Daylight Saving Time

Daylight Saving Time (DST) ends on _______________

• November 7th

• December 7th

• November 8th

• March 25th

_______________________ was the first to suggest manipulating the clocks in 1784.

• FDR

• George Hudson

• Benjamin Franklin

• Ronald Reagan

DST finally became a reality in April 1916 when Germany advanced clocks by an hour to __________________

• to study insects

• conserve fuel to produce weapons for World War I

• to save electricity costs

• to farm the fields

Time magazine referred to the ability for states and districts in the US to continue DST after WW II as ___________________

• charisma of clocks

• spring forward, fall back

• crazy clocks

• chaos of clocks

US Congress ended the confusion with the ____________

• 1966 Uniform Time Act

• 1967 Uniform Time Act

• 1966 Time Halt

• 1967 Time Machine

These two states do not participate in DST

• Nevada and New York

• Florida and California

• Kansas and Kentucky

• Arizona and Hawaii

Over the last five years, ____ states have introduced legislation for year-round DST.

• 39

• 29

• 19

• 41

Lawmakers have been reluctant to stop the custom of DST due to the purported negative impact on __________________

• schools

• congress

• businesses

• night owls

Willett's proposal was to move clocks ahead and behind by ___ minutes.

• 20

• 40

• 60

• 10

Approximately ____ percent of the global populations does not use DST.

• 50

• 80

• 10

• 25