Quiz (Perpetual Calendar Quiz)

(1) Determine the day of the week on which you were born.

(2) Find the day of the week for the dates:

    (a) November 19, 1863 (Lincoln's Gettysburg Address)

    (b) April 18, 1906 (San Franciso's Address)

    (c) November, 11, 1918 (Great War Ends)

    (d) October 24, 1929 (Balck Day of the Stock market)

    (e) June 15, 1752 (Benjamin Franklin invents the lightneing rod)

    (f) November 24, 1859 (Charles Darwin (1809-1882) published The Origin of Species)

    (g) July 20, 1969 (First foot on Mars)

    (h) February 23, 1848 (Revolution in Paris)

(3) For the year determine (a) the calendar dates on which Mondays will occur in March and (b) the months in which the thirteenth will fall on a Friday.

(4) Find the years in the decade 2000 to 20009 when November 29 is on a Saturday.

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Perpetual Calendar Quiz
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