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So just how much do you know about Fermat's Last Theorem? Okay, everybody understands the proof
inside out, but how much do you know about the
history, the film, the book and the musical? Are you
really a Fermat fanatic?
To find out if you are a
genius in the making, see how many of the following
questions you can answer.


1. In the TV documentary, which American band featured on the soundtrack?
a) The Violent Femmes,
b) Blondie,
c) The Ramones.

2. Descartes declared that Pierre de Fermat...
a) was a braggart,
b) was a geek,
c) had a mother who was a hamster and a father who smelled of elderberries,

3. Fermat discovered that the numbers 17,296 and 18,416 are
a) amicable,
b) adorable,
c) lovable.

4. Which company asked Andrew Wiles to endorse a new range of menswear after he had proved Fermat's Last Theorem?
a) Gap,
b) Marks & Spencers,
c) Pringle.

5. When I was short-listed for a science book prize, I was awarded a prize which had mistakenly engraved upon it...
a) Fermat's Lost Theorem,
b) Fermat's Least Theorem,
c) Fermat's Latest Theorem.
 

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