Statistics for Natural Disasters

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
In what state was the city of Galveston, which was devastated by a hurricane, the deadliest natural disaster in American history?	Texas	91%
What country experiences the second most tornadoes in the world, after the United States?	Canada	82%
What is the name of the tectonic belt that surrounds the Pacific Ocean where earthquakes and volcanoes are most frequent?	Ring of Fire	64%
In what year was the Great Fire of London?	1666	45%
What South Asian politically disputed region was struck by an earthquake in 2005?	Kashmir	45%
The Fujita scale measures the intensity of what type of natural disaster?	Tornado	45%
What type of disaster was Nina, which overtook the Banqiao Dam in the Huang He in 1975?	Typhoon	45%
What river in China was responsible for a devastating flood in 1931, resulting in an estimated 3.7 million death toll?	Yangtze	45%
What subcategory of floods is characterized by its sudden occurrence and short duration?	Flash floods	36%
What disaster differs from a landslide in that it involves a rapid accumulation of water in the ground?	Mudslide	36%
What dam in China was built to alleviate flooding in that river?	Three Gorges Dam	36%
Who was the king of England during the Great Fire of London?	Charles II	18%
In 2022, what hurricane hitting Atlantic Canada was the most powerful tropical storm to hit Canada on record?	Fiona	9%
What is the area called which lacks fuel and provides a barrier to prevent wildfires from spreading?	Fire break	9%
An earthquake caused by a contractional deformation along the Léogâne fault occurred in what country?	Haiti	9%
What scale is used to measure the intensity of a hurricane?	Saffir-Simpson scale	9%
Which of the three main bushfire types burns trees up until their canopy, and therefore is the most dangerous type of bushfire?	Crown fires	0%
What are the firefighting crews that are transported by helicopter known as?	Helitack crews	0%
What subcategory of thunderstorm is also known as a "rotating thunderstorm" and is the most common cause of tornadoes?	Supercell	0%
What day on December 13th, 1916, is named for a deadly avalanche of Mount Marmolada in Italy during World War I?	White Friday	0%