.

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


Midday local time in Torquay is how far behind Greenwich ?

 

2 mins
14 mins
8 mins
1 min

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

 

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

 

Christopher Wren
John Nash
Sir Edward Lutyens
Robert Adam

 Which King established the Royal Observatory in 1615 ?

 

Henry I
Charles II
Edward II
Charles I
The longest serving Astronomer Royal at the Royal Observatory from 1765 - 1811 was ?

 

Sir Martin Rees
Sir George Biddell Airy
Sir Richard Wooley
Nevil Maskelyne

 The first Astronomer Royal was ?

 

James Bradley
Edmund Halley
Nathaniel Bliss
John Flamstead
The International Meridian Conference declared Greenwich the Prime Meridian in

 

1834
1984
1934
1884

 Midday local time is determined by the zenith of the

 

Moon
High Tide
Low Tide
Sun
The Greenwich Timeball was mainly used by ?

 

Clergy
Sailors
Local Folk
Watchmakers

 The Timeball at Greenwich drops daily at

 

12.00pm
1.00pm
11.00am
12.00am


.
Discerningly Versed www.dniv.com 2012