Communications Directorate

1. Which country has the worst weather on Earth, taking into account heat, cold, flood, drought, tornadoes, and tropical storms?

1. United States
2. Canada
3. Bangladesh
4. China
5. Philippines

2. The _______ Protocol is the international agreement to reduce ozone-destroying chemicals. Fill in the blank.

1. Kyoto
2. Washington
3. Moscow
4. Montreal

3. Which is the only Canadian city to make the list of the top 10 coldest places in the world?

1. Winnipeg, Manitoba
2. Thompson, Manitoba
3. Whitehorse, Yukon Territory
4. Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
5. Iqaluit, Nunavut

4. Which term is not an atmospheric or a meteorological phenomenon?

1. Gale winds
2. Hurricane
3. Windchill
4. Tornado

5. Which continent has never had a hurricane or a typhoon?

1. Australia
2. North America
3. Asia
4. Africa
5. Antarctica

6. The World Meteorological Organization is a Specialized Agency of which larger organization?

1. The United Nations
2. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
3. The United Nations Environment Programme
4. NAFTA

7. The World Meteorological Organization is currently celebrating an important anniversary. Which one?

1. 100^th anniversary
2. 50^th anniversary
3. 25^th anniversary
4. 10^th anniversary

8. Greenhouse gas emissions are blamed for causing global climate change. In 1998 at an international conference in Kyoto, Japan, Canada agreed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. What is our target for the period 2008 - 2012?

1. reducing emissions by 10% from 1990 levels
2. reducing emissions by 6% from 1990 levels
3. reducing emissions by 3% from present levels
4. reducing emissions by 1% from present levels

9. In John F. Kennedy's famous speech which affirmed U.S. intentions to land a person on the moon by the end of the 60's, there was another, equally important announcement which was:

1. The establishment of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to coordinate efforts in the field of meteorology
2. The establishment of the World Weather Watch as a WMO program which would take advantage of technological progress from the space race to detect natural hazards and warn citizens
3. The launch of the world's first environmental satellite to monitor weather patterns around the world
4. The formation of the United States National Weather Service as part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

10. Environment Canada recently asked Canadians to log on to their Web site to vote for the top weather stories of the 20th century. Which weather event was most popular?

1. The Ice Storm of the Century
2. The Dustbowl Era
3. The World's Worst Iceberg Accident (involves the Titanic)
4. The Day Wiarton Willy Died.

11. 1999 was the:

1. The warmest year in Canada since 1948
   
2. The second warmest year in Canada since 1948
   
3. The third warmest year in Canada since 1948
   
4. The fourth warmest year in Canada since 1948

12. In February 2000, the World Meteorological Organization awarded Dr. Daqing Yang and Environment Canada's Dr. Barry Goodison and Mr. Paul Louie with the Professor Dr Vilho Vaisala Award for:

1. excellence in forecasting
   
2. increasing lead time for tornado warnings to 10 minutes
   
3. advancing international standardization of snow measurements
   
4. exceptional study of how DDT continues to be transported into Canadian atmosphere

13. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was established by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme in:

1. 1957
2. 1992
3. 1988
4. 1972

14. When is the "Doppler effect" used?

1. When measuring the speed of a baseball as it leaves the pitcher's hand.
2. When using Environment Canada's Doppler Radar.
3. When the police use radar guns to catch speeding vehicles.
4. All of the above.

15. Ice can be referred to as:

1. frazil, pancake and slush
2. cake, shuga and grease
3. helado, is, jää, glasere, glass
4. all of the above

16. Who invented the UV Index?

1. World Meteorological Organization scientists
2. Albert Einstein
3. David Suzuki
4. Environment Canada scientists

17. El Niño is Spanish for:

1. The Christ Child
2. Warm pacific current that appears along the South American coast every year around Christmas
3. Weather when coastal waters warm up excessively
4. The Ice Storm

18. On July 24, 1996, a severe hailstorm in Winnipeg and Calgary racked up close to $300 million in property losses. Approximately what size were the hailstones?

1. The size of a peanut
2. The size of a golf ball
3. The size of an orange

19. Who was the first person to appear on Canadian television?

1. A hockey player
2. A weather person
3. A politician
4. A Hollywood actor

20. How many Canadian lives do winter storms and excessively cold weather claim on average per year?

1. approximately 10
2. approximately 25
3. approximately 50
4. more than 100

21. What is a Dust Devil?

1. A by-product of unpaved roads
2. A small atmospheric vortex not associated with a thunderstorm, which is made visible by a rotating cloud of dust or debris.
3. A character from a legend that used to haunt travelers in the desert.
4. A tornado that occurs over a dusty area.