A leap year riddle is:
Q: What do you get when you cross a kangaroo with a calendar?
A: A leap year.
The riddle has been cited in print since at least 1994. “What is a kangaroo’s favorite year?”/“A leap year” is a similar riddle.
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16 February 1994, Victoria (TX) Advocate, “Kids Life,” pg. 8B, col. 1:
What do you get when you cross a kangaroo with a calendar?
Leap year.
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24 January 1997, Ravalli Republic (Hamilton, MT), “A Little Bit of Humor,” Connection sec., pg. 8, col. 1:
Clay: What do you get if you cross a kangaroo with a calendar?
Robbie: Leap year.
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30 September 2001, The Sun (Baltimore, MD), “Riddles ‘n’ Giggles,” sec. 2, pg. 2, col. 5:
WHAT DO YOU GET IF YOU CROSS A KANGAROO AND A CALENDAR?
LEAP YEAR
29 February 2008, Townsville (Queensland) Bulletin, “Make the most of the extra day” by Mary Vernon, pg. 18:
What do you get when you cross a kangaroo with a calendar?
A leap year.
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