Tag: time

Having finished our A to Z quizzes from the last few days, we now return to the date with questions about today, March 31st.

One

On this date Daylight Saving Time was introduced for the first time in the United States.

1. In what year did this occur?
2. True or false: Ancient Rome also adjusted their clocks to achieve similar results as daylight savings. 

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Two

Born in 1809, Edward FitzGerald, an English poet and writer who is best known for his 1859 translation of the work of ‘the Astronomer-Poet of Persia’. He published this in 1859 as the Rubáiyát of ——. What two word name is that of the Persian astronomer-poet which completes the title of FitzGerald’s 1859 translation?

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Three

Born in 1984, Martins Dukurs, a Latvian sportsman, is a six-time world champion and double Olympic silver medallist. He holds the record for the most World Cup titles with 11. In which sport has Dukurs achieved this success?

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Four

Born in Scotland on this day in 1971, an actor links these two roles. The first is a character from a 1996 film also born in Scotland, in Leith, Edinburgh. The second is not Scottish but a character in a 2009 film who said ‘Have you come to make me a martyr?’. Who is the actor?

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Five

On this date, the U.S. Virgin Islands became American possessions. 

1. By what name had they been known immediately prior to this?
2. In what decade did this occur?

Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.

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