Q 01/05

In the 1996 film Twister, which farm animal sails past the storm chasers' truck in mid-air?

A) A horse

B) A cow

C) A pig

D) A sheep

Answer · why

B) A cow

A cow tumbles past the windscreen; like the tornadoes around it, the animal never existed outside the computers of the effects house Industrial Light ...

Q 02/05

At what time of day are tornadoes most likely to strike in the United States?

A) Early morning

B) Around midday

C) Late afternoon

D) After midnight

Answer · why

C) Late afternoon

Late afternoon is the peak, with most tornadoes striking between about 4 and 9 p.m.: by then a day of sunshine has heated the ground and given thunder...

Q 03/05

Which U.S. state experiences the highest average number of tornadoes per year?

A) Oklahoma

B) Texas

C) Kansas

D) Nebraska

Answer · why

B) Texas

Texas tops the count mainly because it is so big: measured per square mile it sits well down the list, behind states such as Florida and Kansas.

Q 04/05

In 1987 a violent F4 tornado crossed the Continental Divide and tore on into which US national park?

A) Yosemite

B) Yellowstone

C) Glacier

D) Rocky Mountain

Answer · why

B) Yellowstone

Yellowstone's 1987 tornado is a standard rebuttal to the belief that mountains stop twisters: rated a violent F4, it climbed right over the Continenta...

Q 05/05

Which 1925 tornado is credited with the longest track on record, more than 200 miles across the Midwest?

A) Woodward Tornado

B) Gainesville Tornado

C) Tri-State Tornado

D) Flint Tornado

Answer · why

C) Tri-State Tornado

The Tri-State Tornado raced across Missouri, Illinois and Indiana at about 60 mph on 18 March 1925, killing 695 people; some researchers suspect its r...