Leap Year Trivia

How many days are in a Leap Year?

• 364

• 365

• 366

• 367 

La Bougie du Sapeur is a French satirical newspaper launched in 1980 that is published only on Leap Day. What edition was published this year on Feb. 29th 2024?

• 10th

• 12th

• 14th
  

• 16th

The tradition of women proposing to men on Leap Day comes from which country?

• Greece

• England

• Italy

• Ireland

What civilization was first to follow a solar calendar with a leap year every four years?

• Egyptians

• Mayans

• Persians

• Roman

Despite the Egyptians utilizing a leap year in their calendar first, which Roman emperor is considered the "Father of Leap Year"?

•   Augustus

• Julius
  

• Titus

• Marcus Aurelius

What is the only difference between the Julian and the Gregorian calendar?

• The Gregorian calendar moved the leap day from January to February

• In the Gregorian calendar, years divisible by 100 are only Leap Years if they are also divisible by 400

• The Gregorian calendar changed the name of the month "Mars" to "March"

• The Gregorian calendar created 24 hour days instead of the Julian calendar's 23.5

What are people born on Leap Day called?

• Leapers

• Leap Frogs

• Leaplings

• Leap Babies

Why did 1752 only have 354 days in the U.S. and Britain? 

• It marked the switch from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar 
• The two countries were experimenting with a lunar calendar that year 
• The solar year was shorter than normal that year 
• It was a leap year 

According to the Scottish saying, "Leap Year was ne'er a good _____ year."

• sheep

• sleep

• reap

• steep