Pi trivia

Just as p is the 16th letter of the English alphabet, π is the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet.

• True

• False

The symbol for π was originally introduced by:

• Albert Einstein

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Archimedes

• William Jones

The first 144 digits of π add up to ___.

• 598

• 666

• 702

• 543

The 359th, 360th and 361th digits of pi are ____.

• 3,6,0

• 6,6,6

• 7,7,7

• 1,2,3

___________ was born on a Pi Day.

• Marie Callender

• Albert Einstein

• Yoda

• Abraham Lincoln

• 2π

• π

• π/2

• π/4

Chinese mathematician Zu Chongzhi (429-500) calculated π up to the ____th decimal place, a record which would not be surpassed for 800 years.

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

What is your favorite pie?

• Apple pi

• Pumpkin pi

• Chicken pi

• Peach pi

• Anchovy pi

Nowhere in the first 10,000,000 digits of π does the string '1234567' appear.

• True

• False

Akira Haraguchi, a 69 year old Japanese, set the world record by reciting ________digits of pi in 2015.

• 40201

• 67890

• 111701

• 314159