How it works
Which month can pass without a full moon, and which emperor renamed all twelve after himself? These trivia questions about months take the calendar apart name by name, with the source linked beside each answer.
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Trivia questions about each month of the year
Every month has questions of its own, from January's garnet to the old Japanese name for December. Where the month names come from covers the gods, the rulers and the Latin numbers. Days, weeks and seasons has the knuckle trick and a month that never starts on the same weekday as another.
Calendar trivia questions and answers
Roman, Julian and Gregorian calendars asks how long the year 46 BC ran and which date Sweden had in 1712. Birthstones, birth flowers and moons matches stones and flowers to their months. Month names in other times and places goes from Bede to the ten-day week of the French Republic.
- With children at the table, start with Days, weeks and seasons and count the months out on your knuckles.
Questions and answers
Why is September the ninth month if its name means seven?
The oldest Roman calendar had ten months and began with March, so September came seventh. January and February were added later at the front of the year, and September, October, November and December kept their number names.
Where do the names of the months come from?
From Rome. January, March and June honor Janus, Mars and Juno, and May the goddess Maia. February is named for a rite of purification, July and August for Julius Caesar and Augustus, and the last four months for numbers. April's origin is uncertain.
What are some easy months trivia questions?
With which month does the year's second half begin? Which number is hidden in the name of November? Which two months are named after Roman rulers? The answers are July, nine, and July and August.
How were the answers checked?
Each was read on October 13, 2026 in the English Wikipedia article linked beside it, 32 articles in all, the article on each month among them. Where two articles give an old month name different meanings, that name is not asked.