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


The International Meridian Conference declared Greenwich the Prime Meridian in

 

1884
1834
1934
1984

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

 

John Arnold
Charles Hanson
John Harrison
James Bradley
The Timeball at Greenwich drops daily at

 

12.00am
12.00pm
11.00am
1.00pm

 The Greenwich Timeball was mainly used by ?

 

Watchmakers
Clergy
Local Folk
Sailors
Midday local time in Torquay is how far behind Greenwich ?

 

1 min
2 mins
8 mins
14 mins

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

 

Nevil Maskelyne
Sir Martin Rees
Sir Richard Wooley
Sir George Biddell Airy
Which King established the Royal Observatory in 1615 ?

 

Charles I
Henry I
Edward II
Charles II

 Flamstead House at the Royal Observatory was built by ?

 

Robert Adam
Christopher Wren
Sir Edward Lutyens
John Nash
Midday local time is determined by the zenith of the

 

Sun
Moon
Low Tide
High Tide

 The first Astronomer Royal was ?

 

John Flamstead
James Bradley
Nathaniel Bliss
Edmund Halley


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