| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | MATH TALK $400: It's a demonstrably true mathematical statement; calculus has a "fundamental" one theorem |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | SIGNS & SYMBOLS $800: In 1675 Leibniz introduced an elongated S to represent the sign for this calculus process integration |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | BUT WE REPEAT OURSELVES $1500: Did you study up on your calculus? Because that's another word for this hard yellowish substance that can cause tooth decay tartar |
| #8592, aired 2022-03-08 | PEOPLE IN SCIENCE $2000: Sir Isaac Newton had a famous dispute with this German philosopher & mathematician over who invented calculus first Gottfried Leibniz |
| #8587, aired 2022-03-01 | EDUCATORS $800: Bolivian émigré Jaime Escalante's dedication to teaching calculus to "unteachable" L.A. kids was featured in this 1988 film Stand and Deliver |
| #8463, aired 2021-08-11 | MATH $2000: In calculus this is defined as the instantaneous rate of change of a function, so for a constant function (no change) it's 0 derivative |
| #8454, aired 2021-07-29 | HELP! $800: If you need help with this on your teeth, go to a dentist; for the same-named branch of math, get a tutor calculus |
| #8398, aired 2021-05-12 | I'LL REPEAT MYSELF AGAIN, TOO $800: Only a dental professional can truly remove this mineral deposit also called calculus that forms along & under the gumline tartar |
| #8228, aired 2020-06-03 | LET'S LOOK AT SOME MATH $1600: The symbol here is telling you to perform this calculus function integration |
| #8202, aired 2020-04-14 | MATH TERMS $1000: Vector calculus involves 2 or more of these changeable quantities, either dependent or independent variables |
| #3, aired 2020-01-08 | THE GREATEST OF ALL MINDS $8,400 (Daily Double): This German developed calculus independent of another wise guy Leibniz |
| #8004, aired 2019-05-30 | WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA? $400: Developed by 2 17th century thinkers & rivals, it's used to calculate rates of change & to torment high school students calculus |
| #7989, aired 2019-05-09 | FILM TEACHERS $2000: In "Stand and Deliver", Edwards James Olmos gets his dropout-prone kids ready to pass a test in this tough branch of math calculus |
| #7918, aired 2019-01-30 | RECENT TV $2000: "3 things Titus Andromedon does not do" on this Netflix show--"apologies, drag & calculus" the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt |
| #7752, aired 2018-05-01 | SCIENCE FRICTION $1600: Isaac Newton feuded for decades with this German over who had invented calculus Leibniz |
| #7743, aired 2018-04-18 | YOU KNEW THERE'D BE MATH $2000: Calculus time! It's the second derivative of 3x3 18x |
| #7603, aired 2017-10-04 | CALCULUS $400: Mathematicians have used calculus to prove that this ratio is less than 22/7, its common approximation pi |
| #7603, aired 2017-10-04 | CALCULUS $800: The process of differentiation lets you find the slope of one of these lines that touches a curve at just one point a tangent |
| #7603, aired 2017-10-04 | CALCULUS $1200: "Calculus" is Latin for a small one of these, used by the ancients on counting boards a stone |
| #7603, aired 2017-10-04 | CALCULUS $1600: The rate of change of a function with respect to a variable is denoted by this term that can also mean "unoriginal" derivative |
| #7603, aired 2017-10-04 | CALCULUS $2000: It all comes together with this calculus operation that lets you find the precise area under a curve integration |
| #7574, aired 2017-07-13 | ARGUMENT $1000: In 1713 the fight over who invented calculus was submitted to this society; unluckily for Leibniz, Newton was its president the Royal Society |
| #7297, aired 2016-05-10 | 2016 STAMPS $600: Stand & deliver the name of this man honored on a stamp & in film for teaching calculus to his inner-city students Jaime Escalante |
| #7260, aired 2016-03-18 | I HAVE A GREAT IDEA $1200: Newton & Leibniz both came up with the fundamental theorem that unites 2 types of this branch of math calculus |
| #6889, aired 2014-07-24 | THE GENIUS BAR $1200: Curse you, Gottfried Leibniz, for co-inventing this branch of math, both integral & differential calculus |
| #6733, aired 2013-12-18 | SCIENTISTS $1,500 (Daily Double): In the mid-1660s he laid the foundations of calculus & wrote the essay "Of Colours" Newton |
| #6710, aired 2013-11-15 | GIVE US 2 C's & AN A $1200: This math branch can also pose a problem for your dentist as a hard deposit on your teeth calculus |
