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


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

 

1680
1780
1580
1880

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

 

1982
2002
1972
1962
British Standard Time became crucial with especially for

 

Church Services
Canal Services
Farmers
Railway Timetables

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

 

H2
H3
H4
H1
The cross hairs of which telescope define the Greenwich Meridian ?

 

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

 Longitude was important in determining

 

Knowledge of Moon
Knowledge of Stars
Timekeeping
Navigation at Sea
The Observatory was established by Charles II with the aim of astrologically calculating

 

Longitude
Lunar Phases
Solar Phases
Comets

 Norwich local time is how far ahead of GMT ?

 

+ 2mins
+ 10 mins
+ 1 min
+5 mins
British Summer Time is

 

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

 The Great Star Room at the Royal Observatory is

 

Hexagonal
Pentagonal
Octagonal
Cubed


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