Pi Day

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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What does the Massachusetts Institute of Technology do on Pi Day?

• Pi Bee
• Pie baking Contest
• Pie eating competition
• mails its acceptance letters

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Are pi's digits periodic? In other words, do the digits ever repeat themselves in any pattern?

• No, pi is irrational
• Yes, every 6,000,000 decimal places
• Yes, every infinitely long number repeats
• Maybe, not enough digits of pi are known yet

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Among the digits of pi currently known, the concentration of each of the digits 0-9 are pretty close to equal. However, in the first 30 places of pi's decimal expansion, which digit is completely missing?

• 7
• 2
• 0
• 8

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Who, in 1706, first gave the Greek letter "pi" its current mathematical definition?

• Isaac Newton
• William Jones
• Napoleon Bonaparte
• Archimedes

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Who was the first group to find a value for pi?

• Egyptians
• Babylonians 
• Romans
• Greeks

What U.S. city has a zip code containing the first 5 digits of pi?

• Savannah, Georgia
• Salt Lake City, Utah
• Frankfort, Kentucky
• Juneau, Alaska

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What day will Pi Day be on NEXT year?

• July 3

• March 13

• March 14

• March 15

Which is the correct beginning of pi ?

• 3.145678910...

• 3.1415926...

• 3.4109528...

• 3.1428666...

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