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The Wind Quiz - Statistics
General Stats
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This quiz has been taken 307 times
95 since last reset
- The average score is 11 of 24
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Violently rotating column of air between the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud | tornado | 93%
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| Word that means "a light wind" | breeze | 92%
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| Strong tropical cyclone occurring in the Atlantic or northeastern Pacific Ocean | hurricane | 90%
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| Structure that converts wind power into rotational energy by means of vanes | windmill | 87%
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| Mature tropical cyclone between 180° and 100°E in the Northern Hemisphere | typhoon | 77%
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| A strong wind, typically used as a descriptor in nautical contexts | gale | 66%
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| A large scale air mass that rotates around a center of low atmospheric pressure | cyclone | 64%
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| Seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation | {monsoon} | 61%
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| A light wind or a west wind (named after a Greek god) | {zephyr} | 61%
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| R&B, soul, funk, jazz, disco, pop band founded in 1969 | Earth, Wind, and Fire | 53%
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| 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell | Gone with the Wind | 53%
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| 1973 song by Elton John | Candle in the Wind | 43%
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| 1963 song by Bob Dylan | Blowin' in the Wind | 41%
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| Warm, westerly winds in western North America (Hint: type of helicopter) | {chinook} | 33%
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| 1977 song by Kansas | Dust in the Wind | 31%
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| Strong, dry downslope winds that originate inland and affect southern California | {Santa} {Ana} winds | 31%
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| 1995 song by Pocahontas | Colors of the Wind | 30%
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| 1908 children's book by Kenneth Grahame | The Wind in the Willows | 30%
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| Mediterranean wind coming from the Sahara, especially strong during the summer | {sirocco} | 24%
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| A type of intense dust storm carried on an atmospheric gravity current | {haboob} | 22%
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| 1960 Spencer Tracy film based on the Scopes Monkey Trial | Inherit the Wind | 14%
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| A southeastern wind in the South American pampas | {pamp}ero | 14%
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| 2002 game in the Zelda series | The Wind Waker | 14%
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| Libyan Arabic term for the above ("coming from the Qibla") | {ghibli} | 5%
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