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


Midday local time is determined by the zenith of the

 

Low Tide
Sun
High Tide
Moon

 Which engineer was reluctantly awarded the prize for 'discovering Longitude'

 

John Harrison
John Arnold
James Bradley
Charles Hanson
Flamstead House at the Royal Observatory was built by ?

 

Sir Edward Lutyens
Robert Adam
John Nash
Christopher Wren

 The first Astronomer Royal was ?

 

Nathaniel Bliss
John Flamstead
Edmund Halley
James Bradley
The Greenwich Timeball was mainly used by ?

 

Local Folk
Watchmakers
Sailors
Clergy

 The longest serving Astronomer Royal at the Royal Observatory from 1765 - 1811 was ?

 

Sir Richard Wooley
Nevil Maskelyne
Sir George Biddell Airy
Sir Martin Rees
The International Meridian Conference declared Greenwich the Prime Meridian in

 

1934
1884
1984
1834

 Which King established the Royal Observatory in 1615 ?

 

Edward II
Charles I
Charles II
Henry I
Midday local time in Torquay is how far behind Greenwich ?

 

8 mins
1 min
14 mins
2 mins

 The Timeball at Greenwich drops daily at

 

11.00am
12.00am
1.00pm
12.00pm


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