chapters 1 and 2
The ancient Babylonians started with this cycle as their calendar
what is the lunar cycle
This was the first medium humanity used for telling time during the night.
What is water?
the first mechanical clock functioned more like this, so others could know the time by only being in earshot.
What is an alarm?
The Egyptians broke the lunar time-telling trend by using this water source as their calendar.
What is the Nile river?
DAILY DOUBLE!
This is a two part question! If you get one of the answers right, you receive the amount already allotted. Get both correct, and you receive double!
You are not allowed to use your book as help during daily doubles, but you CAN phone a friend that is not the host!
Once a stable calendar was established for measuring longer amounts of time, society ran into this obstacle.
What is A.) Measuring time throughout the night and B.) Measuring time in smaller increments?
These people were the first ones to use a bell as a timepeice, in order that they could know when to give their appointed daily prayers
What are the people of the church?
The Nile calendar was measured by this thing, which brought silt to their crops, and helped them mark each "season" for planting, growing, and reaping.
What is the rising and lowering of the river itself?
The church refused to convert to a newer calendar because it was based of of this thing.
What are pagan ("lowercase-g") gods?
King Philip III of Spain, king Lois XIV of France, and the Dutch states general all offered generous sums of money for this device.
What is a machine that can help semiliterate ship crews find their longitude while out at sea.
DAILY DOUBLE!
This is a two part question! If you get one of the answers right, you receive the amount already allotted. Get both correct, and you receive double!
You are not allowed to use your book as help during daily doubles, but you CAN phone a friend that is not the host!
The romans used these two phrases to separate the morning hours and afternoon hours.
What is A.) "ante meridiem" and B.) "Post meridiem"?
It was this daily occurence that made Gallileo Gallilei want to pursue mathematics.
What is the swinging altar lamp at his church
The names of each day of the week were derived from these
(hint: lowercase-g beings)
What are the Planetary names for the Roman gods?
In the late 17th century, a French inventor named M. De Villayer invented this flavorful creation in order to tell the time at night.
What is clock that used different spices to tell the hours?
This was the boastful inscription on an old bell.
What is "I mourn death, I disperse the lightening, I announce the sabbath, I rouse the lazy, I scatter the winds, I appease the bloodthirsty"?