Q 01/05

How many federal holidays did the U.S. government designate each year as of 2025?

A) 8

B) 9

C) 10

D) 11

Answer · why

D) 11

The count grew from four in 1870 to eleven with Juneteenth's 2021 addition. Federal workers in the Washington, D.C. area get a twelfth day off every f...

Q 02/05

In which year did Congress pass the Uniform Monday Holiday Act?

A) 1968

B) 1971

C) 1975

D) 1983

Answer · why

A) 1968

The act took effect in 1971 and created the modern three-day weekends for Memorial Day, Columbus Day and Presidents' Day. Veterans Day was moved too, ...

Q 03/05

Which day is a paid holiday only for federal employees who work in the Washington, D.C. area?

A) Inauguration Day

B) Emancipation Day

C) Flag Day

D) Election Day

Answer · why

A) Inauguration Day

It exists to ease crowds and traffic in the capital every fourth January 20. Federal workers elsewhere in the country get no day off.

Q 04/05

What is the official federal name of the February holiday most Americans call Presidents' Day?

A) Presidents Day

B) Washington's Birthday

C) Founders' Day

D) Washington-Lincoln Day

Answer · why

B) Washington's Birthday

Congress never renamed it; the 'Presidents' Day' label spread through state laws and advertising after the 1971 move to a Monday. Some states official...

Q 05/05

On which day of February was George Washington born, a date the third-Monday holiday can never land on?

A) the 12th

B) the 15th

C) the 22nd

D) the 28th

Answer · why

C) the 22nd

The third Monday always falls between February 15 and 21, one day short at best. Washington was born February 11, 1731 under the old Julian calendar, ...