| #6708, aired 2013-11-13 | TALKIN' MATH $1000: In calculus, it's what the notation df/dx represents; don't try to be original derivative (differentiation accepted) |
| #6555, aired 2013-03-01 | CONTEMPORARIES $800: In 1675, Leibniz was inventing calculus while this architect had his design of St. Paul's accepted by the King (Sir Christopher) Wren |
| #6528, aired 2013-01-23 | MATH IS A 7- OR 8-LETTER WORD $800: The integral type of this math branch can be used to find the end result of known continuous change calculus |
| #6518, aired 2013-01-09 | SUPERSTARS OF SCIENCE $400: In the 1660s, with Cambridge closed by plague, he went home & started inventing calculus Newton |
| #6366, aired 2012-04-30 | WHAT A CENTURY $800: Newton invents calculus the 17th century |
| #6366, aired 2012-04-30 | DOUBLE "F" $1600: In the dictionary this word comes before calculus, equation & psychology differential |
| #6103, aired 2011-03-09 | TEACHING $800: The U.S. is facing a shortage of teachers of this subject--where are the new Jaime Escalantes? calculus |
| #5972, aired 2010-07-27 | HERE'S 2 "U" $4,000 (Daily Double): The name of this branch of math comes from the Latin for "small stone" calculus |
| #5907, aired 2010-04-27 | A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING $400: A branch of math, it's also another name for tartar build up on the teeth calculus |
| #5775, aired 2009-10-23 | "F" TROOP $600: This adjective meaning "skilled in speaking a language" is also a calculus term used by Newton fluent |
| #5667, aired 2009-04-07 | DISCOVERIES $400: By Newton--no, Leibniz--no, Newt--anyway, this branch of math calculus |
| #5112, aired 2006-11-28 | MATH $800: Pierre de Fermat invented the differential type of this branch of math calculus |
| #5018, aired 2006-06-07 | THE DEADFUL GREAT $2000: In 1684 this German philosopher published the foundations of calculus, unaware of Newton's work on the subject Leibniz |
| #4939, aired 2006-02-16 | GREAT BRIT $2000: The son of an illiterate yeoman, he'd "gravitate" toward inventing infinitesimal calculus Newton |
| #4907, aired 2006-01-03 | HAPPY "NEW" YEAR $1600: He discovered calculus & formulated the laws of motion Newton |
| #4751, aired 2005-04-11 | NOVELS OF THE PAST $1200: The hero of Neal Stephenson's "Quicksilver" has to settle the calculus dispute between Leibniz & him Newton |
| #4694, aired 2005-01-20 | SCIENCE GUYS $1000: Gottfried Leibniz likened this number system to God & the void the binary system |
| #4631, aired 2004-10-25 | CROSSWORD CLUES "C" $2000: Dental tartar, or branch of math
(8) calculus |
| #4615, aired 2004-10-01 | CALCULUS $400: "Vive la" this, for which Augustin Cauchy introduced the delta symbol in the 19th century difference |
| #4615, aired 2004-10-01 | CALCULUS $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew points to a blackboard.) By finding the value of the right side of the equation, we'll do this to the function integrate it |
| #4615, aired 2004-10-01 | CALCULUS $1200: On a graph, the derivative of a function is this, which all lines except vertical ones have a slope |
| #4615, aired 2004-10-01 | CALCULUS $1600: Often symbolized L, it's the value approached by a function as its variable approaches a given value a limit |
| #4615, aired 2004-10-01 | CALCULUS $2000: Related to the word "increase", it's a small change in a variable representing distance or time increment |
| #4442, aired 2003-12-23 | BOOKS ABOUT SCIENCE $1200: This field with integral & differential parts is "Made Easy" in a 1910 book recently revised by Martin Gardner calculus |
| #4342, aired 2003-06-17 | NOT YOUR EVERYDAY WORDS $2000: It's a person of great learning in a variety of subjects, though it sounds like only in trig & calculus polymath |
| #4214, aired 2002-12-19 | CLASSROOM FILMS $800: 1987:
Edward James Olmos' students from the East L.A. barrio pass the A.P. calculus exam & are accused of cheating Stand and Deliver |
| #4056, aired 2002-04-01 | METAPHYSICS $2000: This German who co-discovered calculus thought entities called monads make up the universe & are microcosms of it Liebniz |
| #3819, aired 2001-03-22 | LESSER-KNOWN ANCIENT ROMANS $200: Whether it was integral or differential, it was hard to understand the math this guy would spout Calculus |
| #3615, aired 2000-04-28 | SUM-MERS $500: In 1676, the year after discovering calculus, he began a 40-year-long job as court librarian in Hanover Gottfried Leibniz |
| #3318, aired 1999-01-27 | GIVE ME A "C" $400: Isaac Newton & Gottfried Leibniz invented this branch of math independently of one another....go figure Calculus |
