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General Category => Members Lounge => NZLWN Quiz => Topic started by: gabba on September 20, 2012, 08:19:38 PM
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Hi all
Thought I would kick off a "Pub Quiz" for everyone to have a go at. I'll do my best to post a question each day that has a weather related theme, and everyone can get a go at answering it. Like all good pub quizes it should create some discussion, and a few creative answers, so don't be shy. First off though some rules:
(a) I don't have a ready list of questions. If anyone wishes to pm me some questions, then I would be grateful, or start your own pub and quiz!
(b) Similarly, and like all good pub quizzes, I cannot vouch for the accuracy of the answers. I'll do my best to get the answer right, but if I'm wrong, don't shoot the quiz master. Most of the questions will come off the internet, which as we all know is the absolute source of all truth in this world
Finally and most importantly, don't be a smartalec, and look up the answers on google etc. Everyone will be able to tell, you will get laughed out of the pub for doing it (or at least told to shout a round), and you won't make any friends with those who are genuinely wanting to enjoy the pub quiz experience.
So that's it, pull up a comfy chair, pour yourself a pint, open some crisps and learn something!
Q1: Which band did Ringo Starr belong to before joining the Beatles?
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Ok, there was one rule I forgot to mention:
YOU GUYS HAVE TO TAKE PART!!!
It's going to get mighty depressing if I end up answering all my own questions!
Answer to last nights question:
A: Rory Storm and the Hurricanes
Ok - hopefully an easier question tonight to get you all in the mood
Q: Explain the relationship between Pressure, Volume and Temperature for a fixed quantity of gas such as air.
ie If volume changes, what happens to pressure for fixed temperature
If volume changes, what happens to temperature for fixed pressure
If pressure changes what happens to temperature for fixed volume
If pressure changes what happens to volume for fixed temperature
If temperature changes what happens to pressure for fixed volume
If Temperature changes what happens to volume for fixed pressure
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Great questions!
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Very good questions Andrew - but more for someone that is proficient with the weather - I only have L plates here and also loaned out my weather books to a 9 year old boy that is studying weather at school last Monday so I cant even cheat by looking them up.
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Ahh yes - that's a good point. Feel free to do your own research if you have the resources - just not the internet. That would make things far too easy! So offline resources are fine, or just have a guess!
Suezy - I'll put a question for you up tomorrow night ;-)
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The combined gas law states:
P1xV1/T1 = P2xV2/T2 which is a combination of Boyle's law, Charle's Law, Avogadro's Law and other's (Boltzman's constant etc).
I'll let folks have a go with that for the various prepositions:
ie If volume changes, what happens to pressure for fixed temperature ?
If volume changes, what happens to temperature for fixed pressure ?
If pressure changes what happens to temperature for fixed volume ?
If pressure changes what happens to volume for fixed temperature ?
If temperature changes what happens to pressure for fixed volume ?
If Temperature changes what happens to volume for fixed pressure ?
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Well done Tokww. Thats one round to you. Bonus rounds for those that want to have a go at the remaining questions!
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Out of the top of the beteljuices bald pate ...
Constant Temp
- Vol increase = Pressure drop
- Vol decrease = Pressure Increase
Constant Pressure
- Vol increase = Temp decrease
- Vol decrease = Temp Increase
Constant Volume
- Temp increase = Pressure increase
- Temp decrease = Pressure drop
Constant Pressure
- Temp increase = Volume increase
- Temp decrease = Volume decrease
It's been a loooong time since I did transposition of formulae.
If I remember correctly isn't the same relationship applied to transformer theory, fluid dynamics and thermal conductivity ?
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Congratulations beteljuice. A Pint of Lager for you!
Today's question:
Who is this gentleman?
(http://www.webworkshop.net.nz/152px.jpg)
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Clue - NZ or International??
I bet I get this right - it's someone's Grandfather!!
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Has the look of a retired Academic or maybe an author .............
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Is he still alive?.
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I will have a go is his last name Lovelock. (not the runner)
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Nope - sorry. And he's not my Dad!
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Is it Galbraith? - I think a Professor but of what I don't know
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Nope - okay this one is a bit of a stretch, since the person is not strictly known for meteorological endeavors. However he is well known for his endeavors in another field we talk alot about on this forum.
