People and Pi
What famous scientist was born on Pi day?
Albert Einstein
True or False: the Bible references pi.
True: the measurements for the altar in Solomon's temple form a ratio that is similar to pi.
What fraction is commonly used for pi but is not exact?
22/7
How many digits have we currently calculated of pi?
More than a trillion
3.14% of sailors are what?
Pi-rates
Who first introduced π as the symbol for pi?
William Jones
Who is the first person to intensely study pi in ancient times?
Archimedes, an ancient mathematician
True or False: There are 5 zeros in the first 31st digits of pi?
False: there are no zeros in the first 31st digits of pi
Who holds the record of most Pi digits memorized? Bonus: How many digits has he memorized?
Rajveer Meena
Bonus: 70,000
What do you call a group of 8 legged sea creatures that like math?
Octo-pi
Which famous artist worked briefly on approximating pi?
Leonardo da Vinci
Which famous landmark's perimeter and height form a ratio that is about twice pi?
The Great Pyramid of Giza
What number is the 359th digit position of pi? Hint: think about the degrees around a circle
360
π is the Greek letter for what?
The letter "p"
What do you get when you cut a jack'o lantern by it's diameter?
Pumpkin pi
Who spent most of his life calculating the first 36 digits of pi?
Ludolph van Ceulen
Which character from Star Trek defeated an evil supercomputer by ordering it to calculate the last digit of pi? (which is impossible)
Spock
How many times does 314159 appear in order in the first 10 million digits of pi?
at least 6 times
How many corners does a circle have?
Infinite amount
What is the official animal of Pi day?
a pi-thon
Who worked by hand for years to find the first 707 digits of pi? Bonus: He incorrectly calculated the ___ digit, therefore each number he calculated after was incorrect.
William Shanks Bonus:527th
For about how long have humans studied pi?
About 4,000 years
Which number occurs most in the first 100,000 digits of pi?
1
Pi is a part of what mythology?
Egyptian
What is the worst thing about getting hit in the face with a pie?
Pi never ends