Why do stars seem to twinkle?
Your answer: Starlight is light from dying stars that give off interrupted light.
Correct answer: Shifting currents of air low in the atmosphere bend starlight, causing it to miss our eyes in fractions of moments.
How fast do raindrops fall in still air?
Correct: 7-18 miles per hour
The people of the West Indies were the first people to name hurricanes. How did they first come up with the storm names?
Correct: Storms were named after the saint on whose day the storm made landfall.
Where is the safest place to be during a tornado?
Correct: in a ditch
According to the Fujita Tornado Intensity Scale, a category F5 tornado, the most dangerous, has what range of wind speeds?
Your answer: 40–72 miles per hour
Correct answer: 261–318 miles per hour
Which U.S. city has the highest average number of sunny days per year?
Your answer: Las Vegas, Nevada
Correct answer: Yuma, Arizona
The annual cost of snow removal for streets and highways in the U.S. is estimated to be about how much?
Your answer: $20 billion
Correct answer: $2 billion
Between 1950 and 1999, the highest average number of deaths caused by tornadoes in the United States occured in which month?
Correct: May
The greatest snowfall on a single day in recorded history occurred in Silver Lake, Colorado, in April, 1921. Approximately how many inches fell?
Your answer: 100
Correct answer: 75
In 1971, Hurricane Ginger, the longest-lasting Atlantic Ocean hurricane on record, lasted for how many days?
Your answer: 44
Correct answer: 27