Hurricanes Trivia

Test your knowledge of this seasonal weather storm

Q1. How many categtories are there for a hurricane's severity ?

Q2. When does the Atlantic hurricane season start and end?

August 1 - November 30

September 1 - December 1

June1 - November 30

Q3. What was one of the nicknames of the hurricane of 1938 that hit the east Coast of the USA ?

The Great Boston flood

Yankee Crier

Long Island Express

Q4. Hurricane Isaac recently swept tons of which animal onto the beaches of Mississippi ?

rats

snakes

rabbits

Q5. What are the two alternate names for a hurricane ?

cyclones and typhoons

typhoons and monsoons

monsoons and cyclones

Q6. What former first lady was a hurricane of 1939 named after ?

Lou Henry Hoover

Eleanor Roosevelt

Bess Truman

Q7. What was the name of the first unofficially named hurricane in 1947 ?

Isabel

Carol

George

Q8. What year were the use of woman's names adopted as the naming convention for hurricanes ?

1962

1953

1948

Q9. What year were the use of women and mens names adopted for naming hurricanes ?

1979

1982

1975

Q10. What wind speed needs to be attained by a tropical storm before it is named ?

39 mph

35 mph

40 mph

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