Question 1 of 15
What weather event doomed the Spanish Armada in 1588?
Why: Storms and fog contributed.
Question 2 of 15
What weather condition ended the Battle of Britain campaigns in October 1940?
Why: Weather grounded most sorties.
Question 3 of 15
What ancient civilization is often thought to have collapsed due to prolonged drought?
Why: Multiple droughts contributed to Classic Maya collapse.
Question 4 of 15
The 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora led to what?
Why: Both — global cooling caused 1816 crop failures.
Question 5 of 15
The 1876 Great Famine in China was caused by?
Why: A severe drought killed 9-13 million people.
Question 6 of 15
What weather-related disaster nearly wiped out Jamestown in 1609?
Why: The 'Starving Time' drought.
Question 7 of 15
The Peshtigo Fire (1871) was America's deadliest wildfire. It was triggered by?
Why: Extreme drought plus a cold front's winds.
Question 8 of 15
What weather event drove the fall of the Norse Greenland colony?
Why: Little Ice Age cooling made survival impossible.
Question 9 of 15
What weather event killed William Henry Harrison?
Why: Spoke without a coat in cold, wet weather; died of pneumonia.
Question 10 of 15
The 1969 Woodstock Festival was disrupted by what?
Why: Torrential rain turned the festival into a mud pit.
Question 11 of 15
The Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg — what unusual weather contributed?
Why: Calm seas suppressed swells; cold air produced mirages.
Question 12 of 15
The 1900 Galveston hurricane was so deadly partly because?
Why: Combined lack of warning tools.
Question 13 of 15
What weather doomed Alexander the Great's fleet in 325 BCE?
Why: The march across the Gedrosian desert killed thousands.
Question 14 of 15
The 1783 Laki eruption in Iceland caused what globally?
Why: Cooling, haze and famine.
Question 15 of 15
What weather event ended the Norse voyages to Vinland?
Why: Little Ice Age cooling plus storms.