History of Mathematics Quiz

Who is the author of the book “Almagest”?

• Ptolemy
• Archimedes

• Euclid

• Pythagoras

Who is considered as the “Prince of Mathematics”?

• Gauss

• Servois

• Pythagoras

• Euclid

Who is the author of the books “Liber Abaci” and “Flos”?

• Fibonacci
• Diophantus

• Cardano

• Herodotus

He is known as the “Maker of Mathematicians” who inscribed the motto “Let no one ignorant of mathematics (geometry) enter here.” in his school.

• Plato
• Aristotle

• Thales

• Euclid

He is the author of the book “The Elements”

• Euclid
• Democritus of Abdera

• Pappus of Alexandria

• Thales of Miletus

He is known as “The Greatest Might Have Been”.

• Blaise Pascal
• Charles Babbage

• Isaac Newton

• Albert Einstein

Who is the “Father of Accounting”?

• Luca Pacioli
• Leonardo of Pisa

• Nicolas Chuquest

• Rafael Bombelli

He is known as “Frail Child of a Noble Family”, who was honored by having the rectangular coordinate system. The “Rule of Signs” is also his significant contribution.

• Rene Descartes
• Girard Desargues

• Pierre de Fermat

• Christian Huygens

Who is the author of the book “Ars Magna”?

• Girolamo Cardano
• Lodovico Ferrari

• Scipione Del Ferro

• Niccolo Fontana Tartaglia

He is the first one to use the term “pole” in geometry?

• Servois
• Oughtred

• Euclid

• Archimedes