Question

A cricket match begins at 10.30am on January 10 in New Zealand (time zone of +12). TeU. the time in Greenwich when it is shown live on TV there.

Answer 1

Hint: The line in Greenwich depicts the historic Prime Meridian of the World. Every place on Earth is calculated in terms of its extent east or west from this line. The line itself is divided in the eastern and western hemispheres of the Earth.

Complete Step by Step Answer:
New Zealand lies in time zone +12, ie. it is 12 hours ahead of Greenwich behind New Zealand. So when it is 10.30 am on January 10 in New Zealand, it is 10.30 pm on January 9. So, the cricket match will be telecast from 10.30 pm on Jan 9 in Greenwich.

The Greenwich Meridian segregates east from west in the same way that the Equator segregates north from south. Inextricably related with Greenwich Mean Time, it also sits at the centre of our system of time zones. Its path is specified by the location of an historic telescope, the Airy Transit Circle, which is sheltered at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.

Such is the Meridian's fame that each year, hundreds of thousands of tourists from all around the world make their way to the Observatory to stand astride the Line.

Note: Since 1884, the Prime Meridian has been administered as the source for Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). The line runs across the courtyard of the Royal Observatory and was approved by international agreement to the irritation of the French who started again to use the Paris meridian.