Cyclone History Quiz to pass the time. Level: Easy/Medium

[chadtm80]

Try it without google-ing the answers


1) Which was the most powerful typhoon in history?

Super Typhoon Mitog
Super Typhoon Tip
Super Typhoon Bilis
Super Typhoon Sonca


2) In 1974, Tropical Cyclone Tracy devastated 90 percent of a city in Australia. What city?

Sydney
Perth
Darwin


3) In the Atlantic Ocean, which year had been the most active, tropically speaking?

1890
1914
1933
2001


4) To be classified as a super typhoon, a storm must have winds of at least:

150 mph
175 mph
130 mph
105 mph


5) In September of 1992, a hurricane devastated an island in Hawaii, causing widespread damage. What was the name of that hurricane?

Aloha
Iniki
Kika
Ekeka


6) In the United States, which state has been more affected by hurricanes?

North Carolina
Texas
Mississippi
Florida

7) In 1994, a hurricane in the Eastern Pacific became the longest-lived tropical cyclone in world history. Which hurricane was it?

John
Dora
Lane
Carlotta


8) In 1970, a tropical cyclone that hit Bangladesh became the deadliest cyclone in world history. Approximately how many people lost their lives in that storm?

1 million
3 million
500,000
250,000


9) The lowest barometric pressure ever recorded was measured in the center of Super Typhoon Tip. In what increment is barometric pressure measured?

Millirems
Milligrams
Millimeters
Millibars


10) The worst tropical storm in United States history was:

Charles
Larry
Barry
Allison

[FWBHurricane]

1. Super Typhoon Tip

2. Darwin

3. 1914

4. 150mph

5. Hurricane Iniki

6. Florida

7. Hurricane Dora ( Bah..Name sounds familiar )

8. 250,000

9. Millibars

10. Tropical Storm Allison

[weatherlover427]

1) Which was the most powerful typhoon in history?
Super Typhoon Tip

2) In 1974, Tropical Cyclone Tracy devastated 90 percent of a city in Australia. What city?

Don't know this one

3) In the Atlantic Ocean, which year had been the most active, tropically speaking?

1933

4) To be classified as a super typhoon, a storm must have winds of at least:

130 mph

(guessing )

5) In September of 1992, a hurricane devastated an island in Hawaii, causing widespread damage. What was the name of that hurricane?

Iniki

6) In the United States, which state has been more affected by hurricanes?

Florida

7) In 1994, a hurricane in the Eastern Pacific became the longest-lived tropical cyclone in world history. Which hurricane was it?

John

8) In 1970, a tropical cyclone that hit Bangladesh became the deadliest cyclone in world history. Approximately how many people lost their lives in that storm?

3 million

(another guess)

9) The lowest barometric pressure ever recorded was measured in the center of Super Typhoon Tip. In what increment is barometric pressure measured?

Millibars

10) The worst tropical storm in United States history was:

Allison

[chadtm80]

Not all answers Correct.. Im not going to tell you what ones though Good job though!!

[chadtm80]

1) Which was the most powerful typhoon in history?
Super Typhoon Tip

2) In 1974, Tropical Cyclone Tracy devastated 90 percent of a city in Australia. What city?

Don't know this one

3) In the Atlantic Ocean, which year had been the most active, tropically speaking?

1933

4) To be classified as a super typhoon, a storm must have winds of at least:

130 mph

(guessing )

5) In September of 1992, a hurricane devastated an island in Hawaii, causing widespread damage. What was the name of that hurricane?

Iniki

6) In the United States, which state has been more affected by hurricanes?

Florida

7) In 1994, a hurricane in the Eastern Pacific became the longest-lived tropical cyclone in world history. Which hurricane was it?

John

8) In 1970, a tropical cyclone that hit Bangladesh became the deadliest cyclone in world history. Approximately how many people lost their lives in that storm?

3 million

(another guess)

9) The lowest barometric pressure ever recorded was measured in the center of Super Typhoon Tip. In what increment is barometric pressure measured?

Millibars

10) The worst tropical storm in United States history was:

Allison

Again, not all right

[weatherlover427]

I change #2 to Perth and #8 to 1 million.

[chadtm80]

Sorry

[wxman57]

1. None of the above. It appears that Supertyphoon Angela in 1995 was a good bit stronger than Tip. Problem is, with recon cancelled in the Pacific, and the Dvorak scale modified since Tip, it's impossible to get a Dvorak number higher than Tip now. See this AMS abstract presented at the May AMS conference.
http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/75465.pdf

(however, for your quiz, the strongest listed was Tip)

2. Typhoon Tracy hit Darwin

3. 1933 was the most active Atlantic season with 21 storms.

