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A fun quiz for those interested in calendar facts.
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1
In China, what are the years named after?
Rivers
Emperors
Chinese Zodiac Animals
Mountains
2
Which of the following has been used to create accurate calendars?
Lunar Cycles
Summer/Winter Solstice
Solar Cycles
Unicycles
3
This God,also known as the All Father, lends his name to Wednesday.
Loki
Zeus
Sif
Odin
4
What year was the Gregorian Calendar introduced?
1582
1776
2173
1658
5
What day is Pearl Harbor day?
April 31st
November 13th
June 6th
Decmeber 7th
6
What time period saw the creation of the first calendar?
Iron Age
Bronze Age
Like IDK Dinosaur TImes?
Mesolithic
7
What is the longest year on record?
2016 A.D.
1234 A.D.
1745 A.D.
46 B.C.
8
Which of the following months were named after Roman emperors?
March
July
December
August
9
This one handed Norse God lends his name to Tuesday.
Thor
Tyr
Fenrir
Loki
10
True or False, one style of Mayan calendar had 18 months of 20 days each.
True
False
11
The Norse Goddess Freya lends her name to what day of the week?
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Monday
12
Which of the following is a possible use of a Calendar?
To schedule business dealings.
To know when to plant crops.
To know when school gets out for summer.
To mark important holidays or religious festivals.
13
The Egyptians charted what star to create their 365 day Calendar?
Orion
Siris
Khepri
Why so Serious?
14
Thursday is named after which of the Norse gods?
Ullr
Thor
Tyr
Odin
15
What celestial body gives Sunday its name?
Saturn
Mars
The Moon
The Sun
16
What were time zones original purpose?
To allow easier frozen food distribution.
Help trains run smoother.
In order to tame the Sun itself!!!!
To foster communication between nations.
17
Daylight savings was implemented why?
To add have more evening hours of daylight.
To stop Nazi spies in WWII America.
To make trains run on time.
To make children go to bed earlier.
18
Whats an easy way to remember what months have 31 days?
Count your knuckles.
Conditioning.
Rhymes.
Electrotherapy.
19
Why is veterans day on November 11th?
It marks the beginning of The Vietnam War.
It is when World War 1 ended.
It marks George Washington's birthday.
Every other day was taken.
20
What Latin word does the word Calendar originate from?
Carpe
Alpha
Helios
Kalendae
21
In Russia what is the first day of the week?
Tuesday
Strzoda
Monday
Sunday
22
True or False Labor Day was created to celebrate the work people do.
False.
True.
A distraction.
Still a distraction.
23
How many time zones are there?
18
24
18.5
16
24
Why did Roman Emperor Constantine choose Sunday to start the week?
Because Pagans worshiped a Sun God on that day.
Because Sunday is the Christian holy day.
To appease both Christians and Pagans.
Because Monday had a conflict.
25
Where does the name Monday come from?
Not the Moon
The Moon
Vampires
The Sun
26
Which Roman Emperor reformed the Calendar, paving the way to the one we use today?
Augustus
Julius Cesar
Nero
Maximus Decimus Meridius
27
The modern calendar is called the _________ calendar.
Zoroastrian
Gregorian
Digitalis Maximus
Julian
28
Which Roman God has their name given to the day of the week Saturday?
Still no
No
Not Saturn
Saturn
29
What is the baseline, or starting point, for the Japanese calendar?
The first lunar cycle.
When the sun deity Amaterasu graced the earth with light.
When Japan claimed independence from Thailand.
The start of the current Emperor's reign.
30
How long is a Solar Year?
Like... sooooooooooooooo long.
365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds
364 days, 7 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds
365 days, 10 hours, 33 minutes, and 46.789 seconds
31
What year was the first Christmas recorded on the 25th of December?
1565 A.D.
1256 A.D.
336 A.D.
1 A.D.