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Charles Francis Richter.
i did have to look it up.
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Ah, well done. A pint goes to Mark!
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Tonights question is one for all you movie buffs
Q: What is the name of the boat central to the story / movie "Perfect Storm"
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Have the book Andrew and read it years ago - but cant see to find it. Very gripping book too.
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Is it "something" Rose?
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It had two names and think the last one was "Gaill" or something similar.
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...Thats on the right track
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Ok - no winners on that one. The name of the boat was the "Andrea Gail". Incidentally, the Perfect Storm was an extratropical low that occurred on October 30 1991. You can read more about it here:
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/satellite/satelliteseye/hurricanes/unnamed91/unnamed91.html
Tonights question:
What did Lewis Fry Richardson have to do with the science of Meteorology?
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Now we're going to have to start using Google... LOL!!!
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Not good at History but wasn't he a Mathematician, among other things. I think I remember a friend of mine who was a Secondary Maths Teacher using his name to answer a question in a teams Quiz event a few years back. As for what he did for the science of Meteorology I have no idea but I guess it was something to do with recording, although there does not seems to be anything named after him, or forecasting?
Kind regards
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First to apply mathematical reasoning to predicting the weather, but it took an impossible amount of time to do the calculations until computers came along !
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That's correct beteljuice. Turns out our man was a busy guy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Fry_Richardson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Fry_Richardson)
Lewis Fry Richardson, FRS[1] (11 October 1881 - 30 September 1953) was an English mathematician, physicist, meteorologist, psychologist and pacifist who pioneered modern mathematical techniques of weather forecasting, and the application of similar techniques to studying the causes of wars and how to prevent them. He is also noted for his pioneering work on fractals and a method for solving a system of linear equations known as modified Richardson iteration.
In my research I read somewhere that it took him 6 weeks to produce a 6 hour forecast manually. (The result was initially inaccurate until smothing techniques were taken into account in the calculations, making the forecast surprisingly accurate). It wasn't until he got his hands on an an Eniac computer that this was reduced to a 24 hour forecast in 24 hours
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In my research I read somewhere that it took him 6 weeks to produce a 6 hour forecast manually
So by the time he finished the forecast was 5 weeks 6 3/4 days old? ;D
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Thats what I thought, but the idea was to pick a day, take measurements at a particular point in that day, and then use mathematical calculations to see if a forecast could be generated for 6 hours in advance.
Obviously by the time the mathematical calculations were finished (Wikipedia suggests it was a part time effort as he was on "Ambulance Duty" in France at the time), the point in the day that the forecast was being generated for was well and truly passed. However by taking measurements also at that point, it meant that the mathematical results could be compared with the actual results
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Thanks Gabba - very interesting! And now we have Tom Ehrensperger performing it automatically on our weather PC's with his software (Wxsim) say 6 times a day (in about 3 minutes) looking out up to 7 days ahead!!! http://wxsim.com/ (http://wxsim.com/)
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Okay this one I just had to ask :)
Q: Aside of the amusing reference popularized by Frank Zappa, what is the usual cause of a large-scale 'yellow snow' weather effect seen in certain parts of the world?
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Last nights answer is:
Pollen
Tonights question is an easy one:
"Bring Me Sunshine" is a song, made famous by which English comedy duo. Bonus points if you can sing a demo and put it up on Youtube!
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Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise from the UK TV show Morecambe and Wise
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Haha - well done Brendan. So we are all now waiting to see you singing on You tube!!!!
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Hmm may give that one a pass :D
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Here's tonights question:
What's the difference between hail, sleet, and graupel?
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The density?
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Ice-water ratio?
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The degree of freezing?
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I'm with Rwood (Ice / water ratio)
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Is it weight?
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graupel is also called ice pellets
its rain that has frozen near the ground
I think
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As far as i under stand it Hail is rain drops that have been frozen.
sleet is snow that is melting as it goes though air this is above freezing.
graupel is sleet that-has refrozen as it falls though a layer of air colder than 0c.
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Grauple is snow (crystal) around which (hoar) frost has grown. ie. it has a 'soft' center.
