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Quiz
- What's the official name of the tower in which Big Ben is located?
- Which European capital would you visit to see the oldest astronomical clock still in operation?
- The world's tallest clock tower is the Makkah Clock Royal Tower in which Asian city?
- Old Joe, the world's tallest freestanding clock tower, is in which British city?
- The gothic Balmoral Hotel clock tower is a feature of which city's skyline?
- A four-faced brass clock designed by Henry Edward Bedford above an information booth is one of which train station's most recognizable icons?
- Where are cuckoo clocks originally from?
- In the UK, the Speaking Clock's peak demand times of the year are at when the clocks change, New Year and which other day of the year?
- Where do Americans always see Philadelphia's Independence Hall clock set to 10:30?
- Which English cathedral has one of the oldest working clocks in the world, dating from about 1386?
- In which city is the Eastgate clock? It is said to be the most photographed clock in England after Big Ben.
- Which book starts with the opening line: It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen?
- What's the name of the cast iron miniature clock tower situated at the intersection of Victoria Street and Vauxhall Bridge in central London?
- On which Liverpool building can you see two clock towers with clock faces bigger than Big Ben's?
- On which children's series first shown on the BBC from January to March 1967 did each episode begin with a shot of a town hall clock?
Answers
- Elizabeth Tower
- Prague
- Mecca, Saudi Arabia
- Birmingham
- Edinburgh
- Grand Central Terminal, New York City
- Germany
- Remembrance Day
- On a banknote (100 dollar bill)
- Salisbury
- Chester
- Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
- Little Ben
- The Royal Liver Building
- Trumpton