily Double): A 17th century writer:
"Angling can be said to be so like the mathematics, that it can never be fully learnt" Izaak Walton |
| #4552, aired 2004-05-25 | SCIENTISTS $800: This physicist is Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, a post once held by Sir Isaac Newton (Stephen) Hawking |
| #4345, aired 2003-06-20 | MATHEMATICS $400: It's the sum of the coefficients in 2x plus 3y equals 18 5 (2 + 3) |
| #4345, aired 2003-06-20 | MATHEMATICS $1200: It's the lowest denominator of a fraction expressing the probability of rolling a 2 with one die 6 |
| #4345, aired 2003-06-20 | MATHEMATICS $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew) In set theory, it's the 5-letter word that this symbol stands for (U) union |
| #4345, aired 2003-06-20 | MATHEMATICS $2000: It's been thought but not proved that there's an infinite supply of twin these, parts of them that differ by 2 prime numbers |
| #4345, aired 2003-06-20 | MATHEMATICS $2,000 (Daily Double): Like 4, this number is also the square root of 16 -4 |
| #4278, aired 2003-03-19 | WHO IS THEON OF SMYRNA? $600: Theon's greatest work, available on Amazon.com, has mathematics useful for understanding this "Republic" author Plato |
| #4186, aired 2002-11-11 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports) This branch of mathematics deals specifically with the figure seen here trigonometry |
| #3945, aired 2001-10-26 | THROWING THE BOOK AT YOU $400: "40 years ago, certain persons went up to Laputa...and...came back with a very little smattering in mathematics" Gulliver's Travels |
| #3729, aired 2000-11-16 | "V" SHALL SEE $1000: In mathematics it's a quantity involving both direction & magnitude Vector |
| #3600, aired 2000-04-07 | TO SIR WITH LOVE $400: In 1669 this physicist became Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge Sir Isaac Newton |
| #3582, aired 2000-03-14 | HISTORIC PEOPLE $200: In 1589 he was appointed professor of mathematics at the University of Pisa Galileo |
| #3563, aired 2000-02-16 | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s $800: In mathematics it's a second-degree polynomial equation where the highest power of the unknown variable is 2 Quadratic equation |
| #3492, aired 1999-11-09 | THE "REAL" WORLD $500: In mathematics, a quantity that can be expressed as a finite or infinite decimal expression Real number |
| #3436, aired 1999-07-12 | AWARDS $600: In "Good Will Hunting", Stellan Skarsgard had a Fields Medal, called "The Nobel Prize of" this discipline Mathematics |
| #3394, aired 1999-05-13 | FOREIGN COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1000: In 1701 the school of Mathematics & Navigation was founded in Moscow by this "Great" leader Peter the Great |
| #3225, aired 1998-09-18 | LOGIC $700 (Daily Double): This Nobel Prize winning British lord tried to show that all mathematics is a type of logic Bertrand Russell |
| #3225, aired 1998-09-18 | LOGIC $1000: The "theory" of membership in these, also called classes, is part of mathematics as well as logic Sets |
| #3192, aired 1998-06-16 | CHAIRS $500: From 1594 to 1600 Johannes Kepler held the chair of this & mathematics at the University of Graz Astronomy |
| #3149, aired 1998-04-16 | WISCON-SIN $200: In 1970 peace activists blew up the Army Mathematics Research Center at this Madison institution the University of Wisconsin |
| #2966, aired 1997-06-23 | THE 16TH CENTURY $1000: In 1589 he was made professor of mathematics at the University of Pisa; his contract wasn't renewed in 1592 Galileo |
| #2865, aired 1997-01-31 | RUSSIAN WRITERS $800: This "Gulag Archipelago" writer taught mathematics while in exile in central Asia Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn |
| #2351, aired 1994-11-21 | SIGNS & SYMBOLS $400: The sign for a doubled bond in chemistry resembles this sign in mathematics Equal sign |
| #2127, aired 1993-11-30 | MATHEMATICS $200: Multiply 3,465 by this number to square it 3,465 |
| #2127, aired 1993-11-30 | MATHEMATICS $400: It's adjusting a number to simplify computations, like making 2.3 out of 2.294 Round/Rounding Off |
| #2127, aired 1993-11-30 | MATHEMATICS $600: A triangle with 3 equal sides is equilateral; 2 equal sides, isosceles; no two equal sides, this scalene |
| #2127, aired 1993-11-30 | MATHEMATICS $800: This process is verified by adding the subtrahend to the difference Subtraction |
| #2127, aired 1993-11-30 | MATHEMATICS $1000: He never revealed the proof of his last theorem, but only hinted at it in a margin note Pierre de Fermat |
| #1526, aired 1991-04-01 | MATH $100: Term for a type of triangle with three equal sides equilateral |
| #1526, aired 1991-04-01 | MATH $200: For this operation, most people use the borrow method subtraction |
| #1526, aired 1991-04-01 | MATH $300: After multiplying these you should reduce the product if possible fractions |
| #1526, aired 1991-04-01 | MATH $400: The name "geometry" comes from two Greek words meaning this Earth & measure |
