Pi Week Quiz 2

True/False: Pi is Irrational

• True

• False

The symbol for pi is a ______ letter.

• Latin

• Italian

• Greek

• Chinese

Which American state tried to pass a bill declaring the value of pi to be 3.2

• Illinois

• California

• Ohio

• Indiana

Answer explanation

On Feb. 6, 1897, Indiana's state representatives voted to declare 3.2 the legal value of pi!

How many digits are there in Pi?

• 100 Trillion

• Infinite

• Unknown

• 100 Octillion

Answer explanation

This is because it is irrational and therefore is infinite and non-repeating!

Which Australian state has an area with the postcode of 3141?

• Tasmania

• Victoria

• New South Wales

• Queensland

• René Descartes

• Leonhard Euler

• Isaac Newton

• Carl Friedrich Gauss

True/False: A calculation of Pi appears in the Bible.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

In the Old Testament, there is a passage that says,

"He made the cast metal basin, 15 feet from brim to brim, perfectly round. It was 7 1/2 feet high and 45 feet in circumference." -- 1 Kings 7:23 (CSB) That circumference divided by the diameter, gives an approximation of Pi!

In which Californian city did the first ever Pi day take place?

• Sacramento

• San Diego

• Los Angeles

• San Francisco

• Zhang Heng

• Liu Hui

• Zu Chongzhi

• Wang Yuan

• 1

• -1

• -10

• 10