Topic 5 Touring Ends of Eras WSC BSY Yangon Round 2024

What is the traditional Japanese month name?

• satsuki
• shinreki
• kyureki
• rokuyo

What are Rokuyo in the Japanese calendar?

• alternating lucky or unlucky days
• mystical animals
• additional days
• traditional months

When Emperor Naruhito ascended to the throne...

• Japan began a new calendar era
• Japan joined the Western calendar
• Japan had an additional calendar day
• Japan changed months

Japan's "eto" zodiac animals...

• are based on a zodiac system from ancient China.
• are based on aquatic animals
• have three groups
• come from 12th century beliefs

Each traditional Japanese month has original meanings, such as "Fumuzuki" when...

• rice ripens in the fields.
• rice is grown.
• the first snow or frost arrives.
• people visit family members.

What are "sekku" in Japan?

• five seasonal festivals
• months
• timezones
• two week periods

Japan divides seasons into "sekki" and "sekki" into "ko", which creates...

• 72 microseasons
• days which change month
• additional members of the zodiac
• new months

What is the basis of the Julian calendar?

• Julius Caesar ordered for a 365 day calendar with a leap year every 4 years
• the month of July was the first month of the year
• the people had a lunar calendar
• people in Rome changed to an Egyptian calendar

How is the solar calendar different from a lunar calendar?

• one is based on the position of the Earth and Sun, the other on the Earth and Moon
• one is based on the position of the planets, the other on the stars
• one is based on the position of the moon, the other on the position of the seasons
• one is based on the position of the stars, the other on the position of the months

What is the basis of the Mayan calendar?

• a system of 52 years each of 365 days
• a system of farming animals which rotated in 12 years
• a system where each month was also a new year
• a system where each month had 52 days