Start at the second month of the year in the Julian calendar and go backward 4 months Combine the antepenultimate letter of that month with the ultimate letter of the month during which Daylight Savi?

Answer 1

The entire question is: "Start at the second month of the year in the Julian calendar and go backward 4 months. Combine the antepenultimate letter of that month with the ultimate letter of the month during which Daylight Savings Time began in the US prior to 2007. Add to that the antepenultimate letter of the month named for "Venerable Caesar." End with the penultimate letter of the month of the autumnal equinox. The resulting word is:" The answer is BL , B is the antepunultimate letter of October and L is the ultimate letter of April. Then Next two letters would be: UE; U is the antepenultimate letter of August and E is the antepenultimate letter of September. The whole answer : BLUE -- the fifth color in the rainbow.

An easier method (By shahidt) In questions like these simply count the number of letters the question is telling you to add up. The answer to the question is a Four letter word, and in the given choices there should have been a four letter word (or a clue to it). It's that simple :-)