Q 01/05

FEMA informally gauges a storm's severity by whether which always-open restaurant chain has shut?

A) Denny's

B) Waffle House

C) IHOP

D) Cracker Barrel

Answer · why

B) Waffle House

Waffle House trains jump teams and keeps a cut-down menu for power cuts, so a closed branch signals real trouble. Florida emergency chief Craig Fugate...

Q 02/05

The shiny foil blankets packed in emergency kits were first developed in 1964 by which organisation?

A) The US Army

B) The Red Cross

C) DuPont

D) NASA

Answer · why

D) NASA

NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center created the metal-coated plastic film for the space programme. It reflects up to 97% of radiated heat, which is wh...

Q 03/05

America's two WP-3D Orion hurricane hunter planes are nicknamed after characters from which TV series?

A) Looney Tunes

B) The Flintstones

C) The Muppet Show

D) Rocky and Bullwinkle

Answer · why

C) The Muppet Show

The Muppet Show supplies the names: one plane is Kermit and the other Miss Piggy, and each carries its character on its logo. A smaller jet that joins...

Q 04/05

A 2011 CDC blog post taught disaster readiness by telling Americans how to survive which fictional threat?

A) A zombie apocalypse

B) An alien invasion

C) A killer robot uprising

D) A vampire outbreak

Answer · why

A) A zombie apocalypse

A zombie apocalypse, the agency joked, calls for the same supplies and family plan as any real emergency. Its article, Preparedness 101, covered what ...

Q 05/05

A 2003 Homeland Security advisory told Americans to stock plastic sheeting and which toolbox staple to seal a room?

A) Silicone caulk

B) Expanding foam

C) Duct tape

D) Wood glue

Answer · why

C) Duct tape

Duct tape and plastic sheeting were meant to seal a room against a chemical, biological or radiological attack. Ready.gov's kit list pairs the two, al...