Q 01/05

November's name comes from the Latin word for which number?

A) Nine

B) Eleven

C) Seven

D) Eight

Answer · why

A) Nine

It was the ninth month of the old Roman calendar and kept its name even after January and February were added to the front of the year. It has 30 days...

Q 02/05

Which gemstone is November's traditional birthstone, said to symbolise friendship?

A) Opal

B) Topaz

C) Turquoise

D) Garnet

Answer · why

B) Topaz

Citrine is the month's alternative stone. November's birth flower is the chrysanthemum.

Q 03/05

What is the birth flower of November?

A) Lily of the valley

B) Morning glory

C) Chrysanthemum

D) Forget-me-not

Answer · why

C) Chrysanthemum

The month straddles two zodiac signs, Scorpio until November 21 and Sagittarius from November 22. South of the equator November is the seasonal twin o...

Q 04/05

A person born on November 10 falls under which Western zodiac sign?

A) Sagittarius

B) Libra

C) Capricorn

D) Scorpio

Answer · why

D) Scorpio

Scorpio runs to November 21 and Sagittarius takes over on November 22, carrying on to December 21.

Q 05/05

US Thanksgiving is celebrated on which day of November?

A) The fourth Thursday

B) The third Thursday

C) November 26

D) The last Thursday

Answer · why

A) The fourth Thursday

Franklin Roosevelt broke with the last-Thursday tradition in 1939 to lengthen the shopping season, and Congress settled on the fourth Thursday in 1941...