Year 16 was a leap year starting on Wenesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Trivia about 16

  • Total number of strings found in the instruments of a string quartet--2 violins, viola, cello
  • Geraldine Connolly recalls swimming pools & dancing in "The Summer I Was" this age at which you can get your driver's license
  • If you pawn your chess set, the shop will check to make sure there are this many pawns in it
  • A teen's "sweet" age
  • At the start of a game of pool, there are this many balls on the table
  • Of 6, 16 or 26 pounds, the weight limit for a standard bowling ball
  • Of 6, 16, or 60 years, the closest to the average life expectancy of a koala
  • Total number of pool balls used in a game of 8-ball
  • Number of teeth typically found in the fully developed adult upper jaw
  • Next number in the sequence 1, 1, 2, 4, 8...
  • Chambers of the heart squared
  • Of 1/2 , 1/8 & 1/16
  • This "sweet" age is the legal drinking one in Belgium
  • The CDC says that for teen drivers, this is the age with the highest crash risk
  • If your recipe calls for a cup of liquid, you can use this many tablespoons
  • In California, it's the minimum age at which you can take a driver's road test
  • Ringo Starr's girl was this title age, beautiful & his, while Chuck Berry's was sweet & little
  • Including wisdom teeth, the number of teeth typically found in the fully developed adult upper jaw
  • The term "hexadecimal" refers to quantities of this number
  • When a girl turns this "sweet" age, it's traditional to throw her a party
  • (AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE):Number in the title of the following Neil Sedaka hit: "Tonight's the night, I've waited for...."
  • The Byrds' this many "Miles High" times Eddie Money's this many "Tickets To Paradise"