Pi Day Extravaganza Trivia

• Albert Einstein

• William Jones

• Archimedes

• Mr. Baker Square

• The Rosetta Stone (approx.200 BC)

• Euclid’s Elements (3^rdcentury BC)

• An Egyptian papyrus scroll (approx. 1650 BC)

• 1989 in a Geometry textbook

• Yes; the digits repeat themselves every 6,000,000 decimal places.

• No; every periodic number is rational. Pi is irrational.

• Yes; every infinitely long periodic number repeats itself.

• Yes; people eat pi repeatedly.

• 0

• 2

• 7

• 3

• 3.1415926

• the ratio of a bow tie to dress pants

• the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter

• Indiana

• California

• Massachusetts

• Canada

• 48 BC

• 1492

• 1701

• 2015, specifically on 3/14/15

According to the Pi World Ranking List, the world record for pi recitation is 67,890 digits, set in 2005 by Chao Lu of China. How long did it take him to memorize this and to recite?

• 6 months to memorize, 24 hours and 4 seconds to recite

• 1 year to memorize, 24 hours and 4 seconds to recite

• 2 years to memorize, 48 hours and 10 seconds to recite

• 3 years to memorize, 1 day and 14 seconds to recite

• 2 hours

• 29 hours

• 78 hours