As Easy As Pi

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. We all know math geeks love pi, but David Blatner brought pi to the general public in his 1999 book, the title of which is a pun on a popular cookbook. Name it. May I Have Some Pi Baking Pi The Joy of Pi Cherry Pi

2. Which Greek mathematician, more famous for supposedly shouting "eureka" in his bathtub, has been credited as defining the geometric term pi? Socrates Archimedes Pythagoras Euclid

3. If I told you my sophomore sister was planning to pledge to Alpha Delta Pi at her university, what would she be doing? Joining a fraternity Going out for pizza Majoring in Greek history Joining a sorority

4. Pi is found in the Greek alphabet between omicron and rho, making it what number letter in the alphabet? 16th 4th 2nd 23rd

5. What an illogical number! At approximately 3.141592, pi cannot be precisely defined as the ratio of any two whole numbers. In mathematical terms, this makes pi what kind of number? rational irrational integer incommensurable

6. My kids are excited because at school they are celebrating pi day today - unfortunately they don't get to eat any pie. What is today's date? (Hint: think about the numerical date) February 14th August 14th May 14th March 14th

7. This twentieth century Polish Nobel Laureate's poems include one titled "Pi", which begins "The admirable number pi: three point one four one..." T.S Elliot Frédéric Chopin Wislawa Szymborska Marie Curie

8. It should come as no surprise that science fiction writers love to use pi in their plots: in which television sci-fi series did an episode feature pi as the key to solving the characters' dilemma? Both Stargate SG-1 Neither Star Trek

9. Chao Lu, Hiroyuki Goto and Creigthon Carvello: I guess these guys don't get out much, because they had the time and patience to at one time hold this tedious world record. Fastest recitation of pi to 100 decimal places Longest time for reciting pi whilst juggling Memorizing pi to the most decimal places Creating the fastest algorithm to calculate pi

10. One fight song of this Massachusetts university, renowned for its scientific and technology strength, begins: "E to the U du dx, E to the X dx! Cosine! Secant! Tangent! Sine! 3 point 1 4 1 5 9!" Princeton UCLA MIT Duke