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Some good answers. Here is the one I had from the NOAA website:
The different ways precipitation is formed determines what type of precipitation it becomes. Hail is larger than sleet, and forms only in thunderstorms. Hail formation requires air moving up (thunderstorm updraft) that keep the pieces of ice from falling. Drops of supercooled water hit the ice and freeze on it, causing it to grow. When the hailstone becomes too heavy for the updraft to keep it aloft, or it encounters downdraft air, it falls. Sleet forms from raindrops that freeze on their way down through a cloud. Snow forms mainly when water vapor turns to ice without going through the liquid stage. There is no thunderstorm updraft involved in either of these processes
Unfortunately it didn't mention graupel, but the trusty glossary on the NOAA site says:
GRAUPEL - A small white ice particle that falls as precipitation and breaks apart easily when it lands on a surface. Also called soft hail or snow pellets, graupel retains a soft structure and surface, and forms when snow flakes partially melt on falling into warmer air and then re-freeze on passing back into colder air.
After all those pints things are starting to get messy, so for this round, pints (points) for all.
Q for tonight - Which characters in Shakespeares Macbeth, say the following famous lines:
When shall we three meet again
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
When the hurlyburly's done,
When the battle's lost and won.
“Fair is foul, and foul is fair:
Hover through the fog and filthy air.”
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The witches!
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The three witches (aka Weird Sisters)
Witch #1
"When shall we three meet again
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"
Witch #2
"When the hurlyburly's done,
When the battle's lost and won."
All three
“Fair is foul, and foul is fair:
Hover through the fog and filthy air.”
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Ah - well done guys but the pints go to Deano this time!
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Last night was too easy. Have a go at this one:
Q: What is a Derecho?
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they had a big one recently in the USA
its like a conglomeration of thunderstorms
will start out as a squall line, which has a bow echo in font
which then gets larger and stronger
and can last a long time
has destructive straight line winds....outflow winds in front of the squall line
something like that
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Well done Weather Display!
Answer to last nights question:
A derecho is a widespread thunderstorm wind event caused when new thunderstorms form along the leading edge of an outflow boundary (a surface boundary formed by the horizontal spreading of thunderstorm-cooled air). The thunderstorms feed on this boundary and continue to reproduce themselves. Derechos typically occur in the summer months when complexes of thunderstorms form over the plains and northern plains states. Usually these thunderstorms produce heavy rain and severe wind reports as they rumble across several states during the night. The word "derecho" is of Spanish origin and means "straight ahead". They are particularly dangerous because the damaging winds can last a long time and can cover such a large area.
Tonights question:
"The Wind in the Willows" is a classic of children's literature by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908.
Name the 4 main characters that make up this story.
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Christopher Robin, Piglet, Pooh Bear and Eee-Yore? I think... :)
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Haha - my kids could come up with that answer - but that's because we watch lots more pooh than wind :P
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There was Tigger as well, perhaps more... ;)
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Tonights question:[/b]
"The Wind in the Willows" is a classic of children's literature by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908.
Name the 4 main characters that make up this story.
Sorry, wrong book...
Here we are talking Toad, Mole, Rat and Badger.
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Got me!! :)
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Well done Derek O:-)
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Ok - here's tonights puzzler. There are multiple questions:
Qa: What is considered the worst air pollution event in London's history, and when did it occur
Qb: What was the cause of this event, both physically and meteorologically
Qc: How many people is it estimated to have killed (a reasonable guess or range would be okay here)
Answers to one or all of the above are acceptable - or have a guess! Have fun!
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It was the great smog event of December 1952. Presumably there was a very stable inversion lasting several days.
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That's right RWood - I thought that one was going to be a tough one! I'll post some interesting info about it later on.
Anyone want to have a guess at the number of people it was estimated to have killed?
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Approximately 12000 died through direct or indirect causes, the single worst air-pollution event London's ever seen. The banning of open fires in the greater London area was one measure resulting from this event...
George
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Even worse, there was an initial attempt to keep the death toll lower by not counting later deaths which were clearly due to the event. At least decisive actions followed as above.
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Yes the following articles make interesting reading, and I've provide some extracts below:
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/teens/case-studies/great-smog (thanks Beetlejuice)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Smog
The Great Smog of '52 or Big Smoke was a severe air pollution event that affected London during December 1952. A period of cold weather, combined with an anticyclone and windless conditions, collected airborne pollutants mostly from the use of coal to form a thick layer of smog over the city. It lasted from Friday 5 to Tuesday 9 December 1952, and then dispersed quickly after a change of weather.
