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A multiple-choice quiz by kittyconner. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
kittyconner

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
175,622

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1356

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Question 1 of 10

1. What was the title of the novel written by H G Wells in 1895?

Answer: (Three Words (remember subject of the quiz))

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Question 2 of 10

2. What type of clock is a regulator? Hint

an atomic clock

a sundial

a water clock

a pendulum clock

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Question 3 of 10

3. In 1797, what name was given to clocks on British inns? Hint

brewery clocks

the innkeepers timepiece

time gentlemen please clocks

Act of Parliament clocks

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Question 4 of 10

4. When the 'speaking clock' was introduced in Britain in 1936, what was dialed to receive the correct time? Hint

MIN

HOU

SEC

TIM

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Question 5 of 10

5. In childhood, what common plant was used to tell the time?

Answer: (One Word- 9 letters)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which artist is famous for his painting containing melting clocks?

Answer: (Two Words or Surname only)

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Question 7 of 10

7. What does GMT stand for? Hint

Greenwich Main Time

General Mean Time

General Main Time

Greenwich Mean Time

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Question 8 of 10

8. The British TV series 'Time Team' deals with which subject? Hint

gardening

cookery

do-it-yourself

archaeology

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Question 9 of 10

9. Stephen Hawking wrote 'A ________ History of Time'. What is the missing word? Hint

Quick

Short

Brief

Little

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which Lewis Carroll character is always concerned with being late? Hint

The March Hare

The White Rabbit

The Mad Hatter

The Red Queen

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was the title of the novel written by H G Wells in 1895?

Answer: The Time Machine

The novel portrays a future where human beings have evolved into two seperate species, the Morlocks and the Eloi.

2. What type of clock is a regulator?

Answer: a pendulum clock

A regulator is a pendulum clock that has been designed to be highly accurate.

3. In 1797, what name was given to clocks on British inns?

Answer: Act of Parliament clocks

This was the year that legislation was introduced to put tax on all clocks. People therefore stopped having clocks in their own homes and used the local inns clock instead.

4. When the 'speaking clock' was introduced in Britain in 1936, what was dialed to receive the correct time?

Answer: TIM

The number now dialed is 123.

5. In childhood, what common plant was used to tell the time?

Answer: dandelion

Dandelion gets it name from the French 'dents de lion' from it's jagged leaves. Children used to blow the seed heads to tell the time. If it took eight puffs to clear the head then they would think it was eight-o-clock.

6. Which artist is famous for his painting containing melting clocks?

Answer: Salvador Dali

The painting is entitled 'Persistence of Memory'. He is reported as saying the inspiration for the painting was his favourite landscape in Catalonia, and a very ripe Camembert cheese.

7. What does GMT stand for?

Answer: Greenwich Mean Time

In 1852 The Royal Observatory in Greenwich began transmitting time telegraphically. Three years later it was used by the most of Britain replacing local time. Since then it has become a globally recognised world reference.

8. The British TV series 'Time Team' deals with which subject?

Answer: archaeology

The programme is fronted by Tony Robinson, better known as Baldrick in 'Blackadder'.

9. Stephen Hawking wrote 'A ________ History of Time'. What is the missing word?

Answer: Brief

The book was published in 1988 to worldwide acclaim. It's estimated that there are now 9 million copies in print.

10. Which Lewis Carroll character is always concerned with being late?

Answer: The White Rabbit

The White Rabbit appeared in 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' in 1865.

Source: Author kittyconner

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