1) What's the difference between a typhoon and a hurricane?
a. where they originate b. time of year c. direction of
travel
2) Those wonderful Australian's have
colorful names for just
about everything. What do the Aussie's call hurricanes?
a. blow-me-downs b. whoosh-aways c. willy-willys
3) What's the US record for snowfall from a single storm?
Give yourself a bonus point if you can name the state where
it fell.
a. 92 inches b. 143 inches c. 189 inches
4) How fast do raindrops fall?
a. 7-18 mph b. 25-36 mph c. 43-54 mph
5) Which US city has the highest average annual snowfall?
a. Valdez, Alaska b. Stampede Pass, Washington c. Caribou,
Maine
6) Which has the higher wind speed, an F4 tornado or a
category 4 hurricane?
a. tornado b. hurricane c. d-uh, it's the same range
7) On average, how many inches of snow equal one inch of rain?
a. 5 b. 10 c. 15
8) What color of the spectrum is emitted from a deep hole in
the snow?
a. white b. blue c. yellow
9) Who among the following comedians was NOT a TV weatherman
at some point in his career?
a. Jay Leno b. David Letterman c. Steve Martin
Answers below, here's the scoring:
9 correct: Perfection!
7-8 correct: Outstanding
5-6 correct: Very Good
2-4 correct: Fairly Fair
0-1 correct: Turn the TV off.
Answers:
1) a. Where they originate
2) c. willy-willys
3) c. 189 inches (Mt. Shasta, California, 1959)
4) a. 7-18 mph (friction breaks raindrops apart at faster
speeds)
5) b. Stampede Pass, Washington (440.3 inches per year)
6) a. tornado*
7) b. 10
8) b. blue**
9) c. comedian Steve Martin
* A category 5 hurricane has wind speeds of 131 to 155 mph,
an F4 tornado has wind speeds of 207-260 mph.
** Called Rayleigh scattering, the light emanating from a
hole in the snow 18" or deeper will have a blue hue due to
the same light scattering process that causes the sky to be
blue.
a. where they originate b. time of year c. direction of
travel
2) Those wonderful Australian's have
colorful names for just
about everything. What do the Aussie's call hurricanes?
a. blow-me-downs b. whoosh-aways c. willy-willys
3) What's the US record for snowfall from a single storm?
Give yourself a bonus point if you can name the state where
it fell.
a. 92 inches b. 143 inches c. 189 inches
4) How fast do raindrops fall?
a. 7-18 mph b. 25-36 mph c. 43-54 mph
5) Which US city has the highest average annual snowfall?
a. Valdez, Alaska b. Stampede Pass, Washington c. Caribou,
Maine
6) Which has the higher wind speed, an F4 tornado or a
category 4 hurricane?
a. tornado b. hurricane c. d-uh, it's the same range
7) On average, how many inches of snow equal one inch of rain?
a. 5 b. 10 c. 15
8) What color of the spectrum is emitted from a deep hole in
the snow?
a. white b. blue c. yellow
9) Who among the following comedians was NOT a TV weatherman
at some point in his career?
a. Jay Leno b. David Letterman c. Steve Martin
Answers below, here's the scoring:
9 correct: Perfection!
7-8 correct: Outstanding
5-6 correct: Very Good
2-4 correct: Fairly Fair
0-1 correct: Turn the TV off.
Answers:
1) a. Where they originate
2) c. willy-willys
3) c. 189 inches (Mt. Shasta, California, 1959)
4) a. 7-18 mph (friction breaks raindrops apart at faster
speeds)
5) b. Stampede Pass, Washington (440.3 inches per year)
6) a. tornado*
7) b. 10
8) b. blue**
9) c. comedian Steve Martin
* A category 5 hurricane has wind speeds of 131 to 155 mph,
an F4 tornado has wind speeds of 207-260 mph.
** Called Rayleigh scattering, the light emanating from a
hole in the snow 18" or deeper will have a blue hue due to
the same light scattering process that causes the sky to be
blue.