Although it caused major disruption due to the effect on visibility, and even penetrated indoor areas, it was not thought to be a significant event at the time, with London having experienced many smog events in the past, so called "pea soupers". However, medical reports in the following weeks estimated that 4,000 people had died prematurely and 100,000 more were made ill because of the smog's effects on the human respiratory tract. More recent research suggests that the number of fatalities was considerably greater at about 12,000.
It is considered the worst air pollution event in the history of the United Kingdom, and the most significant in terms of its effect on environmental research, government regulation, and public awareness of the relationship between air quality and health. It led to several changes in practices and regulations, including the Clean Air Act 1956.
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Tonights question
Which mascot has the catch phrase "Only You Can Prevent Wildfires"?
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Smokey the Bear, of course... :)
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Smarter than the average bear!
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....and who is he the mascot for?
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the National Park Rangers...?
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Smokey the Bear, Old Smokey, or just plain Smokey is the mascot for the United States Forest Service. You can read all about him here:
http://www.smokeybear.com/
Congrats to hbweather - but only a half pint for you since you only got half the question right ;-)
Tonights question: What is a Hadley Cell and where would you see the effects of one?
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Hadley Cell.....
A collective noun for the family of Christchurch cricketers ....?
Dredging the memory banks I seem to recollect it had something to do with wind or clouds, bit like sea currents. but up in the air.
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I think it refers to the semi permanent high pressure cells/zones that exist between the tropical low pressure belt and the procession of lows in the roaring forties
i.e there is one to the west of south america and another over the azores
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Well done weather display. A picture says a thousand words, in fact this one answers most of the questions I had lined up for you guys:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuw8wOhAjOg&feature=endscreen&NR=1
Tonights question(s): What is a hygrometer, who made the first one , and what year?
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Finally - one to the quiz master at last!
Last nights answers were:
(a) A device for measuring humidity
(b) Leonardo Da Vinci
(c) For the year I would have accepted any year in the 1400's
Tonights question:
In the States they are called chinook winds. Where else in the world are these winds found, and what causes them?
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Foehn winds in Europe and NZ (among other places - called Chinook in Canada as well as the US) - moist air ascends over a mountain range, dries out after precipitating most or all of the moisture and descends on the other side, warming at the (dry) adiabatic rate, which is faster than the lapse rate involved in the ascent. Therefore the air is warmed considerably by the time it has descended.
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Well done RWood. Of course in NZ the Southern Alps creates the foen wind, heavy rainfall on the west coast and dry warm temperatures on the east coast - and of course the Nor West Arch. It's actually one of my earliest memories of weather observation - I remember our teacher telling us about how unique it was while I was in primary school!
Tonights question (this one might create a few arguments!)
Q: Where is the wettest place in the world?
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The Ocean? ;D
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Sorry to clarify I should ask what is the wettest regularly measured place in the world ;D
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something like either kurrangupai (spelling!) in the foot hills of the himalayas, Nepal/India bordeder
or, is it resolution island in the indian ocean
OR
the main island of hawaii (upslope side)
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The Ocean? ;D
Sorry to clarify I should ask what is the wettest regularly measured place in the world ;D
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Quibdo, Colombia is generally agreed upon. However there are undoubtedly wetter 'unmeasured" places, including some NZ areas (the Cleddau valley near Milford is already estimated to get at least 13,000mm in parts, and it's possible some areas upwind of about Mt Cook (probably at about the 950m -1000m mark) get as much as 16,000mm.
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Quibdo, Columbia once recorded 781.06”/19839 mm in a single year, 1936. However it's not listed on my source as the wettest place in the world. Have another go
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Gee I recall seeing that man's photo ... in a book or newspaper somewhere, but just cannot recall his name ... yet. Met Service?
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Beside the lower area of Victoria Falls, but I assume you really want a precipitation event rather than permanent 'mist' ?
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Mt Waialeale in Hawaii and Mawsynyram ?sp) in India are also often quoted, but their claims are rather doubtful. I think there is simply no clear winner among regularly measured places.
