Dear All:

It's time to play the quiz [drum roll].

			QUIZ RULES CARVED INTO STONE

Round #1. You must NOT cheat.

Round #2. If you didn't pass round #1, you may cheat via Google and such.

      =====> THE QUIZ [aka intelligence test for mathematicians] <=====

QUESTION #1. True or false: one of Max Born's grandchildren is much more
famous than he is. I mean, incomparably more famous, leaves him in the dust
and even more.

QUESTION #2. Who is the most famous mathematician buried in the city which,
among others, used to be called Leningrad?

Oops, this was too easy. All of you know the answer: Euler.

QUESTION #3. True or false: the person buried nearby Euler is way more
famous than he is.

QUESTION #4. True or false: if the answer to question #3 is "true", then is
the person uniquely defined?

QUESTION #5. Who is the most famous mathematician born in the city which,
among others, used to be called Leningrad?

QUESTION #6. On the grand scale of things, which mathematician is more likely
to be remembered in the 4th millennium, Euler or the one from question #5?

QUESTION #7. Who is the most famous mathematician who was born less than 1 km
away from the place where I was born? ["place" means the house of the parents
not the hospital]

QUESTION #8. Who is the most famous physicist who was born less than 1 mile
away from the place where I was born? Is he defined uniquely? ["place" means
the house of the parents not the hospital]

QUESTION #9. Who is the most famous person who was born less than 1 km away
from the place where I was born? ["place" means the house of the parents not
the hospital]

QUESTION #10. Is Peter Lax more famous than his uncle? Is he also richer?
Well, we know the Peter is more alive.

QUESTION #11. If we pick the best soccer player mathematician and the best
soccer player physicist in the history of mankind, then the brother of which
one is more famous?

QUESTION #12. Who is the most famous mathematician buried in Columbus, Ohio?

QUESTION #13. Who is the most famous mathematician buried in Bloomington,
Indiana?

QUESTION #14. Who is the most famous mathematician born in Columbia,
Missouri?

QUESTION #15. Who is the most famous mathematician born in the the Polish
equivalent of Gottingen?

QUESTION #16. Who is the most famous mathematician whose co-author killed
more people than the Unabomber?

QUESTION #17. [WARNING: X-rated] Who is the most famous mathematician I ever
talked to while both of us were relieving ourselves?

LAST QUESTION. Have you ever seen a quiz better than this one?

If you pass a non-trivial portion of the quiz in round #1, you are eligible
for a grand prize from me. The actual prize, consisting of a significant
amount of calories is to be determined later.

N.B. If I already asked these question from you in the past and I provided
the answer, you are not eligible to participate.

Ready, set, go...

/PaulN (paul@nevai.us)

P.S. If you fail the test, don't despair. The only person I can think of
who's pass the test, besides me, would be Polya. Perhaps Gian-Carlo Rota and
Paul Halmos would pass it too since they are well-known not only to have
known everything but to have known it better than anyone else [I see I have
an internal contradiction here].

P.P.S. Feel free to distribute this quiz as long as you leave the text
intact.

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