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Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning Quiz Questions - Royal Observatory Greenwich II
Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning


UTC or Coordinated Universal Time replaced GMT as the international time reference in

 

2002
1962
1972
1982

 The prize for longitude was awarded for which of Harrison's timepieces ?

 

H3
H1
H4
H2
British Summer Time is

 

GMT - 1hr
GMT + 1hr
GMT + 2hr
GMT

 The Great Star Room at the Royal Observatory is

 

Pentagonal
Cubed
Octagonal
Hexagonal
The cross hairs of which telescope define the Greenwich Meridian ?

 

Transit circle telescope
Zenith Sector Telecope
12.8 inch refracting telescope
28 inch refracting telescope

 British Standard Time became crucial with especially for

 

Canal Services
Railway Timetables
Farmers
Church Services
The Observatory was established by Charles II with the aim of astrologically calculating

 

Lunar Phases
Comets
Solar Phases
Longitude

 In which year did a royal Assent make GMT British Standard Time ?

 

1780
1880
1580
1680
Longitude was important in determining

 

Knowledge of Stars
Navigation at Sea
Timekeeping
Knowledge of Moon

 Norwich local time is how far ahead of GMT ?

 

+ 10 mins
+5 mins
+ 1 min
+ 2mins


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