Consider the following countries:United KingdomDenmarkNew ZealandAustraliaBrazilHow many of the abov

Question

Consider the following countries:United KingdomDenmarkNew ZealandAustraliaBrazilHow many of the above countries have more than four time zones?

Accepted Answer

The UK itself (mainland) uses one time zone. However, due to overseas territories (like Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Falkland Islands, Pitcairn Islands, etc.), the UK spans across 9 time zones. Mainland Denmark Adheres to a single time zone, Central European Summer Time, throught most year. Faroe Islands nad Greenland which are part of the Danish realm have separate time zones. Faroe has one distinct time zone and Greenland has three time zones. Hence, it has more than four time zones. New Zealand has three time zones. New Zealand's two main islands, North Island and South Island, both lie in the same time zone. The Chatham Islands, located about 860 kilometers (534 miles) east of Christchurch, have a separate time zone, which is 45 minutes ahead of mainland New Zealand. Tokelau, an archipelago in the Pacific and a dependency of New Zealand, brings the total to three time zones. Tokelau, an archipelago in the Pacific and a dependency of New Zealand, brings the total to three time zones. There are 6 time zones in Australia. Adding the country's 3 dependencies brings the total to 9 time zones. Australia's mainland states and territories are divided into 5 standard time zones. As Western Australia, Queensland, and the Northern Territory don't use Daylight Saving Time (DST), there are only 3 corresponding DST time zones. There are four standard time zones in Brazil. They are, from west to east: Acre Time (ACT), Amazon Time (AMT), Brasília Time (BRT), and Fernando de Noronha Time (FNT). Hence, option (c) is the correct answer.