If you printed a billion decimals of Pi in ordinary font it would stretch from New York City to ?.
a) Pennsylvania
b) Kansas
c) Mississippi
d) Rhode Island
b) Kansas
100
Many mathematicians claim that it is more correct to say that a circle has an infinite number of ? than to having none.
a) corners
b) sides
a) corners
100
How do you find the circumference of a circle?
c = d x ∏
100
Pie is irrational.
True
100
What recent movie has the word Pi in it's title?
Life of Pi
200
it would take a person approximately ? years to recite all the known digits of Pi without stopping.
a)23,000
b)2
c)76
d)133
d) 133
200
What language does Pi originate from?
Greek
200
Name three equations Pi is used for.
To find
. volume
. circumference
. area
200
Scientists believe that Chinese is the best language used to memorize Pi.
False - Japanese
200
Why is Pi Day celebrated March 14?
Because the date is 3/14, and Pi is 3.14.
300
Which group of people were the first to find a value for Pi?
a) The Egyptians
b) The Romans
c) The Babylonians
d) Cavemen
c) The Babylonians
300
A German mathematician, Ludolph van Ceulen, devoted ? to calculate the first 35 decimal places of pi.
a)45 years
b)97 years
c)69 years
d)His entire life
d)His entire life
300
What is the commonly used fraction for Pi?
a) 22/7
b) 23/7
c) 37/3
d)27/8
a) 22/7
300
Pi is the most recognized math symbol in the world.
True
300
A Web site titled “The Pi-Search Page” finds a person’s ? and other well known numbers in the digits of pi.
a) age
b) birthday
c) height/weight
d) all of the above
b) all of the above
400
In ?, Johann Lambert proved that the value of Pi is an irrational number
a)1895
b)1669
c)1768
d)1423
c)1768
400
Which Genius shares his birthday with Pi Day?
a) Albert Einstein
b) Henry Ford
c) Thomas Edison
d) Ben Franklin
a) Albert Einstein
400
What number occurs most in the first 100,000 digits of Pi?
one
400
The first 40 digits of Pi contain no zeros.
False - The first 31 digits of Pi contain no zeros.
400
What is the answer to this Pi joke?
“What do you get if you divide the circumference of a jack-o'-lantern by its diameter? (comedian John Evans)
Pumpkin "Pi"
500
Pi has ? billion known digits
a)8.3 million
b)6.4 billion
c)7.6 billion
d)3.14 billion
b)6.4 billion
500
A mysterious 2008 crop circle in Britain shows a coded image representing the first ? digits of Pi.
a)3
b)10
c)500
d)7
b) 10
500
What are the first five digits of Pi?
a) 3.14891
b) 3.14159
c) 3.14192
d) 3.15652
b) 3.14159
500
The official celebration of Pi Day starts at 1:54 AM
False - It starts at 1:59 AM because Pi is 3.14159 - March 14, 1:59 AM.
500
Japanese engineer Akira Haraguchi, who in 2006 recited how many digits of Pi in front of witnesses in Tokyo?
a) 1,000,000
b) 63,000
c) 400,000
d) 100,000
DOUBLE POINT BONUS: How many hours did it take?