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Well Done - another one goes to RWood
According to my source Mawsynram, Meghalaya State, India is the wettest place in the world ( 467.35”/11871 mm) based on annual average precipitation
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=74
Mawsynram (population about 350, elevation approximately 4,600’) and Cherrapunji (population about 10,000, elevation 4,309’ and also known as Sohra) are both located in the Khasi Hills on the Shillong Plateau of Meghalaya, India and are about 10 miles from one another. These are generally considered the wettest locations in the world for which there is measured data.
The Khasi Hills, wettest location in the world, are famous for the spectacular waterfalls that fall to the plains below. Photo source Wikipedia, photographer not identified.
The Khasi hills catch the full brunt of the southwest monsoon blowing off the Bay of Bengal between May and October. About 90% of their rain falls during this period. July alone averages over 120”/3050 mm, the highest monthly average rainfall in the world. Variability from one monsoon to another can be tremendous
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but that what I said (I just did not get the spelling correct),for Cherrapunji
i.e
something like either kurrangupai (spelling!) in the foot hills of the himalayas, Nepal/India bordeder
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something like either kurrangupai (spelling!) in the foot hills of the himalayas, Nepal/India bordeder[/quote]
Cherrapunji is considerably "drier" than these other locations though - "only" 9000 or so mm/year.
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Who is this (Actors name), what is he doing, and what movie is this from
(http://www.webworkshop.net.nz/smfweather/quizimages/srain.jpg)
Bonus points if you can name the characters name in the movie
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Gene Kelly
Singin' in the Rain
He was singing and tap dancing in the rain.
Movie has same name I think.
Debbie Reynolds played lady lead ( I think )
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Haha - thought that one would go quickly. I'm going to have to think of some harder ones. Well done Jenny!
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Was one of my Dads favourites thats why I knew. He fancied Debbie Reynolds legs :)
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The South pole is the southern most point of land on the earth. Where is the most northern most point on land?
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top of Russia or Alsaka???
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Kaffeklubben Island, north of Greenland... I think that how you spell it.....
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Yep I'll accept that - but the answer I had was the following:
Kaffeklubben Island, east of Greenland (83°40′N 29°50′W)
Various shifting gravel bars lie further north, the most famous being Oodaaq
If I hunt around on Oodaaq this is what I find:
Oodaaq or Oodap Qeqert is a bank of gravel and silt northeast of Greenland that has been considered by some to be the most northerly point of land on earth.
Oodaaq lies at 83°40′N 30°40′WCoordinates: 83°40′N 30°40′W, only 705 km south of the North Pole and 1,360 metres north of Kaffeklubben Island, lying near the northeast tip of Greenland. When discovered it measured a mere 15 metres by 8 metres.
It was discovered in 1978 when a Danish survey team led by Uffe Petersen landed a helicopter on Kaffeklubben to confirm that it did indeed lie further north than the tip of Greenland. Having confirmed the fact, a member of the team spotted a dark spot to the north and they flew over to the bank, naming it Oodaaq after the Eskimo who accompanied Robert Peary on his historic journey to the North Pole.
Gravel banks such as this are generally considered not to qualify for the title of world's most northerly point of land as they are rarely permanent. In fact several subsequent expeditions have claimed that Oodaaq has now disappeared beneath the ocean.
In July 2001, the Return to the Top of the World Expedition, led by Theresa Baker, John Jancik, and Ken Zerbst, confirmed that the previously-discovered island and permanent land feature ATOW1996, is indeed the northernmost point of land on earth.
In July 2003 American explorers led by Dennis Schmitt found a 35-metre-long bank at 83°42'N. Debate continues as to whether the bank is permanent.
In late 2004, the Eighth Edition of the National Geographic World Atlas was released. It clearly shows Oodaaq as the northernmost landmass on Earth.
In July 2007, Dennis Schmitt discovered a 'new' northernmost island on Earth at 83°40'30" N (named Stray Dog West by Holly Wenger).
So I'm going with Kaffeklubben even though it sounds like a disco that sells only coffee at the bar.
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Tonights Question:
What is a Tempest Prognosticator and what was one of it's key components?
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This was a weird gadget invented in 1851 by Dr George Merryweather (well named). It claimed to be able to forecast coming storms, based on the behaviour of captive leeches in glass jars. As pressure fell, the leeches would climb to the top of their jars, to escape, thus triggering a bell as an audible warning of incoming bad weather.
