The Pi Trivia Game

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Finally this is your chance to pay tribute to the magnificent transcendental number that we have all grown to love! Here are 25 questions (given to you 5 at a time), picked randomly from my pi question database. Get ready for the thrill of your lifetime, the ultimate challenge, The Pi Trivia Game!

1. Which of the following is an arctangent formula for pi?

arctan 1
3*arctan 1/256 + 2*arctan 1/17
4/3*arctan 1
16*arctan 1/5 - 4*arctan 1/239
2*arctan 2

2. Which of the following binary numbers is closest in value to pi:

11.0010010000111111
101.110101000111100
10.0001101010110100
1.10111011010010011
111.010111101011111

3. Among the digits of pi currently known, the concentrations of each of the digits 0 - 9 are pretty much equal. However, in the first 30 digits of pi's decimal expansion, one number is conspicuously missing. Which number is it?

7
2
0
8
6

4. In 1897 a state House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill setting pi equal to 16/(sqrt 3), which approximately equals 9.2376. In which state of the United States did this occur?

California
Indiana
Massachusetts
Florida
Canada

5. It has been proven impossible to "square the circle." What does it mean to square the circle?

multiply a circle by itself
use a straightedge and compass to construct a square equal in area to a given circle
construct a square that perfectly circumscribes a circle
determine the value of pi squared
draw a circle with area equal to pi * (r squared)

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