Watching the game, and playing along, is a great activity for a math club or for individuals who want to match wits with the contestants. Below are videos of recent games, which you can also see on the AMS channel on YouTube. (Almost all videos were taken by Bill Butterworth of DePaul University.)
2012 USA Science and Engineering Festival
Daniel Yang talks about winning US$3000 in Who Wants to Be a Mathematician at the festival, which took place in Washington, DC.
2012 National Contest
All the questions and action from the 2012 national contest, which took place at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Boston.
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Pi Day 2012 at Providence College
In these two videos, Tri Ha, a junior at Woonsocket High School talks about his plans for his winnings and Deborah A. Gist, Rhode Island Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education, makes introductory remarks (introduced by Frank Ford, Providence College Department of Mathematics and Computer Science). More videos to come.
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The 2012 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
The meeting took place in Vancouver and Anne Lim of Burnaby North Secondary School won $2500 (currently the only video from the event, more to come).
The 2011 SACNAS annual meeting in San Jose
About 3000 people watched six undergraduates from across the country try to win $2000 at the SACNAS conference in San Jose.
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The 2011 Arnold Ross Lecture at the Science Museum of Minnesota
After a very engaging lecture by Joan Hutchinson, eight Twin Cities students competed for cash and prizes.
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Pi Day 2011 at Providence College
The Governor of Rhode Island, Lincoln Chafee, congratulated the contestants and handed out awards.
On Family Science Days at the 2011 AAAS Annual Meeting - February 20, 2011
A three-way tie for first in this very tight game
The 2011 National Who Wants to Be a Mathematician in New Orleans - January 7, 2011
Evan O'Dorney attempts to repeat as national Who Wants to Be a Mathematician champion.
Who Wants to Be a Mathematician in Vancouver - October 21, 2010
This was the WWTBAM crew's first visit outside the U.S. (arriving a little late for the Olympics). A packed house saw the event.
Who Wants to Be a Mathematician at the 2010 Arnold Ross Lecture - October 14, 2010
Who Wants to Be a Mathematician at the 2010 SACNAS National Conference - October 1, 2010
Every year the AMS conducts the game at the conference's breakfast for all attendees
Who Wants to Be a Mathematician at Providence College - April 6, 2010
Two exciting games of Who Wants to Be a Mathematician (following lots of rain in Rhode Island)
Who Wants to Be a Mathematician at the University of Michigan - March 19, 2010
Students, teachers, and folks from Mathematical Reviews® attended on the first warm Friday of the spring in Ann Arbor (questions similar to those in the RI game above)
2010 Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Francisco, January 14, 2010
A National Who Wants to Be a Mathematician at the 2010 Joint Mathematics Meetings
Who Wants to Be a Mathematician at the University of Hawai'i at Hilo - December 6, 2009
A big crowd turned out on a Sunday afternoon for two exciting games on the east side of the Big Island.
2009 Arnold Ross Lecture at the National Science Science Center's Fort Discovery
The Arnold Ross Lecture and Who Wants to Be a Mathematician traveled to Augusta, Georgia on October 29 for a morning of mathematics.
Who Wants to Be a Mathematician at SACNAS 2009
SACNAS is a society dedicated to fostering the success of Hispanic/Chicano and Native American scientists in attaining advanced degrees, careers, and positions of leadership. This video has parts of the game from the 2009 SACNAS national conference
Below are two full-length videos of games played in Danvers, MA at Danvers High School on April 29, 2004. (At that time, the game was called Do the Math! but otherwise the game is the same as the current Who Wants to Be a Mathematician.) Each game below lasts approximately 30 minutes.
Danvers High School :: Game 1
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