One of its key components were, of course, the unfortunate leeches.... :-\
Merryweather claimed to have considerable success, and lobbied the British government to adopt his invention for coastal use, but they adopted Admiral Fitzroy's Storm Glass instead.
George
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Well done hbweather - I thought I was safe picking that one, so I'll have to find something a bit trickier
Meanwhile, and easy one to mull over
In the Northern hemisphere (particularly North America) what is important meteorologically about February 2nd?
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Groundhog day, antics at Punxsutawney, Philadelphia, related to "arrival" of spring depending on whetehr the sun/the grounhog's shadow is seen that day (opposite to "common" sense - no shadow is the good version).
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haha - well done Rwood. Hunting around I found there were all sorts of animals with their own names that did the same job as Punxsutawney Phil. Interestingly enough taken over a longish period of time, the sum total of their accuracy was 37%, which is not statistically significant over the 33% of what a random guess would be. Hardly surprising really, but all good fun!
OK the next night or so I'm going to be fairly busy, so may not get to post questions. So here are a few with a theme to keep you entertained:
Q: What is the lowest recorded pressure in New Zealand in an Extra tropical storm, where and when did it occur
Q: What is the lowest recorded pressure in the southern hemisphere in an Extra tropical storm - where and when did it occur
Q: What is the lowest recorded pressure in the northern hemisphere in an Extra tropical storm - where and when did it occur
Q: What is the lowest recorded pressure in the world - where and when did it occur
Q What is the highest recorded pressure in the world - where and when did it occur
Remember no cruising the internet for the answers, but you are welcome to look up any other reference material you may have, or just have a guess. Would be great to see some new faces taking part so don't be shy!
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My guess is based on (sort of) recalling an entry in a very old Guinness Book of Records, so it's probably out of date by now - record highest reading being a pressure of 1083.8 (or near to that) somewhere in Siberia - no idea of place or date. Also have a vague recollection of a pressure of about 865? (sounds much too low I think) at/near Luzon? in the Philippines.
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Q: What is the lowest recorded pressure in New Zealand in an Extra tropical storm, where and when did it occur
954mb on 16 Jan 1939 at Taiaroa Head, Otago Peninsula
Q: What is the lowest recorded pressure in the southern hemisphere in an Extra tropical storm - where and when did it occur
Barometric records for the many intense storms that develop in seas surrounding Antarctica are hard to come by and difficult to assess for accuracy. Blair Trewin of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology relates a value of 919 mb (27.14”) from Casey station on the Windmill Islands (just outside the Antarctic Circle) on Vincennes Bay (66°17’S 110° 31’ E) on August 8-9, 1976. However, this is considerably lower than any other value on record and may very well be an instrument fault although he states “the values are internally consistent with readings below 940 mb from 1600 local time on August 8th to 0700 on August 9th”.
Aside from this remarkable figure the lowest other readings from the region include 934 mb (27.59”) at Halley Bay, Antarctica on Aug. 11, 1994, 942 mb (27.82”) at Grytviken on South Georgia Island (54° 16’S 36° 30’W) sometime between 1929-1964, and 945.1 mb (28.17”) at Campbell Island located about halfway between New Zealand and Antarctica (52°S 69°W) on July 18, 1982.
Q: What is the lowest recorded pressure in the northern hemisphere in an Extra tropical storm - where and when did it occur
There are apparently two contenders for the record lowest pressure established in the northern hemisphere. 1) Storm of January 10, 1993 deepened to a central pressure of 912-915 mb (26.93”-27.02”) between Iceland and Scotland near 62°N 15°W and, 2) Storm of December 15-16, 1986 deepened to at least 916 mb south-east of Greenland near 62°N 32°W. A ship in the vicinity actually made a measurement of 920.2 mb on December 15th while still some distance from the center of the storm. The British Meteorological Office assessed the central pressure of the storm at this time as being 916 mb (27.05”) but the West German meteorological service proposed a pressure possibly as low as 912-913 mb
Q: What is the lowest recorded pressure in the world - where and when did it occur
Of course (aside from estimates from tornadoes) the lowest pressures observed on earth have occurred during tropical cyclones, mostly those that have formed in the Western Pacific. The most commonly accepted figure as the world record is that observed during the peak intensity of Super Typhoon Tip when a reading of 870 mb (25.69”) on October 12, 1979 when the storm churned in open waters near the island of Guam.