4. ST = 130kts = 150 mph

5. Iniki hit Hawaii

6. Tricky question with the word "affected". Was going to say Florida, but NC has been "affected" by more hurricanes. Many glancing blows, but NC is "affected" with a glancing blow. you DID NOT say landfalls.

7. John
8. Just a guess -- 250,000

9. Millibars

10. Allison - caused $5 billion damage in Houston alone.

[chadtm80]

1. None of the above. It appears that Supertyphoon Angela in 1995 was a good bit stronger than Tip. Problem is, with recon cancelled in the Pacific, and the Dvorak scale modified since Tip, it's impossible to get a Dvorak number higher than Tip now. See this AMS abstract presented at the May AMS conference.
http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/75465.pdf

(however, for your quiz, the strongest listed was Tip)

2. Typhoon Tracy hit Darwin

3. 1933 was the most active Atlantic season with 21 storms.

4. ST = 130kts = 150 mph

5. Iniki hit Hawaii

6. Tricky question with the word "affected". Was going to say Florida, but NC has been "affected" by more hurricanes. Many glancing blows, but NC is "affected" with a glancing blow. you DID NOT say landfalls.

7. John
8. Just a guess -- 250,000

9. Millibars

10. Allison - caused $5 billion damage in Houston alone.

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh so close. Excellent Job Wxman. I will tell you this.. One wrong

You are right about number one.. I should of re phrased it.

[wxman57]

Ah, then was #8 incorrect? It's the only one I wasn't too sure of.

However, just poked around and found this:

Bangladesh is also in the Guinness World Record for these following horrifing events:
Date Cause Casualties
November 13th, 1970 Cyclone 300,000 Death

Here's another bit of info from another page:
Massive cyclone kills:300,000 in 1970

Khulna, Chittagong Bangladesh

http://www.basedn.freeserve.co.uk/cyclone.htm

And another saying 300,000:
1970 November 12-13th., East Pakistan: cyclone and tidal waves killed 200,000 and another 100,000 were resported missing
http://www.disaster-management.net/cyclone.htm

So if #8 was incorrect, then my guess of 250,000 was closer than the next highest number of 500,000

[chadtm80]

Ding Ding Ding Ding.. Yep. Great Job wxman!! You da man

[wxman57]

Ding Ding Ding Ding.. Yep. Great Job wxman!! You da man

See my edited post above yours. I think my #8 was correct after all.

[chadtm80]

hmm. I am finding both.

A 100-mph tropical cyclone hit the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh)s on November 13, 1970, which killed an estimated 500,000 people (this is regarded as the 20th century's worst cyclone disaster
source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane

cyclones in Bangladesh sometimes result in a large number of human lives being lost. 500,000 persons were killed by a 1970 cyclone
source http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/qr/qr90.html

"The death toll in the infamous Bangladesh Cyclone of 1970 has had
several estimates, some wildly speculative, but it seems certain that at
least 300,000 people died from the associated storm tide [surge] in the
low-lying deltas." (Holland 1993)
source http://www.lmd.jussieu.fr/faqs/meteorol ... faq/part1/

Im finding both 300 thousnad and 500 thousand. So I guess the correct answer is "a heck of a lot"

300 -500 thousand deaths is just unbelivable.

[Hurricanehink]

1) Which was the most powerful typhoon in history?
Super Typhoon Tip

2) In 1974, Tropical Cyclone Tracy devastated 90 percent of a city in Australia. What city?
Darwin

3) In the Atlantic Ocean, which year had been the most active, tropically speaking?

1933

4) To be classified as a super typhoon, a storm must have winds of at least:

150 mph

5) In September of 1992, a hurricane devastated an island in Hawaii, causing widespread damage. What was the name of that hurricane?

Iniki

6) In the United States, which state has been more affected by hurricanes?

Florida

7) In 1994, a hurricane in the Eastern Pacific became the longest-lived tropical cyclone in world history. Which hurricane was it?

John

8) In 1970, a tropical cyclone that hit Bangladesh became the deadliest cyclone in world history. Approximately how many people lost their lives in that storm?

250,000


9) The lowest barometric pressure ever recorded was measured in the center of Super Typhoon Tip. In what increment is barometric pressure measured?

Millibars


10) The worst tropical storm in United States history was:

Allison