Circle Quiz: questions and answers
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1. What is the distance between any point on the circumference and the center of a circle called?
A radius
2. A circle may also be defined as a special kind of:
Ellipse
3. Which one is the Greek word for circle?
Kirkos
4. What is the meaning of Greek word "kirkos"?
"ring"
5. Where can a detailed definition & explanation of the circle be seen?
In Plato's Seventh Letter
6. What is the approximate value of "π"?
3.14159
7. What is the other name of sagitta in geometry?
The versine
8. There is a unique circle in every triangle that known as:
The incircle
9. Who proposed the problem called "Squaring the circle"?
Ancient geometers
10. When "Squaring the circle" task was proven to be impossible?
1882