Q What is the highest recorded pressure in the world - where and when did it occur
Highest air pressure ever recorded(above 750 meters) : 1084.4 mb (32.03 inHg); Tosontsengel, Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia, 19 December 2001. This is the equivalent sea-level pressure; Tosontsengel is located at 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) above sea level. The highest adjusted-to-sealevel barometeric pressure ever recorded (below 750 meters) was at Agata, Evenhiyskiy, Russia [66°53’N, 93°28’E, elevation: 261 m (856.3 ft)] on 31 December 1968 of 1,083.3 hectopascals (31.99 inHg). The discrimination is due to the problematic assumptions (assuming a standard lapse rate) associated with reduction of sea level from high elevations
Tonights Question:
Q: According to a law "made a distant moon ago here, July and August cannot be too hot, and there is a legal limit to the snow", "the winter is forbidden till December" and "the rain may never fall till after sundown". Where is this magical place?
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Ok - rather than give you the answer, I'm going to open this one up to googleing, so get those fingers tapping and we'll see who comes up with the answer first
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Camelot
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Yes, so would I - I recall fancying all of her (so to speak) as a teenager. Also liked Sandra Dee.
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Well done Deano!
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Ok - Tonights question:
Who sang the following songs? (original recording)
a. Crying in the rain
b. Blue eyes crying in the rain
c. Who'll stop the rain
d. Rain
e. Riders on the storm
f. Weather with you
g. Sunny Afternoon
h. Like a hurricane
i. Heatwave
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(a) Everly Bros (e) Doors (f) Split Enz (i) Many artists
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Who sang the following songs? (original recording)
a. Crying in the rain - The Everly Brothers
b. Blue eyes crying in the rain - Roy Acuff, later by Willie nelson
c. Who'll stop the rain - Credence Clearwater Revival
d. Rain - The Beatles
e. Riders on the storm - The Doors
f. Weather with you - Crowded House
g. Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks
h. Like a hurricane - Neil Young
i. Heatwave - Ethel Waters
Most I knew although I had to look up a couple, not Google, and My Wife helped out with b and i. She has a BA Mus and teaches singing in three Western Bay of Plenty Secondary Schools.
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Very impressive!!
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Yes - well done!
The last one was a bit tricky. The answer that was given was "Martha and the Vandellas", but on closer inspection their song was actually called (Love is Like a) Heat Wave. The song Heat Wave was actually an Irving Berlin written song, and appeared in the 1933 musical "As Thousands Cheer" sung by Ethel Waters!
Tonights question:
Q: Jim and Hilda Bloggs are the doomed couple in which tragic film?
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Thanks Gabba. I almost made the same mistake until wifey corrected me.
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"Q: Jim and Hilda Bloggs are the doomed couple in which tragic film?"
They were the only 'people' in an animation called "When The Wind Blows".
Subject matter was (Cold War) nuclear escalation and their experience of 'The Bomb' and their ultimate end in an isolated country cottage.
Voices by Sir John Mills and Dame Peggy Ashcroft.
Many people at the time were 'stung' and upset by the apparent futility of it all - although it did pave the way for stronger stuff to be produced and aired (much had been suppressed until then)
Slightly earlier (and I felt more frightening) QED - The Nuclear War: A Guide To Armageddon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70P2cueuECw
... and just for 'fun': http://www.nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/ :o
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Ok time to kick this off again. Sorry but a tricky one to start with. Remember the answer is weather related, and no googling to make it fair(ish).
What is the common name for the following condition
Horripilation
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Lots of horrid weather?
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A mixture of hail and rain with a storm condition - just a guess...
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From my vague recollection of Latin, Horridus is something to do with being frightened....
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Could we have a clue please
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LOL you can't eat it. Common name for this condition is actually two words
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Cats & dogs?
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Lol there are many people in this world who could eat cat or dog. This you definately can't eat.
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Dang back goes on the thinking cap
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Ok Big clue time
This is more a result of a weather condition (cold) than specifically a weather type answer. The first word is an animal similar but not the same as a moose
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Deer rain
Elk weather
Goose hail
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Last one has the first word right (a white peg in Mastermind!).
It's a condition that people get, not a weather condition
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All I can think of is googe bumps
( you would have thrown me off your team by now!)
