History of Time
What time system was used in France after the revolution?
Decimal time
In which city is the prime meridian located?
Greenwich
Which country changed its time zone in support of Germany during World War II?
Spain
Which country attempted to introduce a 10-hour day system?
France
What is the boundary that separates two calendar days called?
International Date Line
Who developed the first time zone system?
Sandford Fleming
In what year was the international conference on time standardization held?
1884
Which country has a single time zone despite its vast territory?
China
In which country did people skip an entire day due to a time zone change?
Samoa
Which country moved the International Date Line to align with Australia?
Samoa
Which country was the last to adopt the time zone system?
Liberia
What alternative reference point did France propose for the prime meridian?
Paris meridian
How many minutes is Nepal’s non-standard time adjustment?
45 minutes
Who proposed the 24-hour time format?
Sandford Fleming
Which Russian region is the first to celebrate New Year?
Chukotka
Where was the observatory that competed with Greenwich located?
Paris
What is the name of the place where all time zones converge?
The Pole
Which political leaders changed his country's time by 30 minutes and later reversed it?
Hugo Chávez, Kim Jong Un
In which countrys were a 30-minute time shift abolished after the leader’s departure?
Venezuela, North Korea
Why was the International Date Line placed in the Pacific Ocean?
To avoid confusion in densely populated areas
Which English monarch founded the Greenwich Observatory?
Charles II
Which country was the first to implement standardized railway time?
United Kingdom
Which Chinese leader established a single Beijing time?
Mao Zedong
Why does India have an unusual time zone?
Offset from Greenwich +5:30 - old railway time.
Which archipelago uses the +14 UTC time zone?
Kiribati