Q 01/05

How many days does June have?

A) 28

B) 29

C) 30

D) 31

Answer · why

C) 30

It is one of four 30-day months, alongside April, September and November.

Q 02/05

June is ultimately named after which Roman goddess?

A) Juno

B) Minerva

C) Vesta

D) Diana

Answer · why

A) Juno

The Latin month was Iunius; the Old English name it displaced was ærra liþa.

Q 03/05

In the original Roman calendar, June was which month of the year?

A) Second

B) Fourth

C) Sixth

D) Eighth

Answer · why

B) Fourth

January and February were tacked on to the start later; Roman scholars dated the change to 153 BC.

Q 04/05

In AD 65, June was briefly renamed Germanicus in honour of which Roman emperor?

A) Nero

B) Augustus

C) Caligula

D) Trajan

Answer · why

A) Nero

A senator argued the name Junius had become unlucky after two Junius Silanus executions; the new name did not outlast the emperor.

Q 05/05

Which emperor renamed June "Aelius" in AD 184, renaming every month after part of his own title?

A) Commodus

B) Hadrian

C) Domitian

D) Caracalla

Answer · why

A) Commodus

The vanity project was repealed as soon as he died in AD 192.