The Story of February's 28 Days

The video explores the history of February's 28 days, tracing its origins to Roman calendar reforms. Initially, Romulus's lunar calendar was short of a full year, leading to Numa Pompilius's adjustments, which included February. However, the calendar remained misaligned with the solar year, leading to leap months that were often manipulated politically. Julius Caesar later introduced a solar calendar, adding leap days to align with the solar year, setting the stage for the modern calendar.

What is the main reason February has 28 days?

• It was a mistake in the Roman calendar.

• It was the last month added to the calendar.

• It was the shortest month due to a lack of festivals.

• It was originally a month for spiritual purification.

What was the primary issue with Romulus's lunar calendar?

• It had too many months.

• It did not align with the solar year.

• It was too complex to understand.

• It was based on inaccurate astronomical data.

Why did Numa Pompilius remove a day from all even-numbered months?

• To make the calendar align with the solar year.

• Because even numbers were considered unlucky.

• To simplify the calendar.

• To add more festivals.

How did Numa Pompilius's calendar attempt to align with the lunar cycles?

• By starting the year in March.

• By having 12 cycles of the moon in a year.

• By adding a leap month every year.

• By removing days from the calendar.

What was a major flaw in Numa's calendar system?

• It was not accepted by the Roman people.

• It was too long for the lunar year.

• It was easily manipulated by politicians.

• It was too short for the solar year.

How did politicians manipulate Numa's calendar?

• By removing months to shorten opponents' terms.

• By changing the start of the year.

• By adding extra days to their terms.

• By adding or forgetting leap months.

What inspired Julius Caesar to reform the Roman calendar?

• His time spent in Egypt.

• The need for more festivals.

• A desire to simplify the calendar.

• The influence of Greek astronomers.

What major change did Julius Caesar introduce to the calendar?

• A 10-month year.

• A solar-based calendar.

• A 400-day year.

• A calendar with no leap years.

How did Julius Caesar address the issue of the tropical year being longer than 365 days?

• By shortening February permanently.

• By adding a leap day every four years.

• By adding a leap month every year.

• By starting the year in March.

What was the fate of the 7th and 8th months after Julius Caesar's reforms?

• They were removed from the calendar.

• They were moved to the end of the year.

• They were renamed after Julius and Augustus Caesar.

• They were combined into one month.