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161 Weather Trivia Questions Ranked From Easiest to Hardest (Updated For 2024)
- A diptheria epidemic in Nome, Alaska in 1925, combined with bad weather, forced shipments of serum to be delivered by sled dogs. One of these sled dogs had what “B” name, also the name of a 1995 Kevin Bacon starring Amblin Entertainment animated film portraying his exploits?
Answer: Balto
- Despite the city's outlier weather events (snow!) this week, what city will play host to Super Bowl LIII on Feb 3, 2019?
Answer: Atlanta
- Sure to mess up Star Wars Day, 63.4% of Texas tornadoes between 1951 and 2016 struck during what month of the year?
Answer: May
- Ask X-Men era Halle Berry: “A disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust" is a definition of what very, very generic meteorological word?
Answer: rainstorm
- Answer in English, por favor: If someone looked at the weather outside and described it using the Spanish words “gatos” and “perros,” what is likely to be happening?
Answer: Rain
- Although known as the first major indoor sporting venue in the world (and occasionally hailed as "the eight wonder of the world"), there was in fact a rainout on June 15, 1976 after significant rainfall caused flooding at what venue?
Answer: Astrodome
- What 2021 tropical storm that hit the gulf coast region shares its name with the first name of the actor who starred in “Moonstruck” and “Leaving Las Vegas?”
Answer: Tropical Storm Nicholas
- When Hurricane Celia hit Texas in August 1970 it was the state's costliest storm at that time. The storm caused most of its damage in Robstown, Aransas Pass, and Port Aransas which are all towns in what larger city's metro area?
Answer: Corpus Christi
- What cocktail with Bacardi, Blue Curacao, pineapple juice, and coconut garnish shares its name with a two-named personification of cold weather, who “The Christmas Song” claims is “nipping at your nose?”
Answer: Jack Frost
- Since 2020, warm and dry conditions across Texas and the southern United States have been attributed to what "girlish" weather pattern, which results from cooler water temperatures in the Pacific?
Answer: La Nina
- A 1995 storm known as the Mayfest Storm thunderstorm escalated dramatically and caused almost $2 billion of damage in Texas when it deposited 18 inches of what type of precipitation on the citizens of Palo Pinto and Parker Counties?
Answer: Hail
- Way more dormant than "9-1-1: Lone Star" would have you believe, Pilot Knob is an actual volcano near Bergstrom International Airport in what Texas city?
Answer: Austin
- The Central Texas city of Jarrell was hit by what weather phenomenon in 1997, killing 27 people and injuring another 12? Forecasters initially thought it was going to be a wind and hail storm.
Answer: tornado
- Don't get it twisted: the Spanish for “to turn” is the root word for what violent weather thing that gets measured on the Fujita scale?
Answer: Tornado
- The ENSO cycle impacts Texas with the water temperature-futzing Southern Oscillation, and what jet stream phase that the E and N stand for?
Answer: El Niño
- Lightning Run, Storm Chaser, and Thunder Run are weather-themed roller coasters at what alliteratively named Louisville theme park?
Answer: Kentucky Kingdom
- At the time that Goliad was hit was a devastating one in 1902, it was a common belief that electromagnetism caused what type of weather event?
Answer: Tornado
- According to the tall tale, what did Pecos Bill throw over a tornado that ended up in Texas?
Answer: Lasso
- Some researchers believe that increased oil and gas production in what large basin, named for a geologic time period, has caused a marked increase in Texas earthquakes?
Answer: Permian Basin
- On December 29, 2006, Texas experienced a rare winter outbreak of which weather event—recording 26 that day?
Answer: Tornado
- The Avalanche and Lightning are professional sports teams that play what sport in the United States? These teams play in a league considered the best in the world for its sport.
Answer: Hockey
- In 2011, what “B” Texas county was hit with the worst wildfire in the state’s history?
Answer: Bastrop County
- What colloquial term for an area of the United States with a relatively high rate of a specific type of severe weather includes Arkansas along with 10-12 other states? The term was first used in 1952 and is considered by climatologists to largely be an imprecise, media-driven term.
Answer: Tornado Alley
- What “M” Texas city, part of the Permian Basin and home to the George W. Bush Childhood home, suffered shutdowns due to record low freezing temperatures in 2021? Its name implies it has a central location.
