Time in the USA

Do you have the time?

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1. Who runs the National Watch and Clock Library in Columbia, Pennsylvania?

Autodromo ✓

Penn State University ✓

The Mid-Atlantic Horology Society ✓

National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors ✓

2. What was the initial slogan used to promote Time magazine?

Time Moves Quickly ✓

Take Time – It's Brief ✓

Can You Spare the Time? ✓

Lost Time is Never Found Again ✓

3. The Standard Time Act of 1918 empowered what body to determine American time zones?

Western Union ✓

The Cipher Bureau ✓

The Interstate Commerce Commission ✓

American Telephone and Telegraph Company ✓

4. Which of the following is not a ragtime song from the 1890s?

Maple Rag ✓

Michigan Rag ✓

La Pas Ma La ✓

You've Been a Good Old Wagon But You Done Broke Down ✓

5. Who is permitted to use daylight saving time in Arizona if they choose?

Casinos ✓

Military bases ✓

Native American communities ✓

Churches and other places of worship ✓

6. Does everybody know what time it is?

Tool Time ✓

It's high time ✓

A devil of a time ✓

Time to tick tock ✓

7. One O'Clock and Two O'Clock are summits in which state?

Utah ✓

Vermont ✓

California ✓

Washington ✓

8. What is the name of the artwork in New York city that used to show current local time to a tenth of a second, but now counts down the time until the earth's carbon budget is used up?

Pendulum ✓

Metronome ✓

Decadence ✓

Deadbeat escapement ✓

9. What can be found in Winnsboro, South Carolina?

The Veterans Watchmaker Initiative ✓

The American Cuckoo Clock Museum ✓

The oldest continuously running clock in the United States ✓

The National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors School of Horology ✓

10. The largest clock face in the United States is on which building?

Pacific Honolulu ✓

Philadelphia City Hall ✓

Terminal Tower, Cleveland ✓

Duquesne Brewery, Pittsburgh ✓

11. The landmark clock outside the Kentucky State Capitol is principally made of what?

water ✓

bones ✓

flowers ✓

laser beams ✓

12. Mirabilis nyctaginea is a species of flowering plant indigenous to the central part of North America, and was used as a traditional medicine by the Pawnee. It has several common names, including:

Tick tock ✓

Midnight balm ✓

Wild four o'clock ✓

Pink pocket watch ✓

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