Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Daylight Saving Time?

Daylight Saving Time Quiz

Are you an expert at springing forward and falling back?

Barbranda Lumpkins Walls

En español

Published March 08, 2022

10 Questions

Daylight Saving Time Quiz

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  "question" : "What year was Daylight Saving Time (DST) first implemented in the United States?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "1918",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "1946",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "1966",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "1970",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Answers: The Standard Time Act of 1918 established Daylight Saving Time and standardized U.S. time zones.",
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}, {
  "question" : "Why was Daylight Saving Time introduced?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "To reduce work-related accidents",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "To conserve energy",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "To give people more daylight for recreation",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "To give farmers more daylight during planting season",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Answer: Germany became the first country to introduce DST to minimize the use of artificial lighting in order to save fuel for the war effort during World War I.",
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}, {
  "question" : "President Franklin D. Roosevelt referred to Daylight Saving Time as:",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Energy-saving time",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Prime time",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "War time",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Miller time",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Answer: FDR instituted year-round Daylight Saving Time, called “war time,” from Feb. 9, 1942, to Sept. 30, 1945.",
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}, {
  "question" : "In the early 1960s, which industry found the lack of consistent time standards confusing and pushed for federal regulation?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Restaurant industry",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Transportation industry",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Farming industry",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Housing industry",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Answer: Because time standards are important for transportation, the U.S. Department of Transportation oversees the observance of Daylight Saving Time.",
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}, {
  "question" : "What year was the passage of the Uniform Time Act, which finally standardized when clocks would be advanced one hour in the spring?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "1966",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "1970",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "1975",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "1978",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
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  "explanation" : "Answer: The act established the system of uniform Daylight Saving Time, but allowed states to exempt themselves from participation.",
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}, {
  "question" : "Which states do not observe DST?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Michigan and New Mexico",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Washington and Iowa",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Hawaii and Arizona",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Maine and Arkansas",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Answer: In addition, the territories of American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands remain on standard time year-round.",
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}, {
  "question" : "Which president signed the act that extended Daylight Saving Time?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Ronald Reagan",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "George H.W. Bush",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Bill Clinton",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "George W. Bush",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
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  "explanation" : "Answer: Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005 into law on Aug. 8, 2005. Starting in 2007, it extended DST from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November.",
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}, {
  "question" : "Before 2006, which state allowed each county to determine whether to observe Daylight Saving Time?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Vermont",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Utah",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Indiana",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Wyoming",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Answer: Before 2006, most of Indiana did not observe Daylight Saving Time, but a state law passed in 2005 changed that practice.",
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}, {
  "question" : "Daylight saving time has been linked to an increase in:",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Heart attacks",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Workplace injuries",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Mental health issues",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "All of the above",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Changing the clock can have serious consequences. The shift to daylight saving time in spring has been tied to an uptick in heart attacks and workplace accidents, while falling back to standard time has been linked to a spike in depressive episodes, among other complications.",
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}, {
  "question" : "How many countries in the world observe daylight saving time?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Fewer than 30",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "About 70",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "More than 100",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "About 70 countries, or fewer than 40 percent of all nations, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, the U.K., and countries in the European Union, observe daylight saving time nationwide or in certain regions.",
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