Answer: Midland, Texas
- What weather event, translating to 'little girl' in Spanish, brings stronger tradewinds and potentially harsher hurricane season?
Answer: La Nina
- Weather conditions were so hot and dry at the 2005 Austin City Limits festival, getting as high as 107 degrees Farenheit, that the event was nicknamed the “ACL ______.” Fill in the two word blank, also the name given to the drought stricken prairies of the 1930s.
Answer: ACL Dust Bowl
- About nine to ten months after Hurricane Harvey, Corpus Christi hospitals reported a 17% spike in rates of what pretty nice thing?
Answer: Births
- The highest temperature ever recorded in Texas happened twice, in 1936 and 1994. What temperature, in degrees Fahrenheit and ending in "0," did the thermometer hit in these years?
Answer: 120
- The flood of July 1869 caused flooding in several towns south of Austin after which river, the longest in Texas, accumulated water to a whopping 55 feet high?
Answer: Colorado River
- Some 2010 flash floods in Texas caused the waters to rise over 20 feet in a day on what New Braunfels river named for a sacred virgin?
Answer: Guadalupe River
- In 1933, the lowest temperature in Texas history of -23 degrees Fahrenheit was tied in what “S” small town, the eventual birthplace of Tanya Tucker? It shares its name with a Native American tribe that attempted to defend Georgia and Florida from US expansion.
Answer: Seminole
- Texas is vulnerable to the reach of what kind of cyclone, which increases pressure by 24 millibars in 24 hours? It is named after a container filled with incendiary device, designed to explode at a particular target.
Answer: Bomb Cyclone
- What is the History Channel series that has featured adventurous drivers take the wheel while embarking on Alaska's Dalton Highway or Canada's frozen lakes?
Answer: Ice Road Truckers
- Despite being known as a summertime and warm-weather treat, what state was the location of the first Ben & Jerry's ice cream store?
Answer: Vermont
- With an average of 139 per year, Texas ranks first compared to all U.S. states in what type of specific weather event?
Answer: Tornadoes
- Texas tornadoes occur with greatest frequency in the valley of what river that lends its name to the annual UT-OU football rivalry?
Answer: Red River
- What “W” practice involves protecting a building and its interior from the elements, such as sunlight, precipitation, and wind, thereby reducing energy consumption and optimizing energy efficiency?
Answer: Weatherization
- Don't say Comal: Flash floods in 2010 caused a waters to rise 20 feet in less than a day on what tubin' river that flows through New Braunfels?
Answer: Guadalupe River
- A flood, brought on by 24 inches of rain in the Houston area over a two day period in April 2016, was named for what little-loved "holiday?"
Answer: Tax Day
- Alee means away from the direction of which weather phenomenon that’s important for sailing?
Answer: Wind
- What famous pirate of the Gulf of Mexico offered his house as a hospital when a deadly hurricane struck Galveston in 1818?
Answer: Jean Lafitte
- A massive solar farm meant to alleviate outages is being sold in blocks to what organization that manages Texas's electrical grid, and whose acronym is only one letter different than a certain futuristic Disney World theme park?
Answer: ERCOT
- Only steel-framed buildings like the ALICO Building and the Dr. Pepper bottling plant withstood a devastating 1953 F5 tornado that hit what Central Texas city?
Answer: Waco
- In 1956, what “V” Texas city received 61 inches of snowfall during a storm? It is also the last name of John Travolta’s character in “Pulp Fiction,” as well as a Spanish masked fighter from the “Street Fighter” games.
Answer: Vega
- Texas tends to get a lot of hurricanes because it’s close to which basin of the Atlantic Ocean/Caribbean Sea?
Answer: Gulf of Mexico
- Texas was one of a few southern states to set weather records during the Great ______ Coast Snowstorm of 1895. Parts of the state got more snowfall and colder temperatures than it had ever had before (supposedly 20 inches of snow fell in Houston!)
Answer: Gulf
- "Pelo de gato" colloquially refers to what type of Costa Rican weather event?
Answer: Rain
- There is an interstate highway in Texas that generally is considered to bisect the state into a section that has a subtropical climate and the other section has an arid desert climate. What is this interstate?
