Millionaire Questions...

[Craig Karlberg]

Getting back to the calendar question regarding a future leap year, it's A.  4000 is not only divisible by 100 but also by 400.  But C could be a possibility(6000/400).  I thimk that question's a bit ambiguous there.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'Oct 14 2005, 01:37 AM\']Getting back to the calendar question regarding a future leap year, it's A.  4000 is not only divisible by 100 but also by 400.  But C could be a possibility(6000/400).  I thimk that question's a bit ambiguous there.

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[uncamark]

"I may be a scwewy wabbit, but I'm not going to Alcatwaz!"

[Kevin Prather]

[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'Oct 14 2005, 01:37 AM\']Getting back to the calendar question regarding a future leap year, it's A.  4000 is not only divisible by 100 but also by 400.  But C could be a possibility(6000/400).  I thimk that question's a bit ambiguous there.

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Nope. The answer is indeed C: 6000. Here is the actual rule regarding leap years:

Every 4 years: Add a leap day.
Every 100 years: Don't add the leap day.
Every 400 years: Do add the leap day.
Every 4000 years: Don't add the leap day.

[SRIV94]

[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Oct 14 2005, 08:14 PM\']Every 4000 years: Don't add the leap day.

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Somebody remind me when the time comes.  I know I'll forget.  

Doug

[Kevin Prather]

[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Oct 14 2005, 06:16 PM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Oct 14 2005, 08:14 PM\']Every 4000 years: Don't add the leap day.

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Somebody remind me when the time comes.  I know I'll forget.  

Doug

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Hell, before I heard George Carlin's routine on time, I didn't even know the 400 rule, let alone the 4000 rule. :-P

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Oct 14 2005, 06:14 PM\']Nope. The answer is indeed C: 6000. Here is the actual rule regarding leap years:

Every 4 years: Add a leap day.
Every 100 years: Don't add the leap day.
Every 400 years: Do add the leap day.
Every 4000 years: Don't add the leap day.

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Do you have a source to cite there? No web site I saw when I was Googling the last one (just to be sure...I was fairly certain of the answer off the top of my head) mentioned the 4000 year part.

[Kevin Prather]

I'll double-check right now, and get back to you right away. I can think of two sources right off the top of my head, but they are hardly irrefutable.

[Kevin Prather]

Whoops. The 4000-year rule was proposed by astronomer John Herschel, but was never officially adopted. Google "leap year"+"divisible by 4000" for more on that.

I stand corrected. The question is moot.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Oct 15 2005, 11:13 AM\']I'll double-check right now, and get back to you right away. I can think of two sources right off the top of my head, but they are hardly irrefutable.

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Yes, please have your staff get right on that.
(A Google search on "leap year 4000" (BEEFCAKE!) seems to indicate that the "4000-year rule" is merely a suggestion and hasn't been put into place in any kind of official capacity. Surprisingly, the one remotely-reliable-looking source I saw that DID suggest it was an actual part of the rule was The Straight Dope, which is usually very reliable with regard to such things.)

[Kevin Prather]

Yep. It was proposed long ago, and has yet to be adopted. Maybe someday.

[PYLdude]

I got one...pretty easy for some, not so easy for others.

Which of these TV shows added Robert Vaughn to the regular cast during its final season?

A. Hunter
B. Spenser: For Hire
C. The A-Team
D. CHiPS

[musicman]

[quote name=\'PYLdude\' date=\'Oct 15 2005, 03:18 PM\']I got one...pretty easy for some, not so easy for others.

Which of these TV shows added Robert Vaughn to the regular cast during its final season?

A. Hunter
B. Spenser: For Hire
C. The A-Team
D. CHiPS

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C. The A-Team...final answer.

[Mr. Matté]

[quote name=\'PYLdude\' date=\'Oct 15 2005, 04:18 PM\']Which of these TV shows added Robert Vaughn to the regular cast during its final season?

A. Hunter
B. Spenser: For Hire
C. The A-Team
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E. WFMZ's 10 o'clock News!

ObGS: Karn's Family Feud airs right before the above show.

[Matt Ottinger]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Oct 15 2005, 04:57 AM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Oct 14 2005, 06:14 PM\']Nope. The answer is indeed C: 6000. Here is the actual rule regarding leap years:

Every 4 years: Add a leap day.
Every 100 years: Don't add the leap day.
Every 400 years: Do add the leap day.
Every 4000 years: Don't add the leap day.

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Do you have a source to cite there? No web site I saw when I was Googling the last one (just to be sure...I was fairly certain of the answer off the top of my head) mentioned the 4000 year part.[/quote]
It seems to be one of those cyber legends that spread without substantiation.  Best I can tell, the math for a 4000-year-rule makes sense (provided nothing unexpected happens to our orbit for the next two millenia) but it is not an official calendar rule.

Plenty of links contradict each other.  Here are two:
http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mleapyr.html
http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/leapyear.htm#2000

For the record, this makes it an absolutely terrible Millionaire question, since the "right" answer is questionable at best.