Old James

James said that he was born on February 29, 1900. What birthday did he celebrate in the year 2000?

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December 19th, 2012 | Category: Brain Riddle, History, Mathematical |  Email This Riddle

5 guesses to Old James

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• Boesner

  December 20, 2012 at 2:08 AM

  my older brother is born on a leap year, so he is only a few years old, but James mentioned above, is 25 years old. Leap year is every 4 years

• anant

  December 20, 2012 at 11:26 PM

  I don’t think James could have been born on February 29, 1900 as February 1900 did not have 29 days

• Ryver

  December 21, 2012 at 7:23 AM

  Actually, 1900 is a leap year (it’s divisible by 4). My guess is he didn’t celebrate his birthday because he probably died.

• Dude

  December 21, 2012 at 9:32 PM

  You are correct, Anant.

  James was lying, 1900 was not a leap year.

  You are today’s winner.

• Dude

  December 21, 2012 at 9:35 PM

  And for the record:

  There is a leap year every year whose number is perfectly divisible by four – except for years which are both divisible by 100 and not divisible by 400.