Norman Darlo
Weeks – we’ve all lived through thousands of them. But how well do we really know them? Find out now, by taking this fun quiz! Spread the fun by sharing your score below 🙂
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All answers correct per Wikipedia. Cover image public domain.
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Before the Romans introduced the seven-day week to Europe, how many days had their week?
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4
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10
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8
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9
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Friday sounds like it was the day for making fried food, but in reality it is named after the Norse deity Frigg, goddess of…
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War and poetry
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Love, home and hearth
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The sea and weather
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Mining and metalwork
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In the folk rhyme Monday’s Child, which day’s child is “full of grace”?
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Monday’s
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Tuesday’s
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Wednesday’s
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Thursday’s
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In which country was a 10-day week in use, from 1793 to 1802?
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USA
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Ottoman Empire
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China
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France
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Our current seven-day week has been in existence in Europe since its introduction in…
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1st millennium BC
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1st-3rd century AD
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15th-16th century AD
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Forever
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Wednesday sounds like it might have been named as an opportune day to marry. However, it is in fact named after the Norse deity Odin/Woden, god of..
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War and poetry
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Agriculture
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Gems and precious metals
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The sky
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Question of
Hebrew khamishi and Arabic khamis both mean “fifth”, and refer to which day?
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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Which day, called Donnerstag in German, is called after the god of Thunder?
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Saturday
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Question of
The word ‘week’ is spelled the same in English as in…
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French
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Irish
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Swahili
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Afrikaans
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In Basque, the name asteazkena, meaning “week-last”, refers to which day?
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Which day do we name after the Roman god of agriculture?
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Tuesday
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Thursday
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Monday
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Saturday
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The German day-name Mittwoch means “mid-week”. Which day is it?
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Question of
A week contains exactly how many seconds?
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7,000,000
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6,048,000
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604,800
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60,480
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You got 7 out of 13 right!
Okay, you got more than 50% so you have a pass 🙂 Thanks for taking the quiz!
8/13, like this quiz very much, especially questions with the Norse gods (ha-ha, try to guess why :). Thank you so much for this joy!!!
Well done, Anastasia! I am happy you enjoyed the quiz a lot 🙂
Boy, I really had to remember back for this one. I scored 7 out of 13. Great quiz.
You got over the 50% mark! Thanks for playing 🙂
not to nitpick but technically each week is slightly longer than 7 days so the real answer is 1.3 more seconds per week!
365.25 days in a year.
great quiz norman.
Thanks, Doc! But please help me understand how a week is 1.3 seconds longer than 7 days 😮
a year is 365.25 days
.25 days is 6 hours
or 3600 seconds
it is actually .8 seconds or so per day
4.8 seconds per week
Ah, but you’re talking about a solar year, whereas the calendar year is composed of whole days, as is the week 🙂
so why then is there a leap year?
Leap years exist for the reason you point out: that there is a difference between the lengths of the solar year (approximately 365.25 days) and the calendar year (365 days). But there is no connection between the week and the calendar. The week is simply a period of exactly seven days, and 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 = 604800
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/week#Noun
we add that up and consume the time in a leap year
but that really isn’t correct.
A lot of guesses and was somehow lucky to score 4. An interesting quiz.
Sometimes guessing can be fun too! Thanks for doing the quiz, Intro 🙂
I got 2 correct. Interesting and fun quiz.
I’m glad you enjoyed the quiz, Mama. The whole point is to have fun, and if we learn something along the way, then that’s an extra 🙂
This was a great quiz to learn about the days of the week and I got 4 just by guessing
It was a hard one, wasn’t it! Thanks for taking the quiz, Rasma 🙂
I was aiming to get all wrong but sadly that did not happen (lol)
Haha sorry you didn’t achieve your goal, Grace 😀
You got 9 out of 13 right!
Not a bad score, Snezana! Thanks for taking the quiz 🙂
Great quiz. Missed 3, 4 & 5. Good to see you!
Thanks Carol, and good to see you too 🙂 You did well!