Tick Tock

TRUE OR FALSE: Pendulum clocks are more or less accurate depending on where they are located.
TRUE
FALSE
Do you say "midnight" in a 24-hour system?
24:00
00:00
12:90
25:00
TRUE OR FALSE: Before alarm clocks were popular, someone would come around to your house and knock on the window to rouse everyone. This person was called a Knocker-Upper.
TRUE
FALSE
What is "o'clock" short for?
On the clock
Of the clock
Over the clock
It's not short for anything
What is the point of a chess clock?
It counts down to ensure one player doesn't take longer than the other to make a decision
It counts up and indicates a draw if the game is not complete by the end of the time
The two clocks run simultaneously and just track whose turn it is
It counts up, and the player who takes the longest is penalized at the end of the game
What inspired the term "grandfather clock"?
A nursery rhyme
The name of the person who first built one
An old song
The height
In what culture is it bad luck to gift a clock?
Indian
Chinese
German
Mexican
What is the name of the tower in the Parliament Buildings that holds the clock?
In Ontario, when could you be asked to draw a clock as part of a written test?
Getting your eyes checked
Writing the Bar exam
Renewing your driver's licence
Getting a gun licence
How long is the shot clock in the NBA?
8 seconds
12 seconds
24 seconds
32 seconds
What pop star released the song "TiK ToK" in 2009?
In what country is the largest clock face in the world?
The US
Sweden
Brazil
Saudi Arabia
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