Leap Year Word Game

In celebration of Leap Year, here is the following quiz.  Do you know all the answers?

1. What word means to spring or bound upward?  
   
2. What is the name of the year with 366 days instead of the normal 365?  
   
3. What is February 29th called?  
   
4. These are added or omitted from official timekeeping systems as needed (usually on June 30 or December 31) to compensate for changes in the rotation of the Earth.  
   
5. Name the phrase that means very quickly. 
   
6. Name the phrase that means an act whose consequences cannot be predicted.  
   
7. This is the act of believing or trusting in something that can’t be proved.  
   
8. Name of a children’s game in which one player kneels or bends over and the next person in line jumps over him.   
   
9. This is computer science method for checking the internal operations of a computer by performing operations on one section, transferring the new information to another section, repeating the operations, and crosschecking the results.  
   
10. Name the 10th day of Christmas from the song, 12 Days of Christmas.  
    
11. Name the phrase that means to jump at the chance.  
    
12. This phrase means to judge or decide something without having all the facts. 
    
13. Name the phrase that means to be careful.  
    
14. This is an expression of surprise. 
    

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