Priyanshi Somani
This celebrity goo was created by player LaVonne Lemler.
Scott Hardie made minor changes to the clue provided by LaVonne.
publication date: Friday, September 1, 2017 (part of Summer 2017)
category: 
Competitions
clue: Holy math! How in the World did this child prodigy mentally calculate the square root of 10 six-digit numbers in record time and win the first place Cup as the youngest participant in the competition held in 2010?
explanation: Priyanshi Somani is a mental calculator from India who, at age 11, won first place in the Mental Calculation World Cup of 2010 by solving the square root of 10 six-digit numbers in record-breaking time of 6 minutes, 51 seconds. more…
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, Joanna Woods, Scott Hardie, Jesse King, and Elaine Beckland
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