{"id":152,"date":"2026-09-16T12:23:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T12:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/millionairegame.app\/blog\/end-of-year-quiz-questions\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T12:23:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T12:23:31","slug":"end-of-year-quiz-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/millionairegame.app\/blog\/end-of-year-quiz-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Quiz of the Year: 18 Questions to Close a Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A quiz of the year is the easiest round to write and the fastest to date. These eighteen use anchors that do not expire \u2014 the structure of a year rather than a specific one \u2014 so you can swap in this year’s events and keep the shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The shape of a year<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. How many days are in a leap year?<\/strong> \u2014 366<\/li>\n\n
  2. Which month has the fewest days?<\/strong> \u2014 February<\/li>\n\n
  3. How many weeks are in a year?<\/strong> \u2014 52, plus a day or two<\/li>\n\n
  4. In which month is the northern summer solstice?<\/strong> \u2014 June<\/li>\n\n
  5. How many public holidays does a typical year hold?<\/strong> \u2014 Varies by country – usually eight to fourteen<\/li>\n\n
  6. Which year follows a leap year?<\/strong> \u2014 A common year<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Recurring events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
      \n
    1. How often are the summer Olympics held?<\/strong> \u2014 Every four years<\/li>\n\n
    2. How often is the football World Cup held?<\/strong> \u2014 Every four years<\/li>\n\n
    3. In which month are the Academy Awards usually held?<\/strong> \u2014 March<\/li>\n\n
    4. How often are Nobel Prizes awarded?<\/strong> \u2014 Annually<\/li>\n\n
    5. How often does a US presidential election occur?<\/strong> \u2014 Every four years<\/li>\n\n
    6. How often does Ramadan move through the seasons?<\/strong> \u2014 It shifts about eleven days earlier each year<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Counting the year<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
        \n
      1. How many seconds are in a year, roughly?<\/strong> \u2014 About 31.5 million<\/li>\n\n
      2. How many sunrises does a year contain?<\/strong> \u2014 365, or 366 in a leap year<\/li>\n\n
      3. How many full moons are there in a typical year?<\/strong> \u2014 Twelve, occasionally thirteen<\/li>\n\n
      4. How many hours are in a year?<\/strong> \u2014 8,760<\/li>\n\n
      5. Which calendar is most widely used today?<\/strong> \u2014 The Gregorian calendar<\/li>\n\n
      6. How long is a lunar year?<\/strong> \u2014 About 354 days<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
        \n
        Play on the Millionaire Trivia app<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

        Build your own version by replacing the middle round with ten questions from this year’s news, and keep the first and last rounds as they are – they will still work next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Eighteen questions with answers, plus a template for building your own year-in-review round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-container-style":"default","site-container-layout":"default","site-sidebar-layout":"default","disable-article-header":"default","disable-site-header":"default","disable-site-footer":"default","disable-content-area-spacing":"default","footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quiz-questions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/millionairegame.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/millionairegame.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/millionairegame.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/millionairegame.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/millionairegame.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/millionairegame.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/millionairegame.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/millionairegame.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/millionairegame.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}