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The Longest Day (Winter Solstice) in Britain is which day this year?


10th December

14th December

21st December

9th January
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  • layla1979
    layla1979 Posts: 1,687 Forumite
    I won, I won, I won!
    Think its 21 dec
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  • graemecomp
    graemecomp Posts: 62 Forumite
    I agree that the Winter Solstice is the 21st December, but isn't it the shortest day? - the longest day is the Summer Solstice on June 21st?
  • One-Eye
    One-Eye Posts: 73,294 Forumite
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    Longest day in 2013 was actually 27th October - it lasted 25 hours!
  • Gilla_2
    Gilla_2 Posts: 13,228 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    One-Eye wrote: »
    Longest day in 2013 was actually 27th October - it lasted 25 hours!

    Messing with the clocks has a lot to answer for!
    42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot
    :hello: Good Luck everyone !:hello:
  • poor_student138
    poor_student138 Posts: 179 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    They've changed the question now lol. Same answer choices though.
    The Shortest Day (Winter Solstice) in Britain is which day this year?
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  • LookingForLuck23
    LookingForLuck23 Posts: 11 Forumite
    I got the shortest day question to and I guess it would be the 21st December lol.
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