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Riverscape Blog, Odenton, MD What do the original Star Trek show and March 14th have in common? Read today's blog post to find out!

Star Trek fans here at Riverscape may recall how Mr. Spock stopped an evil entity that had taken over the Enterprise’s computer system by ordering it to “compute to the last digit the value of Pi.” This was very clever strategy indeed because π is, of course, the mathematical constant, the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, approximately equal to 3.14159, which goes on to infinity and beyond. We take the first three digits, 3.14, and read them as a date: Pi Day, March 14th. In honor of Pi Day, we suggest that members of our apartment community watch the Star Trek video clip while you’re eating a slice of pie! Then see if you can correctly answer our Pi Day Quiz questions!

 

Pie Recipes

Grandma’s Lemon Meringue Pie. What’s not to like? This blend of sweet and tart is a great way to enjoy pie. And bonus: there is no milk in the recipe, so it can be served to people who are lactose intolerant.

 

Cinnamon Crumble Apple Pie This recipe offers step-by-step directions for the crust, filling, and topping, full of cinnamon apple goodness. We recommend serving it with a scoop of French vanilla ice cream.

 

Pi Day wouldn’t be complete without a whipped cream confection, and you will go bananas for this, an amazing concoction of bananas, custard, and whipped cream from Taste of Home:

Favorite Banana Cream Pie.

 

And if that’s not enough pie, here are some more: 10 Pies for Pi Day — or you could head out to your favorite Odenton, MD restaurant for dinner and end it with a slice of pie, or simply stop by a bakery or grocery store and take a pie home.

 

A Pi Day Quiz

 

  1. What do you get when you take the sun and divide its circumference by its diameter?
  2. What was Sir Isaac Newton’s favorite dessert?

 

  1. What do we get when we take the object and order the rim by the diameter?

 

  1. What do you get if you divide the circumference of a bowl of ice cream by its diameter?

 

  1. How far can you recite pi?

 

  1. What famous private investigator solves math problems?

 

  1.  What do you get when you take a bovine and divide its circumference by its diameter?

 

  1. What do you get when you take green cheese and divide its circumference by its diameter?

 

  1. What do you get when you take the sun and divide its circumference by its diameter?

 

  1. What is the official animal of Pi Day?


 

Answers:

1.Pi in the sky

2.Apple pi!

3.Pi in the sky by and by

4.Pi a’la mode

5.Cherry, Apple, Pecan, Blueberry, Peach . . .

6.Magnum PI

7.A cow pi

8.Moon Pi

9.Pi in the sky

10.The pi – thon!

 

How did you celebrate Pi Day? Please share in the comments, and thanks for reading the Riverscape Blog today.