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Natural Disasters - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 37 times
- The average score is 5 of 20
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| In what state was the city of Galveston, which was devastated by a hurricane, the deadliest natural disaster in American history? | Texas | 81%
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| What country experiences the second most tornadoes in the world, after the United States? | Canada | 74%
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| What subcategory of floods is characterized by its sudden occurrence and short duration? | Flash floods | 48%
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| The Fujita scale measures the intensity of what type of natural disaster? | Tornado | 48%
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| What river in China was responsible for a devastating flood in 1931, resulting in an estimated 3.7 million death toll? | Yangtze | 48%
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| What is the name of the tectonic belt that surrounds the Pacific Ocean where earthquakes and volcanoes are most frequent? | Ring of Fire | 45%
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| What type of disaster was Nina, which overtook the Banqiao Dam in the Huang He in 1975? | Typhoon | 39%
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| In what year was the Great Fire of London? | 1666 | 32%
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| What disaster differs from a landslide in that it involves a rapid accumulation of water in the ground? | Mudslide | 29%
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| What South Asian politically disputed region was struck by an earthquake in 2005? | Kashmir | 26%
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| What dam in China was built to alleviate flooding in that river? | Three Gorges Dam | 23%
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| Who was the king of England during the Great Fire of London? | Charles II | 13%
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| What is the area called which lacks fuel and provides a barrier to prevent wildfires from spreading? | Fire break | 6%
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| An earthquake caused by a contractional deformation along the Léogâne fault occurred in what country? | Haiti | 6%
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| In 2022, what hurricane hitting Atlantic Canada was the most powerful tropical storm to hit Canada on record? | Fiona | 3%
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| What scale is used to measure the intensity of a hurricane? | Saffir-Simpson scale | 3%
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| What subcategory of thunderstorm is also known as a "rotating thunderstorm" and is the most common cause of tornadoes? | Supercell | 3%
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| Which of the three main bushfire types burns trees up until their canopy, and therefore is the most dangerous type of bushfire? | Crown fires | 0%
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| What are the firefighting crews that are transported by helicopter known as? | Helitack crews | 0%
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| What day on December 13th, 1916, is named for a deadly avalanche of Mount Marmolada in Italy during World War I? | White Friday | 0%
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