The Gregorian Calendar
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- 1.The Gregorian calendar was proposed in _______ by ______________.
- A.
1752; Aloysius Lilius
- B.
1918; Stalin
- C.
1582; Pope Gregory XIII
- D.
1776; Benjamin Franklin
- E.
1582; Christopher Clavius
- 2.The primary creator of the calendar (NOT the person who proposed it) was_______.
- 3.February has 29 days in 400 years for ________ years.
- A.
100
- B.
97
- C.
Who cares?
- D.
36
- E.
224
- 4.The Gregorian calendar repeats EXACTLY every _______ years.
- 5.Britain and its English colonies (a.k.a. US) adopted the Gregorian calendar in what year and on what date (in the Gregorian calendar)?
- 6.July and August were originally named __________ and __________ in the Roman calendar.
- 7.If you are going to calculate the day of the week, which method would be best?
- A.
Doomsday algorithm (Conway)
- B.
Zeller's Congruence (Zeller)
- C.
Isn't this an opinion question? I can't answer it, then.
- 8.The old leap day was to move double which day in February?
- A.
24 February
- B.
29 February
- C.
25 February
- D.
Any day in February that was pleasing
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