Measuring time - Statistics

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What was a watch sandglass?	A half hour sandglass used to count the hours of watch duty on a ship	100%
What will cause a pendulum clock to be inaccurate?	moving it	100%
The most reliable timepieces in existence, accurate to within a few seconds over trillions of years, are:	Atomic clocks	50%
The moment at which the centre of the visible Sun is directly above the equator is called	Equinox	50%
What was railway time?	The application of Greenwich Mean Time to all train stations and timetables in Great Britain	50%
Horology is:	the study of the measurement of time and mechanical time-keeping devices	50%
In the 12th century, Mesopotamian polymath Ismail al-Jazari invented a timepiece that paid tribute to Indian, African, Chinese, Persian and Greek culture. It was a water clock the shape and size of what?	an elephant bearing a howdah	0%
For what sport was an automatic timing device first used in the Olympic Games?	Athletics, men's steeplechase, 1928 Amsterdam	0%
What is a trench watch?	A wristwatch used by military officers during WW1	0%
On a vertical sundial, which way does the shadow appear to move?	clockwise in the southern hemisphere and anti-clockwise (counter-clockwise) in the northern hemisphere	0%
What does a marine chronometer do?	Determines longitude	0%
What can you NOT do with an astrolabe?	Measure a period of time to the second	0%

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