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diego The man behind the gold

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diego Why math has no Nobel

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diego The race against the 40th birthday

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diego The Fields Medal

Tick-tock, solve the proof before you're forty years old!

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diego A quiet debut in Oslo

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Gold* (Intriguing)
    *   *Spin to Win Forty* (
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diego Spin the wheel under age forty to discover how the Fields Medal is won.

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The race against the 40th birthday

diego To win a Fields Medal, a mathematician must be under the age of 40 on January 1st of the award year.

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Fun Fact

Soap bubble shapes: Jesse Douglas won the first medal in 1936 by mathematically proving the perfect shapes that soap films take on wire frames.

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Why math has no Nobel

diego The Nobel Prizes completely exclude mathematics due to Alfred Nobel's personal focus on practical sciences rather than abstract theory.

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Glossary
age limit (noun)
The maximum or minimum age at which a person is legally or officially permitted to do something. The International Mathematical Union officially established this age limit of forty for the award in 1966.

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Quiz

Who was one of the first two recipients of the Fields Medal in 1936?

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Gossip

Is a strict age limit of 40 fair for a math prize?

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In which year was the first Fields Medal awarded?

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In which city was the 1924 International Congress of Mathematicians held where the medal was first proposed?

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What is the maximum age a mathematician can be on January 1st of the award year to win?

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Why did Alfred Nobel exclude mathematics from his famous Nobel Prizes?

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Which country hosted the 1936 International Congress where the first medals were awarded?

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How often are the Fields Medals awarded?

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Who is the Canadian mathematician who founded and funded the Fields Medal?

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diego A Living Memorial

We didn't build a silent stone (no silent stone) / This living stage is now his home (now his home)

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A living memorial to JFK
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diego Schedule daily performances to learn how the Kennedy Center serves as JFK's living memorial.

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From tragedy to a living monument

diego Following JFK's assassination in 1963, Congress designated the unfinished center as his official living memorial.

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Fun Fact

JFK's art legacy: The Kennedy Center was funded by both public tax dollars and private donations, a unique model for a US national memorial.

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A President's passion for the arts

diego President John F. Kennedy championed the cultural center, bringing star power and fundraising to the project.

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Glossary
memorial (noun)
A monument, structure, or holiday established to preserve the memory of a person or event. In 1964, President Johnson signed legislation designating the Washington arts venue to honor the assassinated leader.

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Which U.S. President's assassination in 1963 prompted Congress to designate the newly planned national cultural center as his official living memorial?

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Gossip

Which President did the most for US arts?

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Who was the famous American modernist architect selected to design the main building of the Kennedy Center?

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Which U.S. President signed the 1964 legislation that officially renamed the national cultural center in honor of John F. Kennedy?

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Which First Lady actively partnered with President Kennedy to lead the national fundraising campaigns for the performing arts center?

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Which legendary composer's theatrical piece 'Mass' was commissioned to inaugurate the Kennedy Center's Opera House in 1971?

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What was the Kennedy Center originally called when President Eisenhower first authorized its creation in 1958?

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In what year did President Dwight D. Eisenhower sign the National Cultural Center Act, which laid the foundation for the Kennedy Center?

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In what year did the Kennedy Center officially open its doors to the public for its inaugural performance?

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diego La cuna de la independencia en Dolores Hidalgo

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diego Los chiles en nogada poblanos y su leyenda

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El corazón... y el banquete) -> Latidos de la Patria +
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diego Sirve los platillos del banquete para descubrir las tradiciones patrias de cada región.

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diego El banquete tricolor

Banquete tricolor, Banquete tricolor, ¡sabor que celebra a la patria!

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diego La réplica de la campana de Dolores en cada municipio

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El zócalo de la Ciudad de México y su pirotecnia

diego La plaza pública más grande del país se convierte en el epicentro nacional del Grito con luces y música tradicional.

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Fun Fact

La campana de Dolores: La campana original de Dolores que tocó Hidalgo se encuentra hoy en el Palacio Nacional de la Ciudad de México, no en Guanajuato.

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Los chiles en nogada poblanos y su leyenda

diego Este icónico platillo poblano nació para celebrar la victoria de Agustín de Iturbide con los tres colores de la bandera nacional.

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Glossary
chile en nogada (sustantivo masculino)
Platillo tradicional de la cocina mexicana consistente en un chile poblano relleno de picadillo, bañado con salsa de nuez y granada. Las monjas agustinas de Puebla sirvieron este manjar a Agustín de Iturbide en agosto de 1821.

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Quiz

¿Qué ingredientes de temporada otorgan los colores verde y rojo a los tradicionales chiles en nogada de Puebla?

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Gossip

¿Comerías chile en nogada capeado o sin capear?

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¿Dónde se localiza permanentemente la campana original que utilizó Miguel Hidalgo en 1810 para iniciar la independencia?

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Gossip

¿Cuál es tu elemento favorito del festejo patrio?

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¿Qué personaje histórico de la independencia de México firmó los Tratados de Córdoba en el año 1821?

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¿Cuántas veces debe sonar la campana municipal durante el protocolo oficial del Grito de Independencia?

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¿Qué color del chile en nogada es representado por la cremosa salsa de nuez de Castilla conocida como nogada?

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¿En qué municipio del estado de Guanajuato se dio el histórico Grito de Dolores el 16 de septiembre de 1810?

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¿A qué hora exacta se realiza tradicionalmente el Grito de Independencia presidencial desde el Palacio Nacional cada 15 de septiembre?

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¿Qué orden religiosa de monjas creó los chiles en nogada en Puebla en el año 1821?

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diego The 1929 MoMA Blueprint

We built a blueprint to change the museum, putting film and design next to painting.

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diego The first hit records of modernism

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Moving the block to 53rd Street

diego MoMA found its permanent home on West 53rd Street in 1939.

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Fun Fact

MoMA's first home: The museum originally opened in a rented six-room office suite on the 12th floor of Manhattan's Heckscher Building in 1929.

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Alfred Barr Jr. spins the multi-disciplinary wheel

diego First director Alfred Barr Jr. conceptualized MoMA as a multi-genre cultural hub.

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Glossary
museum (noun)
A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, preservation, and exhibition of objects of artistic, historical, or scientific value. In November 1929, three wealthy female patrons established the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan.

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Quiz

Which architectural duo designed MoMA's landmark modernist building on West 53rd Street, opened in 1939?

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