Trivia Quiz: Weird Weather

Question 1: What strange things fell from the sky in New Jersey in the winter of 1958?

A: Large frozen birds
B: 50-pound blocks of ice
C: Frozen pieces of weather balloons
D: Items swept up in a hurricane a year before

Question 2: "Virga" is the term used to refer to snow or rain that:

A: Evaporates before it hits the ground
B: Is blown back up into the clouds
C: Clings to other drops or flakes as it falls
D: Only falls within a small radius

Question 3: What phenomenon can make it appear as though there are multiple suns in the sky?

A: Blue jets
B: Sprites
C: Zephyrs
D: Sundogs

Question 4: Which of these can cause the appearance of a "blue moon"?

A: Reflections off cirrus clouds
B: Soot and water in the sky
C: The moon rising before the sun has completely set
D: A cold front

Question 5: Perceived "sea monsters" may actually have been:

A: Whirlwinds on the water
B: Whirlpools
C: Underwater tornados
D: Low-hanging clouds

Question 6: What weather-realted experience has been proven to literally "knock your socks off"?

A: Being picked up by a tornado
B: Being in the vicinity of very loud thunder
C: Being struck by lightning
D: Being in the path of a hurricane

Question 7: What shape are raindrops?

A: Drop-shaped
B: Perfectly round
C: Egg-shaped
D: Rounded triangle

Question 8: What once caused frogs to rain down on England?

A: Heavy winds
B: Dust devils
C: Water spouts
D: The cause is still unknown

Question 9: How hot is a lightning bolt compared to the sun?

A: Half as hot
B: Approximately the same
C: Four times as hot
D: Seven times as hot

Question 10: By water content, how much snow is equal to one inch of rain?

A: The same
B: Five inches
C: Ten inches
D: Fifteen inches

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