World Book Trivia Challenge Advanced--12/31--Time

2.

What is the abbreviation for coordinated universal time, which serves as the standard international time?

CUT
UTC
CT

Correct Answer

A. UTC

Explanation

Coordinated Universal Time, abbreviated UTC, serves as the standard international time. By definition, UTC is the time at the prime meridian as measured by atomic clocks. Other time zones derive their time by adding or subtracting a whole number of hours to UTC.

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3.

Which theory overturned Isaac Newton's properties that he assigned to time?

The Copenhagen Interpretation
The Many Worlds Theory
Relativity Theory

Correct Answer

A. Relativity Theory

Explanation

In the early 1900’s, the German-born physicist Albert Einstein developed a new branch of physics called relativity theory. His work revised many basic ideas about time. Perhaps most importantly, relativity theory holds that space and time are not fundamentally separate features of reality. Relativity theory overturned Newton’s assumptions.

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4.

What belief stems from the "arrow of change"?

Time travel is possible.
We can change the future, not the past.
We can change the past, not the future.

Correct Answer

A. We can change the future, not the past.

Explanation

We tend to believe that we can change the future but not the past. This distinction is sometimes called the arrow of change.

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5.

What does "p.m" stand for?

Past meridiem
Post meridiem
Post midnight

Correct Answer

A. Post meridiem

Explanation

Using noon as the midpoint of the day gives us the letters a.m., meaning ante (before) meridiem, or before noon; p.m. means post (after) meridiem, or after noon.

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6.

Of the following, what can a minute NOT be measure in?

Feet
Angles
Time

Correct Answer

A. Feet

Explanation

Minute is a unit that is used to measure both time and angles. In time, 60 minutes make up one hour. Each minute is divided into 60 seconds. Because an hour is 1/24 of a day, a minute is 1/1,440 of a day. In measuring angles, 60 minutes make up one degree. A circle is divided into 360 degrees, and so one minute is 1/21,600 of a circle. Each minute of an angle is divided into 60 seconds.

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7.

What is not a system of timekeeping?

Solar time
Sidereal time
Artificial time

Correct Answer

A. Artificial time

Explanation

The use of the day as a basic unit of time gave rise to two slightly different systems of timekeeping. These systems are: (1) solar time and (2) sidereal time.

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8.

Before Daylight Savings Time was officially put in place, which time saving plan was adopted from the United Kingdom in 1918 and repealed a year later?

Seasonal Time
Summer Time
Super Time

Correct Answer

A. Summer Time

Explanation

The United Kingom, for example, went on daylight time or what it calls "Summer Time" during World War I (1914-1918). The United States adopted the plan in 1918 but repealed it in 1919. The United States also observed it from Feb. 9, 1942, to Sept. 30, 1945, due to World War II

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9.

The basic water clock, used 3,500 year ago, was accurate about how often?

30 minutes each day
1 hour each day
5 hours each day

Correct Answer

A. 30 minutes each day

Explanation

The water clock, used as early as 3,500 years ago, consisted of a container that water flowed into or out of at a steady rate. People measured time by comparing the changing water level to marks on the container. Simpler clocks for everyday use included candles marked at regular lengths and oil lamps with marked reservoirs. As the candle burned down or the oil burned away, the marks indicated how much time had passed. Most of these clocks probably remained accurate only to about half an hour per day at best.

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10.

The first time capsule, which was buried in 1938 at the New York World's Fair, is schedule to be opened in ______?

3038
4500
6939

Correct Answer

A. 6939

Explanation

The phrase time capsule first described a container buried by the Westinghouse company in 1938 at the New York World's Fair. It was scheduled to be opened in 6939. The phrase may also refer to an object or archaeological site that vividly represents the past

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World Book Trivia Challenge Advanced--12/31--time

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What is the abbreviation for coordinated universal time, which serves as the standard international time?

Which theory overturned Isaac Newton's properties that he assigned to time?

What belief stems from the "arrow of change"?

What does "p.m" stand for?

Of the following, what can a minute NOT be measure in?

What is not a system of timekeeping?

Before Daylight Savings Time was officially put in place, which time saving plan was adopted from the United Kingdom in 1918 and repealed a year later?

The basic water clock, used 3,500 year ago, was accurate about how often?

The first time capsule, which was buried in 1938 at the New York World's Fair, is schedule to be opened in ______?