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 Hurricane Facts Quiz

Welcome to the QuizMoz Hurricane Facts Quiz. QuizMoz offers one of the Internet's largest collection of quizzes for you to tease your brain and pit your wits against the experienced QuizMoz quiz masters. Go ahead and find out what you know about yourself and the world around you. Best of luck!!

 Hurricane Facts Quiz Facts
 Average Score for this quiz: 41%
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 No of people failing this quiz: 9
 Maximum score for this quiz: 83%

Coverage : The Hurricane quiz has just blown in and tests how much you know on the natural phenomenon that we all suffer increasingly from that is the Hurricane.

1. What is the centre of a hurricane called?
a.Vortex
b.Eye
c.Middle
d.Core
 
2. What nationality was the first forecaster who gave a tropical cyclone a name?
a.American
b.Argentinian
c.Australian
d.Austrian
 
3. Where does the word ‘hurricane’ come from?
a.Abbreviation of the verbal warning “Hurry – the wind is coming!”
b.John Hurricane, an inventor
c.F. Hurrican, a meteorologist
d.Hurican - Carib god of Evil
 
4. How many dollars worth of damage did hurricane Rita cause in September 2005
a.$100 million
b.$1 billion
c.$10 billion
d.$100 billion
 
5. Where did hurricane Katrina strike the worst in August 2005?
a.New Orleans
b.Washington
c.Detroit
d.Texas
 
6. What was the name of the award that CNN received (the oldest in electronic media) over their coverage of  hurricane Katrina?
a.Carrot-top Award
b.Peabody Award
c.Egg Head Award
d.Bean Leg Award
 
7. What is the main alcoholic ingredient of the cocktail drink, a hurricane?
a.Vodka
b.Whiskey
c.Brandy
d.Rum
 
8. Why is a hurricane lamp so called?
a.It has an unpredictably fierce light
b.The light is protected from draughts
c.The light is very short lived
d.They are dangerous
 
9. A hurricane warning is issued when winds exceed a speed of:
a.72mph
b.65mph
c.59mph
d.52mph
 
10. Where can a hurricane deck be found?
a.A back garden in the Tropics
b.The top of a passenger steamer
c.The runway on a battleship
d.Observation area at an airport
 
11. How many people could sit in the World War II airplane called a Hurricane?
a.1
b.2
c.3
d.4
 
12. What is a hurricane called if it happens in the W. Pacific Ocean?
a.Tornado
b.Cyclone
c.Typhoon
d.Tropical Storm
 

 
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What others think about Hurricane Facts
By: zach on Aug 24, 2008
  i heard hurricane rita and katrina was the worse storm that destroy the city or town and lots of rain and flooding water and people will drown in tthe water so we gave our clothes to new orlean in louisiana and we brought the food to them and a blankets.
By: Bryan on Aug 13, 2008
  best test ever
  


 





 
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