AA Pi Trivia Contest 2022

How is Pi defined?

• The ratio of the diameter of a circle to its circumference
• The ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter
• The ratio of the radius of a circle to its circumference
• The ratio of the circumference of a circle to its radius

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 Pi is best described as what type of number?

• an irregular fraction
• irrational number
• an integer
•  a rational number

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Pi is named after a letter of which alphabet?

• Egyptian
• Greek
• English
• Chineese

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 How did Archimedes die (Around 212 B.C.)?

•  killed by a roman soldiers when syracuse was taken
• of old age 
• he fell in the sea while defending his town against the romans
• of a long exotic illness

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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

Who adopted π as the symbol for pi?

• Euler
• Einstein
• Descartes
• Fibonacci

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Which famous Jewish scientist was born on March 14^th?

• Richard Feynman

• Rosalind Franklin

• Albert Einstein

• Robert Oppenheimer

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What is the official state pie of Vermont?

• Blueberry Pie

• Apple Pie

• Cherry Pie

• Pumpkin Pie

What is the filling specified in the oldest pie recipe on record, published by the Romans, which dates to the second century B.C.?

• Strawberry and rhubarb

• Lamb and thyme

• Carrots and rosemary

• Goat cheese and honey

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Which Star Trek character saves the world from an evil computer by commanding it to "compute the last digit of the value of pi"?

• Spock

• Leonard McCoy

• James T. Kirk

• Scotty

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