Pi Day Trivia

What is the formal definition of pi? 

• The ratio of a circle's circumference to  its diameter
• 3.14159
• The radius of a unit circle
• The ratio of a circles diameter to its area

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Which of the following are the earliest known reference(s) to pi?    

• The Rosetta Stone and Bible
• A Middle Kingdom papyrus scroll,   by Ahmes the scribe
• Babylonian and Egyptian texts 
• Homer’s Illiad 

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Among the digits of pi currently known, the concentrations of each of the digits 0 - 9 are pretty much equal. However, in the first 30 digits of pi's decimal expansion, one number is conspicuously missing. Which number is it? 

• 2
• 0
• 5
• 7

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Who had the digits of Pi engraved on his tombstone?

• Archimedes
• Ludolph van Ceulen
• John Wrench
• Jon von Neumann

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Are pi's digits periodic? 

• Yes; the digits repeat themselves after   every 6000 decimal places.
• Maybe; not enough digits of pi have yet    been calculated to know if they start   eventually repeating themselves.
• Yes; every infinitely long number has to   start repeating itself sometime.
• No; every periodic number is rational, but   pi is irrational.

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In 1897 a State House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill setting pi equal to      16√3 which approximately equals 9.2376.   In which state of the United States did this occur?

• California
• Indiana
• Massachusetts
• Canada

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Which of the following is NOT a nickname given to Pi

• Archimedes Constant
• Rudolph’s Constant
• Ludolph’s Constant

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How long did it take a computer in 1949 to compute 2037 digits of pi?

• 70 Hours
• 100 Minutes
• 200 Hours
• A)  35 Days

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Pi Day is celebrated on March 14.  (which was chosen because it resembles 3.14)  What time does the official celebration begin?

• 3:14 PM
• 7:22 PM
• 1:59 PM
• 5:18 PM

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What famous scientist was born on Pi Day in 1879?

• Archimedes
• Einstein
• Galileo
• Newton

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