Statistics for The Wind Quiz

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This quiz has been taken 94 times
The average score is 11 of 24

Answer Stats

Hint	Answer	% Correct
Strong tropical cyclone occurring in the Atlantic or northeastern Pacific Ocean	hurricane	88%
Structure that converts wind power into rotational energy by means of vanes	windmill	88%
Word that means "a light wind"	breeze	87%
Violently rotating column of air between the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud	tornado	85%
Mature tropical cyclone between 180° and 100°E in the Northern Hemisphere	typhoon	67%
A strong wind, typically used as a descriptor in nautical contexts	gale	64%
1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell	Gone with the Wind	58%
A large scale air mass that rotates around a center of low atmospheric pressure	cyclone	56%
Seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation	{monsoon}	56%
A light wind or a west wind (named after a Greek god)	{zephyr}	55%
R&B, soul, funk, jazz, disco, pop band founded in 1969	Earth, Wind, and Fire	49%
1973 song by Elton John	Candle in the Wind	46%
1963 song by Bob Dylan	Blowin' in the Wind	44%
1908 children's book by Kenneth Grahame	The Wind in the Willows	42%
1995 song by Pocahontas	Colors of the Wind	33%
Mediterranean wind coming from the Sahara, especially strong during the summer	{sirocco}	27%
Strong, dry downslope winds that originate inland and affect southern California	{Santa} {Ana} winds	22%
Prevailing warm, generally westerly winds in western North America	{chinook}	18%
1977 song by Kansas	Dust in the Wind	18%
2002 game in the Zelda series	The Wind Waker	18%
A type of intense dust storm carried on an atmospheric gravity current	{haboob}	12%
Libyan Arabic term for the above ("coming from the Qibla")	{ghibli}	10%
Warm SW wind in Mediterranean Spain, or hot southerly wind from the Sahara	{leveche}	8%
A southeastern wind in the South American pampas	{pampero}	8%