| #3281, aired 1998-12-07 | CAR TALK $500: A calculus major could tell you it's the part that uses gears to transfer power to the rear wheels Differential |
| #3164, aired 1998-05-07 | ALL ABOUT CALCULUS $200: Points in the X & Y axes are called Cartesian coordinates in honor of this man Rene Descartes |
| #3164, aired 1998-05-07 | ALL ABOUT CALCULUS $400: It's the century in which calculus was created 17th century |
| #3164, aired 1998-05-07 | ALL ABOUT CALCULUS $600: Calculus is featured in this Gilbert & Sullivan operetta, heard here The Pirates of Penzance |
| #3164, aired 1998-05-07 | ALL ABOUT CALCULUS $800: With Cambridge closed because of the plague, he developed calculus at his mother's farm in Woolsthorpe Sir Isaac Newton |
| #3164, aired 1998-05-07 | ALL ABOUT CALCULUS $1000: Leibniz, an inventor of calculus, was an adviser to this "Great" Russian czar Peter the Great |
| #2940, aired 1997-05-16 | MATH TERMS $200: You'll find the word "infinite" within the calculus term for infinitely small, but not quite zero Infinitesimal |
| #2905, aired 1997-03-28 | WINDMILLS $800: As a boy he built a model windmill; his calculus foe Gottfried Leibniz designed them as an adult Sir Isaac Newton |
| #2695, aired 1996-04-26 | ISAAC NEWTON $3,000 (Daily Double): Newton engaged in a protracted argument with Leibniz over which of them invented this branch of math calculus |
| #2540, aired 1995-09-22 | INVENTORS & SCIENTISTS $200: Colin Maclaurin met this British scientist in 1719 & later extended his work in gravitation & calculus Newton |
| #2206, aired 1994-03-21 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $200: It's the common name for a renal calculus a kidney stone |
| #2205, aired 1994-03-18 | SCIENCE $2,400 (Daily Double): It's a branch of math or, in dentistry, a hardened plaque on the teeth calculus |
| #2012, aired 1993-05-11 | CALCULUS $200: Legend says Newton's Law of Gravity & his invention of calc. came from watching one of these fruits fall apples |
| #2012, aired 1993-05-11 | CALCULUS $400: This 17th c. Frenchman contributed to the development of calc. when he used algebra to describe curves Descartes |
| #2012, aired 1993-05-11 | CALCULUS $600: You need calc. to take this earth measurement because it isn't a perfect sphere; if it were, you'd use (4/3) pi r3 volume |
| #2012, aired 1993-05-11 | CALCULUS $800: The 2 main branches are differential & this integral |
| #2012, aired 1993-05-11 | CALCULUS $4,800 (Daily Double): This German calculus founder was considered a universal genius by his friends & thief by Newtonians Leibniz |
| #1970, aired 1993-03-12 | SCIENCE $400: This branch of mathematics has differential & integral parts calculus |
| #1783, aired 1992-05-06 | MATH $600: The two main branches of calculus are integral & this differential |
| #1556, aired 1991-05-13 | SCIENTISTS $600: Calculus was developed independently by Gottfried Leibniz & this British scientist Newton |
| #1427, aired 1990-11-13 | FAMOUS TEACHERS $500: East L.A. teacher famous for helping his kids pass the Advanced Placement calculus test (Jaime) Escalante |
| #1264, aired 1990-02-15 | MATH $100: Type of math divided into differential & integral calculus |
| #1196, aired 1989-11-13 | MATH $500: Branch of math meaning "pebble" in Latin, it's also related to a word that means "to determine by math" calculus |
| #939, aired 1988-10-06 | MATHEMATICS $1000: 1 of the 2 people usually credited with creating a calculus system in the 17th century Newton (or von Leibniz) |
| #768, aired 1987-12-30 | PHYSICISTS $400: Englishman generally credited with discovery of calculus & theory of gravity Newton |
| #749, aired 1987-12-03 | MATHEMATICS $1000: This branch of math was invented to solve problems with quantities that change or vary calculus |
| #653, aired 1987-06-10 | SCIENCE $500: Universal gravitation & calculus were 2 of his many discoveries Newton |
| #313, aired 1985-11-20 | TEETH $400: This hard yellowish tartar found on teeth sounds like a mathematical matter calculus |
| #133, aired 1985-03-13 | LITERATURE $400: His own short story "A Calculus at Heaven" was the basis for his novel "The Naked & The Dead" Norman Mailer |
| #118, aired 1985-02-20 | 11-LETTER WORDS $200: Algebra, calculus, or trigonometry mathematics |
| #112, aired 1985-02-12 | MATHEMATICS $800: Branch of math named from Arabic for "reunion of broken parts" algebra |
| #30, aired 1984-10-19 | MATHEMATICS $600: Branch named from the Latin word for pebble comes in "differential" & "integral" calculus |
| #8, aired 1984-09-19 | MATHEMATICS $1000: Money to publish Newton's book on calculus came from this comet predictor Halley |