Answer: I-35
- Every October, weather-permitting, Walla Walla hosts a "stampede" of what old-timey, hoofless transportation method?
Answer: Hot Air Balloons
- An 1818 hurricane ruined the Galveston Island encampment of what French pirate who helped defend New Orleans during the War of 1812?
Answer: Jean Lafitte
- Hurricanes that strike Texas, like the catastrophic Hurricane Alice in 1954, can sometimes form in what bay on the southern end of the Gulf of Mexico, west of the Yucatan Peninsula?
Answer: Bay of Campeche
- The '60s documentary "Endless Summer" followed an around-the-world voyage involving what warm-weather sport?
Answer: Surfing
- During 2021's Winter Storm Uri, many powerless Texans cursed grid operator ERCOT. Somewhat ironically, what does the R stand for in ERCOT?
Answer: Reliability
- Located on the Gulf Coast of Texas just 2.4 degrees north of the Tropic of Cancer, what is the Texas city that was ranked the fifth-hottest city in the U.S. in 2016 and had its first instance of measurable snow in 109 years when there was a White Christmas in 2004?
Answer: Brownsville
- Lasting for four days in October, what 1981 hurricane caused over $50 million in damage in Texas and also includes Marilyn Monroe’s legal first name?
Answer: Hurricane Norma
- The 2-1-1 Texas shelter, food and disaster services line is run by what middle-of-the-alphabet state agency that also runs Medicaid and SNAP?
Answer: Health and Human Services
- Rapper Flo Rida's biggest hit, a #1 that spent 10 weeks on the Billboard charts, is what 2007 song whose name might show up in a weather report?
Answer: Low
- In 1943, communications—even weather alerts—were heavily censored due to WWII. So when the residents of Galveston got no warning about severe weather that ripped through town, they naturally applied which unexpected term to the hurricane?
Answer: Surprise
- "Rotational load shedding" is another word for what two-word power management term? ERCOT, for example, ordered these take place during 2021's Texas winter storms to manage strain on the power grid.
Answer: Rolling Blackouts
- The North American Cold Wave of February 2021 hammered most of the Midwest and south with extreme cold temperatures. In fact, it reached a recorded low of -2 Fahrenheit in Dallas, Texas on February 16th, 2021, causing power outages and frozen pipes. What term is used to describe this weather system that originates near the north pole and causes these frigid conditions when it occurs?
Answer: Polar vortex
- Most weather phenomena occur in what lowest layer of the Earth's atmosphere, which begins at the surface and extends three to eleven miles above the earth, depending on latitude?
Answer: Troposphere
- What five letter acronym representing an organization that operates Texas's electrical grid became national news in February 2021 as power was disrupted across the state due to unexpected ice and snow storms?
Answer: ERCOT
- With a name like an electric company and a huge heart, what former Texans defensive end raised over $37 million to rebuild Houston after Hurricane Harvey?
Answer: J.J. Watt
- In 1900, a hurricane known as "the Great Storm" made landfall in the U.S. and quickly became the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history with an estimated 8,000 fatalities. In what coastal Texas city is this storm most frequently associated with?
Answer: Galveston
- In late May 2015, there was extensive flooding in Texas and nearby states killing dozens of people. In part the flooding was caused by the overflowing of what "colorful" Texas river?
Answer: Blanco River
- What city in West Texas received a surprising and record-setting 22 inches of snow during a 24-hour period December 13–14, 1987?
Answer: El Paso
- There are two different portions of the Rio Grande that have been designated as National Wild and Scenic Rivers Systems. One of these is in northern New Mexico and the other is in what Texas national park?
Answer: Big Bend National Park
- What is the final phrase in the following aphorism about Texas weather? "If you don't like the weather in Texas, stick around a few minutes. ________________."
Answer: It might change
- Affectionately known as "The World's Greatest TV Weatherman" and "The Dean of TV Meteorologists," who was the first TV meteorologist west of the Mississippi River? He was was also heard on the radio in Texas for more than 40 years.
Answer: Harold Taft
- The state of Texas has an initiative to help reduce atmospheric emissions by offering grants to purchase new equipment with less of an environmental impact. The plan is often abbreviated by a four-letter acronym that sounds like slang for a turtle. What is this acronym?
