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Question 1
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Q. How many 1s are in the first million decimal places of pi?
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99758
98578
97857
96875
Question 2
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Q. Pi Day is celebrated on March 14. (which was chosen because it resembles 3.14) What time does the official celebration begin?
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3:14 PM
7:22 PM
1:59 PM
5:18 PM
Question 3
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Q. What famous scientist was born on Pi Day in 1879?
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Archimedes
Einstein
Galileo
Newton
Question 4
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Q. What letter is pi of the Greek alphabet?
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10
12
14
16
Question 5
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Q. Lu Chao of China set a world record by memorizing the most digits of pi. How many digits did he memorize?
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67,890
68,980
69,760
60,967
Question 6
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Q. Who did the first proof to find the number pi?
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Archimedes
Pythagorus
Socrates
Boyle
Question 7
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Q. What shape did Archimedes use to find pi?
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square
rectangle
triangle
pentagon
Question 8
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Q. What does the Massachusetts Institute of Technology do on Pi Day?
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Pi Bee
Pie baking Contest
Pie eating competition
mails its acceptance letters
Question 9
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Q. The symbol for pi was introduced in the last _____ years.
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100
200
300
400
Question 10
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Q. What day does Europe celebrate Pi Day on?
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March 14th
June 22nd
July 22nd
August 14th
Question 11
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Q. Are pi's digits periodic? In other words, do the digits ever repeat themselves in any pattern?
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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
Question 12
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Q. 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?
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7
2
0
8
Question 13
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Q. Who, in 1706, first gave the Greek letter "pi" its current mathematical definition?
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Isaac Newton
William Jones
Napoleon Bonaparte
Archimedes
Question 14
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Q. Who was the first group to find a value for pi?
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Egyptians
Babylonians
Romans
Greeks
Question 15
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Q. What U.S. city has a zip code containing the first 5 digits of pi?
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Savannah, Georgia
Salt Lake City, Utah
Frankfort, Kentucky
Juneau, Alaska
Question 16
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Q. Which of the following is Pi NOT also referred to as?
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Circular Constant
Archimedes' Constant
Einstein's Code
Ludolph's Number
Question 17
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Q. How many hours did it take a supercomputer to calculate pi to 51.5 billion digits, in 1997?
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78
3
29
124
Question 18
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Q. The first known celebration of Pi Day was organized by Larry Shaw in 1988 and took place in:
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Boston, MA
New York City
San Francisco, CA
Chicago, IL
Question 19
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Q. Who adopted π as the symbol for pi?
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Euler
Einstein
Descartes
Fibonacci
Question 20
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Q. What do you get when you divide the circumference of a Jack-o-Lantern by its diameter?