Multiple choice general knowledge math & puzzles

Start at the second month of the year in the Julian calendar and go backward 4 months. Combine the antepenultimate letter of that month with the ultimate letter of the month during which Daylight Savings Time began in the US prior to 2007. Add to that the antepenultimate letter of the month named for "Venerable Caesar." End with the penultimate letter of the month of the autumnal equinox. The resulting word is:

  1. Eukaryota

  2. An unfocused image

  3. A boaster

  4. The fifth color in a rainbow
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Explanation

Julian 2nd month is Feb; back 4 is Oct. Antepenultimate of October is 'b'. DST before 2007 began in April; ultimate is 'l'. Venerable Caesar (Augustus) is August; antepenultimate is 'u'. Autumnal equinox is September; penultimate is 'e'. The word is 'blue', the fifth color in a rainbow (ROYGBIV).

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