1. Which major Canadian city records the highest number of lightning flashes within city limits each year?
a) Ottawa-Hull
b) Edmonton
c) Calgary
d) Toronto
2. How accurate are morning radio weather forecasts about the day’s maximum temperature?
a) On the money – within one degree
b) Close – within three degrees
c) Hit and miss – within six degrees
d) For entertainment purposes only
3. How long does a water molecule stay in the atmosphere before it falls to Earth?
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a) 10 days
b) 4 days
c) 1 day
d) 12 hours
4. Which of these is not a name for a hurricane that happened in 2005?
a) Stan
b) Katrina
c) Barbara
d) Vince
5. Which Canadian city has the most hours of sunshine each year?
a) Swift Current, Sask.
b) Medicine Hat, Alta.
c) Estevan, Sask.
d) Penticton, B.C.
6. Which city is second in the annual number of days without precipitation?
a) Kamloops, B.C.
b) Edmonton, Alta.
c) North Battleford, Sask.
d) Lethbridge, Alta.
7. Statistically speaking, men are six times more likely to be killed by lightning than women. Why?
a) They’re taller.
b) Willing to take greater risks.
c) Anatomic differences.
d) Greater blood volume conducts electricity better.
8. What concerns Canadians most about tornadoes?
a) Damage to their homes
b) The risk of personal injury
c) Traffic tie-ups and road blocks
d) Loss of electricity
9. Which of these Canadian cities records the coldest wind chill each winter?
a) Winnipeg, Man.
b) Thunder Bay, Ont.
c) Halifax, N.S.
d) Grande Prairie, Alta.
10. Which city can lay claim to having the toughest weather conditions Ñ windy, cold, wet, foggy, etc.?
a) St. John’s, Nfld.
b) Thompson, Man.
c) Peace River, Alta.
d) Chicoutimi, Que.
11. The “flood of the century” forced thousands to flee Manitoba’s Red River Valley. Volunteers, military personnel and even prison inmates worked around the clock to shore up dikes to stem the flooding. What year was it?
a) 2001
b) 1997
c) 1989
d) 1992
12. On June 30, 1912, the worst tornado in Canadian history swept for 30 kilometres before dissipating, killing 28 people, injuring hundreds and causing $4 million in property damage. Where did this happen?
a) Kingston, Ont.
b) Squamish, B.C.
c) Medicine Hat, Alta.
d) Regina, Sask.
Answers: 1) d. Toronto records an average of 11,136 lightning flashes each year. 2) b. Forecasts are usually within three degrees about 90 percent of the time. 3) a. 10 days. 4) c. The others were all hurricanes in the North Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean areas. 5) b. Medicine Hat boasts 2,513 hours of sunshine each year, on average.
6) d. Lethbridge averages 263 days a year without precipitation. Medicine Hat has more Ñ 266 dry days each year. 7) b. Men typically take more risks in severe weather than women. 8) a. Damage to their homes. 9) d. Grande Prairie routinely reaches -63C with the windchill each winter. 10) a. Prairie pride takes a beating here Ñ St. John’s has the toughest weather conditions. 11) b. The “flood of the century” began on April 21, 1997. 12) d. Dubbed “Regina Cyclone,” this tornado remains the worst in Canadian history.
