Unusual Units of Measurement
This unit equals 1/8 of a mile and is often used in horse racing.
What is a furlong?
This tower in Paris was completed in 1889.
What is the Eiffel Tower?
This device was used to receive short messages before cell phones.
What is a pager?
This unit of time is sometimes defined as 1/100th of a second.
What is a jiffy?
This ancient structure in Peru was built by the Incas.
What is Machu Picchu?
This video format lost the war to VHS.
What is Betamax?
This astronomical unit equals about 3.26 light-years.
What is a parsec?
This massive wall stretches over 13,000 miles in China.
What is the Great Wall of China?
This magnetic storage medium was common in the 1990s.
What is a floppy disk?
This British unit of weight equals 14 pounds.
What is a stone?
This sandstone monument in Jordan is carved into rock.
What is Petra?
This analog tool was used for calculations before calculators.
What is a slide rule?
This old nautical unit equals 3 miles.
What is a league?
This cathedral in Russia is known for its colorful onion domes.
What is St. Basil’s Cathedral?
This device played music from grooved discs.
What is a phonograph?