As Easy As Pi Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Joy of Pi

David Blatner wrote "The Joy of Pi". This is assumed to be a pun on the original 1931 iconic tome "The Joy of Cooking" by Irma Starkloff Rombauer.

Answer: Archimedes

Archimedes is credited with defining Pi. Pythagoras is best known for Pythagorean theorem: in a right-angled triangle the square of the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle) is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. Euclidean geometry involves the mathematics of planes. Socrates was best known as a philosopher.

Answer: Joining a sorority

In the US, there are numerous social and academic societies named according to Greek letters. Participation in these societies is typically by undergraduate college students. Fraternities were traditionally all male, but co-ed fraternities do exist. Similarly sororities were traditionally all female, but a few are co-ed. Alpha Delta Pi is the oldest sorority in the US.

It was established in 1851 in Georgia.

Answer: 16th

The Greek alphabet goes: Alpha, beta, gamma delta, epsilon, zeta, eta, theta, iota, kappa, lambda, mu, nu, xi, omicron, pi, rho, sigma, tau, upsilon, phi, chi, psi, omega.

Answer: irrational

Rational numbers can be defined as a fraction, a finite decimal or repeating decimal. Integers are positive or negative numbers that can be written without a fraction or decimal. Incommensurable refers to two numbers: to be commensurable two numbers must be non-zero real numbers and a/b is a rational number.

Answer: March 14th

In US date format, the date is 3.14, which is of course the first three digits of pi. Thank you math nerd comedians! The US House of Representatives officially recognized March 14th as Pi Day in 2009.

Answer: Wislawa Szymborska

Wislawa Szymborska, a Polish poet, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1996. Her poems, according to the Nobel foundation's website, are "poetry that with ironic precision allows the historical and biological context to come to light in fragments of human reality". Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) was Polish, but he was a classical music composer and never won a Nobel Prize. Marie Curie was also Polish and won two Nobel Prizes for Physics and Chemistry, but she was not a poet. T.S. Eliot was not Polish, but he was a Nobel Laureate and he did write poetry.

Answer: Both

In the original "Star Trek" series, Captain Kirk and Mr Spock use pi to trick an alien serial killer and thus save the Enterprise's crew. In "Stargate SG-1", the team is trapped and must solve a puzzle to escape - the answer being pi.

Answer: Memorizing pi to the most decimal places

I guess for these guys watching paint dry and grass grow was just a bit too exciting.

You may also be surprised that there is actually a world record for juggling and reciting pi.

Answer: MIT

MIT, or Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, part of the greater Boston urban area. It was established in 1861 and has had a tradition of strength in applied science. Nobel prizes have been awarded to at least 24 alumni. Former alumni include astronaut Buzz Aldrin; former UN Secretary General Kofi Anan; and suffragette Katherine Dexter McCormick.