Answer: TERP (Texas Emissions Reduction Plan)
- Lasting for one week in March 2006, what is the name of the "B" wildfire that started near its eponymous town and burned nearly a half million acres and caused almost $100 million of damage?
Answer: Borger
- Hillsboro, Texas had a record 26-inch snowfall in December of what year? It was also the year the first Academy Awards ceremony was held, with Best Picture going to Wings.
Answer: 1929
- What was the name given to the 2017 Hurricane that hit Texas as well as Louisiana? It shares its name with a 1950 film about James Stewart having visions of an invisible giant rabbit.
Answer: Harvey
- The ENSO cycle has a major impact on the weather in Texas, affecting the jet stream and sea-surface temperatures. The SO in the ENSO cycle stands for Southern Oscillation. What does the EN stand for?
Answer: El Niño
- "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and "Are You Experienced?" provided soundtracks to what year that Texas saw a record 232 tornadoes?
Answer: 1967
- What Ridge in Washington’s Olympic Park is a popular destination for hiking, skiing, and snowboarding? It shares its name with a weather phenomenon not commonly seen in Washington, more commonly survived in the East Coast and the Florida Gulf region.
Answer: Hurricane Ridge
- February 2021 saw Texas hit with a major winter and ice storm with what “U” name? The three-letter name is spelled the same as the abbreviation of a northeastern college in the city of Kingston.
Answer: Winter Storm Uri
- Hurricane Ike devastated parts of southeast Texas in 2006, causing tremendous damage to cattle ranchers, timberlands, and growers of what most common crop in the world, but primarily only grown in coastal Texas and the Mississippi River Delta in the United States?
Answer: Rice
- A 1935 flood in what “H” Texas county, a part of the Houston area, drowned at least seven people and forced reforms in flood control in the area? The county’s name is the same as the last name of the actor who played Mission Control’s Gene Kranz in “Apollo 13.”
Answer: Harris County
- What term beginning with “g”, from German meaning “pearl barley”, is used for small particles of snow with a fragile crust of ice?
Answer: Graupel
- On May, 6, 1930, an F-4 tornado devastated a teensy Texas town with what chilly five-letter name that it shares with a San Antonio-based bank?
Answer: Frost
- In what month of 2021 did a winter storm cripple Texas, causing an unprecedented power crisis and 246 deaths?
Answer: February
- What natural disaster occurred in 1967, as a result of Hurricane Beaulah, leading many to say that it was the worst of its kind in the 20th century (so far)?
Answer: Flooding
- In what month was the hottest day in Houston, Texas history? The event occurred in 2000, when Enron Field registered a temperature of 109 degrees.
Answer: September
- What "hilly" town holds the all-time 24-hour snowfall record for Texas, when 26 inches fell there in 1929?
Answer: Hillsboro
- What was the most destructive hurricane in Texas in the last 30 years?
Answer: Hurrican Ike
- In 1951, an ice storm hit what Texas city, home to MLB’s Astros franchise?
Answer: Houston, Texas
- In 1989, Galveston, Texas had extremely cold temperatures and high snowfall, in weather conditions that were described as what “A” adjective? It is a word meaning relating to regions around the North Pole.
Answer: Arctic
- In 1917, what two-word Texas town, home to Texas A&M, with an appropriate partially academic name, recorded five days with temperatures over 106 degrees, with one day achieving an all time record of 110 degrees?
Answer: College Station, Texas
- The Central Texas Flood of 1998 occurred during one of the most expensive storms that ever hit the U.S. What name did meteorologists give the hurricane that caused more than $750 million in damage?
Answer: Madeline
- What 1998 tropical storm killed 13 people in Texas, making it the state's deadliest tropical storm of the 1990s?
Answer: Tropical Storm Charley
- During a tornado outbreak in March 1953, a category F4 tornado touched down in which Texas “ghost town” before tearing through the rest of Haskell County?
Answer: Jud
- During the history-making blizzard of 1956, which small northern Texas city reportedly got over 60 inches of snow?
Answer: Vega
- Sunny Florida might seem like the last place to catch an ice hockey game, but the state has two NHL teams—one named after an animal and one named after a weather event. Can you name either (or both) of the teams?
