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Worksheetstime trivia
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 12mins
Why was Daylight Saving Time introduced?
To reduce work-related accidents
To conserve energy
To give people more daylight for recreation
To give farmers more daylight during planting season
What 2 states DO NOT change time in the spring?
Texas and Florida
Hawaii and Arizona
California and New York
Who suggested that we could save candles by waking up earlier?
Abraham Lincoln
John Adams
Ben Franklin
The earth is ______________of years old
Hundreds
Millions
Billions
Trillions
Which countries had the oldest known calendars?
egypt and mesopotamia
china and mexico
US and Canada
England and France
how many months did the Mayan calendar have?
12
15
18
24
how many days in a month for the Mayan calendar?
10
20
30
60
who discovered 365 days in a year
egypt
china
mexico
england
Why does our calendar include "leap year"?
to make February longer
To mess with people's birthdays
to make up for lost time
to make one year longer
What is a light year
365 hours
365 days
the amount of light in a year
a less heavy year
what is a fortnight
sleeping outside
1 week
2 weeks
overnight
what is a "NY Minute"
60 seconds
the time between a traffic light change and car honking behind
a full year
slow time
Why were time zones created?
to help airlines
because of trains
to split up the world
to make money
what is the longer hand on the clock?
the hour
the minute
the second
the date
