(ok, ok, i promise to stop bumping old threads. if i do it again, you can ban me. well, not really, but still)
LewisJ:
Your school has memorisation contests? Lucky. Our school isn't nearly as cool enough, even with a computer teacher who has a book entitled 'The Joy Of Pi'.
we had a free period today, and someone in my homeroom recited 231 digits....
i know 3.141592653589793238462643383279502... i don't know if the last digits are correct though
Serious? Is that today???
The main reason I didn't notice this is that in Belgium, we write it otherwise (14-03-2012)
My record was 190 didges 6 months ago, but I stopped, don't know why.
And of course...
I of course celebrated with all of my classes today. They brought in pie for extra credit, a few students wrote papers, and we had a contest to see who could recite the most digits. The most any of my students did was 57. Then we played Pi Day Jeopardy! It was a good day.