Leap Into Leap Year Quiz
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Leaping Lizards! It's another Leap Year. Take our quiz and test your smarts for this once-every-four-year event.
Questions and Answers
- 1.How many days are there in a Leap Year?
- A.
56
- B.
364
- C.
365
- D.
366
- 2.The first people to come up with the idea for using leap years were the:
- A.
Egyptians
- B.
Romans
- C.
Persians
- D.
Vikings
- 3.The Gregorian calendar was introduced in:
- A.
1492
- B.
1620
- C.
1582
- D.
1710
- 4.A century year is not a leap year unless it is evenly divisible by:
- A.
2
- B.
20
- C.
200
- D.
400
- 5.Leap Year has been the traditional time that women can:
- A.
Propose marriage
- B.
Buy a cow
- C.
Have twins
- D.
Build a house
- 6.There is a superstition that claims couples have bad luck if they marry during a leap year. What country did this idea originate from?
- A.
Italy
- B.
Greece
- C.
France
- D.
Denmark
- 7.What year did Sweden have a Feb. 30 or double leap year?
- A.
1600
- B.
1630
- C.
1700
- D.
1712
- 8.A year which is not a leap year is called a:
- A.
Standard year
- B.
Ordinary year
- C.
Common year
- D.
Non-leap year
- 9.A person born on Feb. 29 may be called a:
- A.
Leaper
- B.
Leaping
- C.
Leapman
- D.
Leapster
- 10.There is an Honor Society of Leap Year Day Babies.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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