Pi or Not Pi?
What is the first digit of π after the decimal point?
1
What fruit is most commonly used in classic American pie?
Apple
What is a pirate’s favorite letter?
R (Arrr)
What ancient civilization first used a basic form of π in their calculations—Egyptians or Vikings?
Egyptians
Who controls an airplane?
Pilot
What shape must an object have for π to be useful in measuring it?
Circle
What type of pie is made with a chocolate filling and named after a type of insect?
Grasshopper Pie
What is the name of the flag with a skull and crossbones commonly associated with pirates?
Jolly Roger
What is the name of the branch of math that deals with shapes, angles, and circles?
Geometry
What colorful object is filled with candy and hit with a stick at birthday parties?
Piñata
What are the three parts of a circle?
Radius, diameter, and circumference
What U.S. holiday is most associated with pumpkin pie?
Thanksgiving
What is the term for the wooden platform pirates used to make people walk off a ship?
The plank
Who is known as the "father of geometry"?
Euclid
What is the name of a person who plays a piano?
Who was the Greek mathematician who first studied π extensively?
Archimedes
What is the term for a pie without a top crust?
Open-face pie or tart
Who was the most famous female pirate, known for sailing with Anne Bonny?
Mary Read
Which famous physicist and mathematician developed the three laws of motion?
Isaac Newton
What word describes a very tall structure, like the Eiffel Tower?
Spire
How do you calculate π with the circumference and diameter of a circle?
Circumference/Diameter
The world’s largest pie ever made weighed over 10,000 pounds. Was it a fruit pie or a meat pie?
Fruit pie—pumpkin pie!
In the 1700s, pirates would sometimes get paid in pieces of eight. What type of currency was a piece of eight?
Spanish silver coin
Who was the mathematician that developed the Fibonacci sequence, which appears in nature?
Leonardo Fibonacci
What type of fish, known for its sharp teeth, is often found in the Amazon River?
Piranha