Answer: Tampa Bay Lightning
- Every year, Texans prepare themselves for possible hurricanes and tropical storms. Some storms cause little to no damage, but some cause major damage. What "H" named hurricane hit Texas in August 2017 and became the costliest hurricane in Texas history, causing $125 billion in damages?
Answer: Harvey
- On October 12, 2001, an F2 tornado blew through which city in Medina County and caused more than $20 million in damage, primarily to the National Guard and local airport?
Answer: Hondo
- Greg Simms and Lara Scott are two of the on-air personalities on KXSN (98.1). What weather term does the station use to brand itself?
Answer: Sunny
- Popular in Northern Mexico and among Spanish-speaking Texans, “La Canícula” refers to the rainless, hot, stagnant days between July and August. It's equivalent to what 2-word alliterative idiom that's more common to English speakers?
Answer: Dog days
- The Texas Panhandle counties of Dallam and Sherman were the location of some of the worst soil erosion that took place during what catastrophic weather event, which took place over three "waves" in the 1930s?
Answer: Dust Bowl
- In February of 2012, two tornadoes touched down in which town in Burleson County and caused over $500,000 in damage?
Answer: Snook
- Despite catastrophic flooding to Houston from Hurricane Harvey, the Astros won the 2017 World Series. Inspired by their city's resilience in the aftermath of the devastation, the team wore a special patch during their games that had their team logo with what single six-letter word underneath?
Answer: Strong
- The worst tornado to ever hit Texas ripped through Waco in May 1953 as an "F5," meaning a category five on what scale named for a Japanese-American meteorologist?
Answer: Fujita
- In April of 2021, which Medina County city set the state record for the biggest hailstone, weighing 1.26lbs and 6.4 inches in diameter?
Answer: Hondo
- One of Michigan’s several state nicknames comes from the shape of one of its peninsulas, which resembles what winter-weather hand covering?
Answer: Mitten
- A 1909 tornado that killed 34 formed near what ironically named Texas town, a word meaning "light wind" named for the Greek god of the west wind?
Answer: Zephyr
- The Florida city of St. Petersburg set a Guinness World Record from 1967 to 1969 of 768 straight days of what, specifically?
Answer: Sunshine
- In May of 1982, Texas recorded more than 100 of which spinning, destructive weather event?
Answer: Tornadoes
- In May of 1987, a tornado killed 30 of the then-183 residents and destroyed 85% of which Reeves County community's structures?
Answer: Saragosa
- Which community is the farthest north truck stop in the U.S.? (Hint: It has a very sensible name; since it’s in Alaska’s Arctic Circle region, you could end up with frozen limbs if you’re not dressed for the weather!)
Answer: Coldfoot
- Just one letter off from "Julia," what panhandle town had the lowest temperature ever recorded in Texas -- 23 degrees below zero -- on February 12, 1899?
Answer: Tulia
- Hurricane Claudette was a Category 1 storm when it made landfall in 2005 on what Texas barrier island, whose name means "thick brush" in Spanish?
Answer: Matagorda Island
- In 1964, a news crew in Wichita Falls became the first ever to catch what weather event on live TV?
Answer: Tornado
- A 2008 hurricane that caused $14 billon worth of damage along the Gulf Coast of Texas had what name that happened to be the nickname of the like-able first Texan elected as U.S. president?
Answer: Ike
- As of 2019, Texas was producing more wind energy than all of the countries in the world except for India, Germany, the U.S. and what other superpower nation?
Answer: China
- The Fujita scale is used for rating tornado intensity, and it is mostly based on the damage inflicted by the tornado on human-built structures and vegetation. What is the maximum value on the scale?
Answer: F5
- High-speed swirling winds in Texas can sometimes combine with a hot and deadly element to create what portmanteau natural disaster?
Answer: Firenado
- Extending through 48 Texas counties, the Ogallala is the largest of what underground thing in Texas?
Answer: Aquifer
- What Idaho town was founded as the home of a ski resort and was created largely by the Union Pacific railway company in order to sell more tickets in the Western U.S.? The town's "bright" weather, low winds, and ample snowfall has helped keep its status as a popular vacation destination for decades.