| #1526, aired 1991-04-01 | MATH $500: It's a quarter of a circle or one of four divisions of a plane a quadrant |
| #1428, aired 1990-11-14 | MATHEMATICS $200: The number of degrees in any one angle in a rectangle 90 |
| #1428, aired 1990-11-14 | MATHEMATICS $400: If a pyramid is also a tetrahedron it means its base is in this shape a triangle |
| #1428, aired 1990-11-14 | MATHEMATICS $600: A cube has 6 faces & this number of vertices or corners 8 |
| #1428, aired 1990-11-14 | MATHEMATICS $800: In a Fibonacci sequence like:
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8,
each number from the third on is this the sum of the previous two numbers |
| #1428, aired 1990-11-14 | MATHEMATICS $1000: A spiral-shaped curve; the threads on a tapered screw form a conical one a helix |
| #1327, aired 1990-05-15 | MATHEMATICS $100: Statisticians make predictions based on the theory & laws of this Probability |
| #1327, aired 1990-05-15 | MATHEMATICS $200: The semicircular instrument used to measure & construct angles is called this Protractor |
| #1327, aired 1990-05-15 | MATHEMATICS $300: Degrees of latitude are further broken down into these divisions Minutes & seconds |
| #1327, aired 1990-05-15 | MATHEMATICS $400: Number of zeros to the right of the decimal point in the number one ten-thousandth 3 |
| #1327, aired 1990-05-15 | MATHEMATICS $500: A set with no elements is described as this Null/empty |
| #961, aired 1988-11-07 | THE THREE R'S $200: In mathematics they can be classified as real, irrational, or imaginary Numbers |
| #446, aired 1986-05-26 | MATHEMATICS $200: In algebra, numbers can be represented by numerals or these symbols letters |
| #446, aired 1986-05-26 | MATHEMATICS $400: Term for the side of a right triangle that is opposite the 90° angle hypoteneuse |
| #446, aired 1986-05-26 | MATHEMATICS $800 (Daily Double): 1,000, expressed by using 10 and an exponent 10 cubed |
| #446, aired 1986-05-26 | MATHEMATICS $800: A basic math statement whose truth is self-evident & therefore needs no further proof axiom |
| #446, aired 1986-05-26 | MATHEMATICS $1000: The prime factors of 21 3 and 7 |
| #63, aired 1984-12-05 | MATHEMATICS $200: Number of degrees in a circle 360 |
| #63, aired 1984-12-05 | MATHEMATICS $400: Mathematical function people in the Bible were always going forth & doing multiplying |
| #63, aired 1984-12-05 | MATHEMATICS $600: Logarithmic tool outmoded by the calculator a slide rule |
| #63, aired 1984-12-05 | MATHEMATICS $800: Total meters in a hectometer 100 |
| #63, aired 1984-12-05 | MATHEMATICS $1000: The formula for its volume is V equals pi r²h a cylinder |
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Lily Wang, a junior at Columbia University from Plano, Texas
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2004 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
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Mike Thayer, a mathematics teacher from North Plainfield, New Jersey
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"He was a junior at Rutgers University when he won the...
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Morgan Chase, a mathematics educator originally from Antrim, New Hampshire
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Season 21 1-time champion: $15,417 + $2,000. According to the official...
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Allen Upchurch, a mathematics teacher from Camden, South Carolina
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Season 15 player (1998-11-03).
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Andrew Nerlinger, a senior at the University of Notre Dame from Wilmington, Delaware
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Andrew was 21 at the time...
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Jonathan Matte, a mathematics instructor from Meriden, Connecticut
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Season 13 player (1997-04-22).
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Doug Grenier, a mathematics professor from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
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Season 20 1-time champion: $27,400 + $2,000.
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Rob Poodiack, a mathematics professor from Williston, Vermont
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Season 20 player (2004-01-28).
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Ryan Stoffers, a sophomore from UCLA
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2010 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Hometown: Saratoga, California. Ryan Stoffers...
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Dan Katz, an assistant professor of mathematics from Greensboro, North Carolina
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Season 26 player (2010-06-09). Not to be confused with Season 6...
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