Question 1 of 15
What blizzard paralyzed the northeastern US in March 1888?
Why: Killed 400 people; changed how cities buried utility lines.
Question 2 of 15
The 2020 Iowa derecho had peak winds of what?
Why: 140 mph — hurricane-force winds far inland.
Question 3 of 15
The 2003 European heatwave killed how many people?
Why: 70,000+ across France, Italy, Spain, Portugal.
Question 4 of 15
What ice storm devastated Quebec and eastern Ontario in 1998?
Why: Left 4 million people without power for weeks.
Question 5 of 15
The 1953 North Sea flood killed thousands in what country?
Why: The Netherlands lost 1,800 people; UK lost 300+.
Question 6 of 15
What year was the 'Year Without a Summer'?
Why: 1816, after the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora.
Question 7 of 15
What deadly heat wave killed 55,000+ in Russia in 2010?
Why: Extreme summer heat plus wildfires.
Question 8 of 15
What US winter storm was called 'Snowmageddon'?
Why: The February 2010 Mid-Atlantic snowstorms.
Question 9 of 15
What Christmas storm killed over 90 people in the US in 2022?
Why: December 2022 winter storm.
Question 10 of 15
The 1938 New England hurricane surprised the region because?
Why: Forecasters expected a Bermuda recurve; it hit Long Island at Cat 3.
Question 11 of 15
What 1998 event caused the Boundary Waters derecho fires years later?
Why: Same event, different names — millions of trees down.
Question 12 of 15
What Bangladesh cyclone in 1970 killed ~500,000 people?
Why: The Bhola cyclone is the deadliest tropical cyclone ever.
Question 13 of 15
The 2008 Cyclone Nargis hit what country?
Why: Killed 138,000+ in Myanmar.
Question 14 of 15
What weather event doomed Napoleon's Grande Armée in 1812?
Why: Winter destroyed the army during retreat.
Question 15 of 15
The '78 New England Blizzard shut down what state for a week?
Why: The February 1978 blizzard closed both states.