July 10th 1913 was the hottest day ever on Earth, with temperatures reaching 56.7 °C. Whereabouts was this?
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Cambridge, UK
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The Sahara Desert
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Death Valley, California
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The Gobi Desert
Q.2.
Roy Sullivan was a park ranger in the USA who was struck by lightning seven times during his life, surviving them all. What nickname did this earn him?
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Sparky
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Roy the Lightning Rod
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Electro Man
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The Human Lightning Conductor
Q.3.
You’ve heard the saying, , but it does occasionally rain animals. Which of these has never been reported as falling from the sky?
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Mice
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Jellyfish
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Spiders
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Frogs
Q.4.
Discarding tornadoes, the fastest winds ever recorded were on Barrow Island, Australia, inThe wind was as fast as what?
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As fast as a Formula 1 racing car
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As fast as a helicopter
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As fast as a jet plane
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As fast as a rocket
Q.5.
According to the , the world's largest snowflake fell in January 1887, in Montana, USA. How big was it?
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0.38 cm wide
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3.8 cm wide
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38 cm wide
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380 cm wide
Q.6.
Thick fog containing the poisonous gas sulfur dioxide is known as what?
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A Custard Skin Fog
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A Pea Soup Fog
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An Onion Gravy Fog
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A Mashed Potato Fog
Q.7.
Hail can be deadly. In April 1888, a severe hailstorm in Moradabad, India, killed how many people?
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2
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24
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246
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2,460
Q.8.
The year 1816 is known as the , after temperatures around the world fell and crops failed. What caused this freak weather?
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A mini Ice Age
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Earthquakes
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Industrial pollution
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The eruption of a volcano
Q.9.
In the Northern Hemisphere, very hot days during the summer are known by what name?
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Dog Days
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Lion Days
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Bear Days
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Wolf Days
Q.10.
Fog and mist are both formed by low-lying clouds. What is the official difference between mist and fog?
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Mist is not classed as a danger to life
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Mist forms only above bodies of water
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Fog reduces visibility to less than 1 km
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Fog forms at lower temperatures than mist
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