I choose April!

#65 Week 14

Author

Sigrun Sørumgård
April 01, 2025

Put your knowledge to the test with questions about everything April has to offer!

  1. What is celebrated on April 22nd every year?

  2. Which spacecraft with the first human crew was launched on April 12, 1961?

  3. Which two zodiac signs are found in the month of April?

  4. On April 19, 1897, the first edition of what is considered to be the world's oldest annual marathon took place. What is the name of this race?

  5. Which American civil rights activist was killed on April 4, 1968?

  6. Which European nation officially became a republic on April 25, 1974, following the "Carnation Revolution"?

  7. Which famous duo released the song "April Come She Will"?

  8. Which famous statesman was shot on April 14, 1865, and died the next day?

  9. What is the birthstone for April?

  10. What is the name of the famous novel by T.S. Eliot that begins with "April is the cruellest month"?

The Wonder Wall

  • April is the month of the Thai New Year in Thailand and the Khmer New Year in Cambodia.

  • The etymology behind the word “April” comes from the verb “aperire,” which means “to open.” It’s commonly believed that the word refers to the season of trees and flowers begin to “open” or bloom. But no one is sure how the month ended up with its name, but we do know the Romans named it “Aprillis.”

  • April is a great month for meteor showers. One of which is the Lyrids meteor shower, which appears from April 16th to April 26th each year. There’s another one called the Eta Aquariids meteor shower that can be seen onwards from April 21st.

Yesterday´s Questions & Answers

  1. How many time zones are there in the world?

    The Earth is divided into 24 time zones, defined by the position of the Greenwich Observatory in the United Kingdom.

  2. How long does it take for light from the sun to reach the Earth?

    Light takes 8 minutes and 18 seconds to travel 150 million kilometers from the Sun to the Earth. This corresponds to approximately 300,000 km/s.

  3. Which scientist invented the use of the pendulum as a timepiece, already in the 17th century?

    Galileo Galilei

  4. Which planet takes the longest time to orbit the Sun, and thus has the longest year?

    Neptune. It takes a whopping 60,182 Earth days to orbit the Sun, which corresponds to almost 165 Earth years.

  5. What is the Latin word for time?

    Tempus

  6. Which country has the most time zones?

    France, including its overseas territories, has the most time zones with 12 (13 including claims in Antarctica and all other counties).

  7. Which American politician, considered one of the Founding Fathers, proposed daylight saving time in an essay as early as 1784?

    Benjamin Franklin

  8. The world's most famous clock is in London, Big Ben. But what is the real name of the largest of the clocks in the tower of the Palace of Westminster?

    Elizabeth Tower.

  9. When was the last time a leap second was added?

    The last leap second was added on Sunday, January 1, 2017 at 00:59:60. UTC time was December 31, 2016 at 23:59:60.

  10. The wristwatch was first produced by the watchmaker Patek Philippe in 1868, in which country was this?

    Switzerland