In Math
History of Pi
Pi(e) in Pop Culture
Pie Facts
100

What is the decimal approximate of pi to the nearest thousandth?

3.14

100

A letter from which alphabet represents pi?

Greek

100
What day is Pi Day?

March 14

100

What is the most popular pie flavor in the United States?

Apple Pie

200

Pi is used mostly with which geometric shape?

Circle

200

Which Greek mathematician used geometric models to approximate the value of pi in 250 BC?

Archimedes

200

The Life of Pi is about a man stuck on a lifeboat with what animal?

Tiger

200

What culture was the first to use pies?`

Egypt

300

Write out the equation for circumference in terms of a circle's radius.

2pir

300

In which ancient civilization was pi for seen in approximately 4000 BC?

Babylon

300

What song is about "the day the music died?"

American Pie

300

In 1644, Oliver Cromwell banned pies as he believed they were a sign of what deadly sin?

Gluttony

400

What kind of number is pi?

Irrational

400

Ludolph van Ceulen's greatest pride in his life was calculating a certain number of digits of pi by his death in 1610.  How many digits did he calculate?  Whoever is to the nearest digit will get the points.

35

400

In what sci-fi show is a super computer defeated by being commanded to calculate the last digit of pi?

Star Trek

400

In medieval periods, what was the name of a pie crust?

"Coffyn" - Coffin

500

How do we define pi in terms of a circle?

The amount of times a circle's diameter goes around the circle

500

In 2022, pi has been calculated to how many digits?  Whoever is the nearest billions will get the points

100 trillion

500

Which American scientist wrote the novel Contact, in which earth receives a message from extraterrestrial life using the digits of pi? 

Carl Sagan

500

"Pie Town" is a real town in what US state?

New Mexico