I lept right over writing the title for this TRIVIA QUIZ!
Today is Leap Year Day, a day added to the calendar every four years to bring it line with the earth’s orbit. The planet’s actual orbit takes 365.2422 days.
Today is Bachelor's Day, a day of supposed immunity for unmarried men during Leap Year. The rest of the year bachelors traditionally are "fair game" for dates and marriage proposals.
The Festival of Owls begins today in Houston, Minnesota. Families immerse themselves in owls with three days of owl face painting, owl origami, owl storytelling, hooting contests, and owl prowls.
On this day in 1288, a law in Scotland made it illegal for a man to refuse to marry a woman who proposed on Leap Year Day, the only day women could propose marriage.
On this day in 1504, Christopher Columbus, stranded in Jamaica during his fourth voyage to the West, used a correctly predicted lunar eclipse to frighten hostile natives into providing food for his crew.
On this day in 1906, Ladies Home Journal reported that "women of good birth and breeding long ago discarded the use of perfumes."
On this day in 1980, playing for Hartford, hockey legend Gordie Howe scored his 800th goal at age 51. 51???
Ok, folks, so what year was Leap Day added to the calendar? I'll give you a hint: the Romans are the ones who did it.
Good luck :)
3 Comments:
Crap, I missed my chance to get to Scotland and get me a husband!!!
And I'm going to guess the year 4 AD
Also, to belatedly add to the Leap Day trivia, apparently each year is actually 365.2425 years long, which means that every 100 years we gain an extra 1/4 day. So there can only be a leap year on a turn of the century year once every 400 years. There was one in 2000, but not in 1900, 1800, or 1700! This is what I learned at work this week :)
Hmm, I'm going to guess 400 B.C. And I'm curious about the owl prowls - are they just taking advantage of a silly rhyme, or is there really such a thing? Because I'd watch out - you don't want to see those owl jowls ;)
And the answer is...46 B.C.!
Kim, maybe you could call up some of the guys you met in Ireland and see if they want to get married ;) And that's very interesting about the turns of centuries...I had no idea!
JD, that's a good question, but I'd imagine it's just for the younger kids. You know how teenagers are: they probably don't give a hoot!
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