Hello, Smarty Pants. It is I, Chet Nickerson, reporter, and bagel store owner, here with a very

special guest episode of Trustee Trivia Thursday. Last night was New Year's Eve, and the

trusty narrator, he stayed up a little bit too late and is feeling a little sleepy today. So I said,

I'm up. I'm up early every day doing the news, so I will fill in. And today, thanks to

New Year's, we are turning the page to another year. So we thought, why not turn the page

into a timely topic, the calendar.

Before we get into today's trivia, a big shout out to Mason and Oakley in Northern Virginia.

You said you love listening to Who Smarted on the way to school and before bed.

Talk about smarting round the clock.

Thanks for learning and laughing with us, Smartypants.

And now let's flip our way through some cool calendar facts.

Question one.

Which ancient civilization created a calendar based on both the sun and the moon?

Was it A, the ancient Romans, B, the ancient Egyptians, or C, ancient Mayans?

If you picked C, you're historically spot on. The Mayans used a complex system of calendars based on solar cycles, lunar cycles, and even ritual time.

Talk about multitasking.

Okay, question two.

Why do we have leap years?

A, to add an extra holiday.

B, to match Earth's orbit around the sun. Or C, because February asked very nicely.

Choosing B?

Leap-tastic thinking.

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