Pi Day Trivia

"I prefer pi" is _______________.

• an awesome math quote
• a palindrome
• what Moby tells Tim in the Circles BrainPop video
• the name of a mathematics poem

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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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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 letter is pi of the Greek alphabet?

• 10
• 12
• 14
• 16

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Lu Chao of China set a world record by memorizing the most digits of pi.  How many digits did he memorize?

• 67,890
• 68,980
• 69,760
• 60,967

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Who did the first proof to find the number pi?

• Archimedes 
• Pythagorus
• Socrates
• Boyle

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What shape did Archimedes use to find pi?

• square
• rectangle
• triangle
• pentagon

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The symbol for pi was introduced in the last _____ years.

• 100
• 200
• 300
• 400

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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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