Answer: Sun Valley
- In the 2018 Winter Olympics, the US won their first medal in 42 years in what Olympic sport that has historically been dominated by Nordic countries? The sports has two major techniques: "classic" and "skating."
Answer: Cross country skiing
- Because of Texas's size, it has multiple different climates in different regions of the state. One of these regions is considered a humid subtropical zone with a climate similar to Taiwan, the Philippines, and much of the Southern parts of Queensland, Australia. What region of the state is this?
Answer: Piney Woods
- The legendary India Pale Ale was the solution that brought beer from India to Britain, aging it in order to survive what weather condition?
Answer: Heat
- Sporting the same name as the lady after Sandra in Lou Bega's "Mambo No. 5," what hurricane forced a Houston evacuation less than a month after Katrina?
Answer: Rita
- In early February 2022, Texas was just one of the States that were witness to the new longest lightning bolt in history -- almost 500 miles. The bolt spanned from Texas, all the way to what other State to the east?
Answer: Mississippi
- A 2011 wildfire destroyed hundreds of buildings around what two-word Brazos River-adjacent lake that lent its name to the biggest hit song of The Toadies?
Answer: Possum Kingdom
- What 110-mile-per-hour air currents circle Earth's tropopause in a westerly direction?
Answer: Jet stream
- Silver iodide is a favorite "seeding agent" that is used in meteorological professions largely because it has a crystalline structure very similar to a natural ice crystal. What are the everyday objects that silver iodide is used to "seed"?
Answer: Clouds
- The great storm of 1900 was the deadliest natural disaster in United States history and destroyed almost every building in which Texas city?
Answer: Galveston
- Also a term in neurology meaning a structure that conducts nerve impulses, what D-word means a single branch in a six-branched snowflake?
Answer: Dendrite
- KHB40 is the National Weather Radio call sign for what Texas port city that was named after an 18th century Spanish military and political leader?
Answer: Galveston
- What was the first tropical storm to have its name retired before reaching hurricane status? The storm hit Southeast Texas in June 2001, and was particularly damaging in the Houston area.
Answer: Allison
- In 1982, six paraplegic men in wheelchairs did the unthinkable, braving frequent summer electrical storms and difficult, windy conditions to make a five-day climb of what peak, the highest natural point in Texas?
Answer: Guadalupe Peak
- Flooding in Texas is most likely along an escarpment, a long geographic slope, running from Del Rio on the U.S.-Mexico border to Dallas-Fort Worth. What's the name of this escarpment, which comes from the Spanish word for features you might look for in the upper story of a house?
Answer: Balcones Escarpment
- A 1988 wildfire, the second-biggest in Texas history, was named for what informal Texas region that shares a name with a one-hit wonder Scottish rock band, also from the 80's?
Answer: Big Country
- In an attempt to kickstart an oasis in west Texas, cereal magnate C.W. Post tried to kickstart a rainstorm by igniting dynamite strapped to what kind of child's toy that always seems to find its way into science experiments?
Answer: Kite
- A 5.7 magnitude earthquake that occurred in Alpine, Texas in 1995 is known by what name? It shares its name with an Olympic running event.
Answer: Marathon earthquake
- What is the name of the Category 3 hurricane that hit Texas in 1983, causing $3 billion in damages and earning the title of "costliest tropical cyclone in U.S. history" at the time it made landfall?
Answer: Alicia
- A torrential 1899 rainstorm caused the worst flooding ever recorded along what river, which is sometimes used as the border between East and West Texas?
Answer: Brazos River
- What is the name of the Texas ghost town that had a population of 5,000 in 1875 before a hurricane killed hundreds? After the town was rebuilt, another hurricane came only 11 years later, resulting in the abandoned efforts to re-build yet-again.
Answer: Indianola
- What is the weather phenomena that blew down section houses along railway tracks in 1895 and ruined $6 million worth of wheat in the Texas panhandle while also injuring 20 people in 1977?
Answer: Dust storm
- The largest earthquake in the history of Texas occurred in what city? It shares its name with a Roman Saint often associated with courtly love.
Answer: Valentine
- Although not an official creed or motto, the following phrase has long been associated with American postal workers. Fill in the blank. "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor ______ of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds."
