Q 01/05

How many days are there in March?

A) 31

B) 28

C) 30

D) 29

Answer · why

A) 31

March has 31 days, one of seven such months alongside January, May, July, August, October and December.

Q 02/05

March is named after the Roman god of what?

A) Wine

B) War

C) The sea

D) Farming

Answer · why

B) War

War: Mars gave his name to the month and the planet, and his month opened the season for military campaigns.

Q 03/05

Which Roman king is traditionally credited with adding January and February to the calendar?

A) Numa Pompilius

B) Tullus Hostilius

C) Servius Tullius

D) Tarquinius Superbus

Answer · why

A) Numa Pompilius

Numa Pompilius, Rome's legendary second king, is credited by Livy and Plutarch with adding January and February to the ten-month calendar that had beg...

Q 04/05

March is the first month of which season in the Northern Hemisphere?

A) Summer

B) Autumn

C) Winter

D) Spring

Answer · why

D) Spring

Spring: meteorologists count March, April and May as Northern Hemisphere spring, while south of the equator, in Australia and Brazil, March opens autu...

Q 05/05

What is the birth flower of March?

A) Daffodil

B) Rose

C) Tulip

D) Sunflower

Answer · why

A) Daffodil

The daffodil, a spring-blooming narcissus, is the March birth flower and a symbol of rebirth and new beginnings; the jonquil is sometimes listed along...