Obsolete
An inch is this many barleycorns
What is 3
True or False: the metric system is decimal-based
What is true
Length in the Babylonian, Egyptian, and Biblical times are indicated to have been measured by this extremity
What is the arm
The freezing point of water is this in Celcius
What is 0
The imperial system's official name is this
What is the British Imperial System
A hand is this many inches
What is 4
A yoctometer is the ___ unit of measurement in the metric system
What is smallest
In medieval times, the day was divided into units mostly around 3 hours apart, probably centered around this activity
What is prayer
Kelvin measures this
What is temperature
The imperial system is the traditional measurement system of this country
What is Britain
A chain is this many yards
What is 22
The prefixes of the decimal-based measurements in the metric system can be exchanged through the multiplication or division of this number
What is 10
A yojana was a unity of measurement used in southeast ___
What is Asia
There are this many commonly used basic units of measurements in the scientific field
What is 7 (the meter (m), the kilogram (kg), the second (s), the kelvin (K), the ampere (A), the mole (mol), and the candela (cd))
The imperial system evolved from the Roman, ___, and Anglo-Saxon measurement systems
What is Celtic
A land league is this many miles
(the measurement, NOT to be confused with the Irish National Land League)
What is 3
Adopting the metric system is called this
What is metrification
A sarpler (AKA a sarplier or a serplathe) is an obsolete UK measurement for this
What is wool
Scientific measurements are usually based around the metric system which is also known as this in the scientific field
What is the International System of Units (SI)
In the 16th century, this unit of measurement was defined (as a learning device and not as a standard) as the length of the left feet of 16 men lined up heel to toe as they emerged from church
What is the rod
A furlong is this many chains
What is 10
This country created the metric system
What is France
In the Zork games, this is a fictional unit of measurement that is the distance the king’s favorite pet could run in one hour (approx. approximately 2/3 of a mile)
What is a bloit
The candela (now used as a measure of luminosity) used to refer to this commonly used object's use
What are candles
This Saxon king was the first to attempt to bring uniformity in the imperial system
Who was Edgar the Peaceable