Answer: Gloom
- What 1995 film is set in the year 2035 underneath the ruins of Philadelphia? Directed by Terry Gilliam and starring Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, and Brad Pitt, the film's plot revolves around a deadly virus and the film's production ran into many issues due to Philadelphia's harsh winter weather.
Answer: 12 Monkeys
- Killing over 50 people, what 1967 "B" hurricane in Texas made landfall just north of the mouth of the Rio Grande River as a Category 3 storm and then spawned 115 tornadoes across Texas?
Answer: Hurricane Beulah
- After Hurricane Ike, Galveston's Moody Gardens got a $25 million infusion, and created a pyramid replicating what kind of sweltering biome?
Answer: Rainforest
- The largest wildfire of the 2022 season in Texas is named for the "Complex" of what county, ironically located in central West Texas?
Answer: Eastland
- Rounded up, how many rounds did Conor McGregor last against Floyd Mayweather during their 2017 boxing match?
Answer: 10
- Although it does not have formal borders, West Texas is well known for its massive arid climate and relative lack of large cities. The largest, El Paso, is very near the Mexican border, and the second-largest is not. What is the second-most populous city in West Texas?
Answer: Lubbock
- The E-motion cone, sitting atop Pittsburgh's Carnegie Science Center, lights up in different colors to alert residents about the weather. What color does the E-motion cone turn to warn of severe weather?
Answer: Yellow
- "Weather in Texas is crazy. Monday it's sunny. Then Tuesday, it's raining like it's gonna snow the next. And then Wednesday, it's freezing cold!" is a quote from 9-year-old Taylor Michelle from Pearland, TX who went viral with her youthful rants about the craziness of Texas weather on what social media platform?
Answer: Instagram
- In what city of Texas did it rain fish in 2021? The phenomenon is called "animal rain," occur when small animals are swept up in waterspouts and then come down when it rains.
Answer: Texarkana, TX
- One victim of the 2011 wildfires in Bastrop, Texas was the filmmaking archive of what "Dazed and Confused" and "School of Rock" director?
Answer: Richard Linklater
- What is the name of the tropical cyclone that flooded Eastern Texas in 1979? It shares its name with the first name of the Best Actress Oscar winner for “It Happened One Night” in 1935.
Answer: Claudette
- Hurricane Harvey whipped up sustained winds reaching category 4 on the SSHWS, or WHAT-WHAT Hurricane Wind Scale?
Answer: Saffir-Simpson
- The deadliest tornado in Texas history struck in May 1953. Nearly one-third of a mile wide, the massive tornado killed 114 persons and injured 597. What Texas city crossed paths with this deadly weather formation and thus gave the twister its name?
Answer: Waco
- Also known as Big Bend Country, what is the "TP" region in western Texas which consists of the most clear weather days statewide each year?
Answer: Trans-Pecos
- What is the name of this cloud, sometimes spotted over areas of Texas, that forms on the underside of other clouds as they begin to sink in the sky? When formed on a cumulonimbus, it is a sign that a particularly bad storm is approaching.
Answer: Mammatus
- On “Terrible Tuesday” April 10, 1979, what Texas city suffered over $400 million in damages, 42 deaths and over 1,700 reported injures due to the destruction caused by an F4 tornado?
Answer: Wichita Falls
- In 2018, Tropical Storm Gordon blew up from the gulf and poured rain down on Ruston, Longview, and El Dorado, three towns in a tri-state region known by what eight-letter hyphenated name?
Answer: Ark-La-Tex
- Although technically not a hurricane, what is the name of the storm that struck the Houston area in 2001 and deposited more than 80% of the area's average rainfall in a period of a few days? The storm flooded nearly 100,000 cars and was responsible for 41 deaths and $5 billion in property damage.
Answer: Allison
- A horse race for fillies, held annually at Santa Anita Park, was named after a racehorse owned by Mrs. William Hawn of Dallas. Mrs. Shawn's horse was named after what Texas weather phenomenon characterized by a fast-moving cold front?
Answer: Blue Norther
- Although the area is not known for a large number of tornadoes, one month has been the most common time for these extreme weather events in Washington since records began in 1950. What is this tornado-laden month?
Answer: May
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Eli Robinson is the Chief Trivia Officer at Water Cooler Trivia. He was once in a Bruce Springsteen cover band called F Street Band.
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