Are We Doomed? Or Not? Trivia Quiz

Answer: December 21, 2012

On December 21, 2012 (or December 23, depending on calendar alignment), the black hole that is at the center of the Milky Way aligned with the plane of the Galaxy for the first time in 26,000 years. Many said that this alignment would throw our solar system off course.

Some had predicted that supergiant solar flares would erupt, violent hurricanes would occur, or electronic communication systems would cease to function - in other words - Y12.

Answer: The Long Count

The Mayan calendar operates on a base-20 system, and the primary unit is the "k'in" or day. Rather than the Gregorian calendar that is linear (it counts down all the way to a Judgment Day), the Mayan calendar is cyclic, counting down the number of days until the next creation cycle.

The last creation cycle began August 11, 3114 BC (according to the Gregorian calendar) and will end on December 21, 2012, which is the beginning of the next creation cycle.

Answer: 5,125.37

At the end of the cycle, some believe that rather than experiencing Doomsday, the world's problems will be resolved as we all move to an "enlightened collective consciousness."

Answer: Milky Way

The Great Rift is a series of dark dust clouds that stretch from the Sagittarius Constellation to the Cygnus Constellation. Jenkins says that it represents the Mayan "Womb of Creation." He believes that when the sun passes the Great Rift we will "reconnect with our cosmic heart" .

Answer: Hipparchus

The realignment of the sun with the Milky Way happens every 26,000 years; at this time the black hole at the center of the Milky Way realigns with the sun. Hipparchus noticed a slight difference between the solar year and the stellar year. The solar year is the time it takes the earth to revolve around the sun, and the stellar year is the time it takes the sun to realign with the stars. Though Mayan astronomers may have known this, but there is no evidence that they did.

Answer: A new cycle would begin.

Since the Mayan astronomers saw time as a cycle, they believed that when one cycle ended, another began. There is no clear evidence of what the Mayans thought would happen.

Answer: flood

The Dresden Codex has been dated to the eleventh or twelfth century and may be the earliest known book written in America. The pictures show a destructive flood. Some believe this represents the last turnover of the Long Count in Mayan mythology. Most Y12 Doomsday predictors do not use a flood prophecy.

Answer: True

The Mayans were admirably accurate in setting up their astronomical calendar. The Dresden Codex shows an accurate eclipse table, Venus table, and two Mars tables. Lacking technology, they based their calendar on patient observation. With the naked eye they followed the position of Venus to an accuracy of one day in five hundred years.

The Venus table was especially important because they believed when Venus appeared as the morning star it set the stage for successful warfare.

Answer: Day

The primary unit of The Long Count was the day, or "k'in." The Long Count consists of thirteen cycles, corresponding to the levels of Maya heaven that make up a creation period. At the end of one creation (December 21, 2012), a new cycle begins.

Answer: True

If you don't believe this, check it out! I found one website that advertised, "According to the Maya prophecy, we only have a few more years to show you this wonderful place! So hurry and reserve your tour today." I also found an apparent endorsement from the History Channel logo that began, "The world is coming to an end of December 21, 2012 ..."