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1.When and where did the law first limit the working day to eight hours?
1593 in Spain
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1919 in Turkey
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1865 in New Zealand
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1789 in the Swiss Confederacy
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2.What is the standard internet date format?
dd-mm-yyyy
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mm-dd-yyyy
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yyyy-mm-dd
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yyyy-dd-mm
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3.The world's longest non-stop passenger flight is New York to Singapore on Singapore Airlines. How long is the flight scheduled to take?
18 hours and 50 minutes
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19 hours and 45 minutes
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20 hours and 30 minutes
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22 hours and 10 minutes
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4.According to the Wimbledon Queueing Code of Conduct, when people are queueing for tickets to the tennis, what are they not allowed to do:
Play tennis
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Sleep in a tent
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Receive deliveries of takeaway food
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Give their place in the queue to someone else
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5.What is a moveable feast?
A religious festival held according to the lunar calendar
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A traditional German banquet and dance commencing at sunset
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A medieval harvest festival hosted by a different Gloucestershire village each year
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Dinner on board a sailing ship whose route makes the exact length of the day unpredictable
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6.How did Robinson Crusoe keep track of the date?
Each day he marked a notch in a wooden cross that he had carved the day of his arrival
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He arrived under a full moon, and marked each subsequent full moon with a notch in a tree
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Each day he tied a knot in a string, cutting it each month and weaving the month into his hut wall
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He arranged 365 small stones into a calendar, and every new year carved the date into a rock
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7.In the Chronicles of Narnia, Father Time lay asleep in the Underland. What did he do when Aslan woke him?
Cried with joy
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Destroyed the sun
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Called forth the dawn
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Set sail down the underground river
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8.What is the interval between successive births for a gorilla mother?
12 to 18 months
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two years
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four years
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six years
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9.Warner Brothers cartoon characters Ralph the wolf and Sam the sheepdog spend their days hunting and protecting a flock of sheep respectively. At the end of the working day they punch their cards on the time clock and greet the night shift, who are:
Bud and Lou
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Bert and Bob
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Chip and Dale
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Fred and George
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10.In what sort of publication would you find tidal times, a farmer's planting dates, lunar cycles, and the hours of sunrise and sunset?
Gazette
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Almanac
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Calendar
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Enchiridion
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11.What game was developed in the 20th century to entertain children during long journeys or waiting times?
I-spy
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Peek-a-boo
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Simon Says
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The Hokey Pokey (or Hokey Cokey)
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12.Pete Seeger's song Turn Turn Turn, which was a hit for The Byrds in 1965, takes its lyrics from Ecclesiastes. In the song, what follows 'A time to rend, and a time to sew'?
Very nice quiz! Even though I didn't do well, at all.. this time ;)
Low scores but that is perhaps because there have been few takers so far (my 5 points actually beat 95% of the people..). But maybe it is a bit too tough to be featured? If that is the case I would nominate nr 12 (the song) and nr 9 (cartoon) to be replaced. Seems a bit obscure and a less strong connection with time (Well same goes for I-spy actually, but that one was easy to guess atleast)
Thank you. This series is my favourite of the ones I've created, but it's not often noticed. The parameters of this quiz, compared with the others in the series, are a little rubbery; it is to do with ways that people allocate or occupy time. The cartoon question is about punch clocks and shift work, and the song about seasonal or diurnal labour. I hope the sources, Warner Bros, a hit song and the Bible, are not too obscure.
Low scores but that is perhaps because there have been few takers so far (my 5 points actually beat 95% of the people..). But maybe it is a bit too tough to be featured? If that is the case I would nominate nr 12 (the song) and nr 9 (cartoon) to be replaced. Seems a bit obscure and a less strong connection with time (Well same goes for I-spy actually, but that one was easy to guess atleast)
I'll nominate anyway :)