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100

What does Luna mean is latin?

moon

100

A sundial measures the suns -----.

shadow 

100

Metal ----- were rare during the Middle Ages 

screws

100

What was said to be the most accurate timepiece before the 1700s?

The water clock 

100

What was Galileo distracted by at church?

The swinging of the alter lamp

200

Who started the lunar calendar?

The Babylonians 

200

What was Saturn's Day?

Saturday a day no battles should be fought and all tasks were ill-starred.

200

In 1929 the Soviet Union tried to make a month into how many weeks?

6 weeks

200

Why was the number 7 significant to the Japanese?

They had 7 gods of happiness 

200

Why was the number 7 significant to Rome?

Rome was set on 7 hills

300

Who was the first to discover the length of a solar year?

The Egyptians 

300

What was the cycle the the Egyptians used to mark  religious festivities?

lunar cycle

300

In 1929 the Soviet Union tried to make a week how many days?

5 days 

300

Each day was dedicated to one of the seven ---.

planets 

300

What was used to prevent the escape hole from wearing away or being clogged?

Fashioned from a gem

400

What was one sign the Egyptians used to mark one year?

Dog Star or Cycles of the moon

400

Who was responsible for taking 10 days out of the calendar?

Pope Gregory 

400

When was George Washingtons Birthday?

February 11th or the 22nd

400

What was placed in coffins as a symbol of life's time has run out?

Sandglass

400

Around what year was it that the hour became our modern hour?

1330

500

In china why was a timepiece not much use?

Few people owned them and there were not many public ones

500

Galileo and -------, made it possible for clocks to be ten times more accurate. 

Huygens 

500

Torriano spent how many years creating a time piece.

20 years 

500

What was one of the first time measuring devises?

sundial or shadow clock

500

What is the oldest clock still operating in England called?

The great Salisbury clock

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