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    How many days are there in a Leap Year?

    • 56
    • 364
    • 365
    • 366
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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.

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  • 2. 

    Leap Year has been the traditional time that women can:

    • Propose marriage

    • Buy a cow

    • Have twins

    • Build a house

    Correct Answer
    A. Propose marriage
    Explanation
    Leap Year has been traditionally associated with the idea that women can propose marriage. This custom dates back to the 5th century in Ireland when St. Bridget complained to St. Patrick that women had to wait too long for men to propose. St. Patrick then declared that on Leap Day, women could propose to men. This tradition has since been popularized in various cultures, although it is not widely practiced today. Therefore, the correct answer is "propose marriage."

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  • 3. 

    There is an Honor Society of Leap Year Day Babies.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
    Explanation
    The statement is true because there is indeed an Honor Society of Leap Year Day Babies. This society is dedicated to celebrating and connecting individuals who were born on February 29th, which only occurs during leap years. The society aims to create a sense of community among these individuals and provide them with opportunities for networking and camaraderie.

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  • 4. 

    A century year is not a leap year unless it is evenly divisible by:

    • 2

    • 20

    • 200

    • 400

    Correct Answer
    A. 400
    Explanation
    A century year is not a leap year unless it is evenly divisible by 400. This rule manages to eliminate three leap years every few hundred years.

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  • 5. 

    There is a superstition that claims couples have bad luck if they marry during a leap year. What country did this idea originate from?

    • Italy

    • Greece

    • France

    • Denmark

    Correct Answer
    A. Greece
    Explanation
    The superstition that couples have bad luck if they marry during a leap year originated from Greece.

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  • 6. 

    The first people to come up with the idea for using leap years were the:

    • Egyptians

    • Romans

    • Persians

    • Vikings

    Correct Answer
    A. Romans
    Explanation
    Julius Caesar introduced the concept of leap years, replacing the previous practice of adding leap months sporadically based on astronomical observations of specific star alignments.

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  • 7. 

    The Gregorian calendar was introduced in:

    • 1492

    • 1620

    • 1582

    • 1710

    Correct Answer
    A. 1582
    Explanation
    The Gregorian calendar is the current standard calendar in most of the world.

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  • 8. 

    A year which is not a leap year is called a:

    • Standard year

    • Ordinary year

    • Common year

    • Non-leap year

    Correct Answer
    A. Common year
    Explanation
    A year which is not a leap year is called a common year. This term is used to distinguish it from a leap year, which has an extra day added to it (February 29th). In a common year, the calendar follows the standard 365-day format, with each month having its usual number of days.

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  • 9. 

    A person born on Feb. 29 may be called a:

    • Leaper

    • Leaplings

    • Leapman

    • Leapster

    Correct Answer
    A. Leaplings
    Explanation
    A person born on February 29 may be called a "leapling" or a "leaper." This term is derived from the fact that they are born on Leap Day, which only occurs every four years during a leap year. People born on February 29 celebrate their birthdays either on February 28 or March 1 during non-leap years.

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  • 10. 

    What year did Sweden have a Feb. 30 or double leap year?

    • 1600

    • 1630

    • 1700

    • 1712

    Correct Answer
    A. 1712
    Explanation
    In Sweden, 1712 contained two leap days: February 29th was the normal one, while February 30th replaced the day omitted in 1700.

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