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don't know
:)
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I'll take that especially as I don't know what google bumps are like. They sound horrible
Answer: goose bumps
Next question, and entirely unrelated to weather, to be fair
What colour are polar bear hairs, and can you explain why they appear to be white( so the hint here is that White would be the wrong answer)
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They are clear - colourless.
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Correct, so why do they appear white?
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Reflection?
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They are hollow tubular fur fibres and the inside surfaces capture light and reflect it back out to appear as light - emitting white light. I think...
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Correct and well done TokWW.
Next question
How heavy was the heaviest hailstone ever recorded, and where did it fall?
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48 kgs in Japan ( that was one wild guess)
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Hmmm a sack of cement falling from a typical height of a cb would be impressive but no. Sorry.
It is a round figure and country of landing will do just fine!
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America, everything big lands there
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haha - I did think of mentioning that it wasn't in Texas ;-)
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so was I right?
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no no no no no noooo!
Actually it was in a place that I wouldn't have immediately thought of - at a guess it's probably the country along with China, and maybe greater Russia, that has the most extreme conditions, especially so given it's size. There is an ocean named after the country
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From memory the heaviest hail ever recorded was in Bangladesh. Though there is no ocean named after Bangladesh as far as I know!
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Got me stumped
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Siberia?
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Close. Bangladesh sits on what Ocean?
Your source might be more recent than mine so if you give me a weight more than the one I have then i will take your answer!
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From memory the heaviest hail ever recorded was in Bangladesh. Though there is no ocean named after Bangladesh as far as I know!
Close. Bangladesh sits on what Ocean?
Your source might be more recent than mine so if you give me a weight more than the one I have then i will take your answer!
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Indian Ocean :)
The hail stone in Bangladesh apparently weighed 2.25 pounds = 1.02 kg
NWS: Hailstone a record-breaker - weather.com (http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/hailstone-may-set-record_2010-07-27?page=2)
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Yeah I'll accept that. That was the answer I had, but having par taken too much in the Inns liquid refreshments I seem to have got the country wrong lol.
I can't imagine what a 1 kg hailstone would do to something when it landed
Next question
Okta is a unit of measurement of what?
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Observed Cloud cover (on a scale upto 8)
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Well done beteljuice
Here's one that is sure to create some debate. My source may not be that reliable but it's an interesting stat!
Of the people struck by lightning, what percentage of them are male?
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I would say fairly high, as in general in stormy conditions, it is still the male out there either working, playing golf or just plain inquisitive while the wife and feminine types seek shelter or are at home. I would guess at 82% male... stupid males... LOL!
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... but ....
Historically the female of the specie is more likely to take to unsuitable (conductive) cover to protect their hairdo, which may have had hair-grips or even metal rollers !
All tucked underneath a metal framed umbrella.
They also would be more likely to push metal objects (prams, shopping trollies, etc.)
So the beteljuice is going to say 60% female / 40 male.
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I was going to say 100%, but I'll go for 99%
TC
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I agree with Too only men are daft enough to go looking at lightening so I go for 159%
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Tokww is correct. One sample suggests that 82% of people struck by lightning are male, but interesting enough if you are in that remaining 18% of females who are struck, then you are more likely to die from your injuries.
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82% was total guess, I am usually way off the mark! Just applying a bit of guessed logic...
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Tonights question:
Treasure Island author Robert Louis Stevenson's father was responsible for what significant weather-related invention?
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He was a star of lighthouses and .... screen ;)
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The sealed glass jar weather barometer. It had a composite mix of liquid waxes and a solvent etc and would indicate low air pressure, a cold front and a range of other weather conditions with different states of "clouds" etc inside.
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The Stevenson Screen
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Points to Beteljuice and Babs. TokWW - I just don't know what to say!!
OK - tonights question
In a double rainbow, name the colours from inside the arc to the outside. In total I'm looking for 13 to 14 colours.
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Sung twice over, red and yellow and blue and green, orange and purple and blue, I can sing a rainbow so can you, sorry best I can do surely worth half a point!
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Sorry Gabba - I was on th wrong track...
Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy RN (5 July 1805 – 30 April 1865) was a career officer of the Royal Navy and a scientist. He achieved lasting fame as the captain of HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin's famous voyage, FitzRoy's second expedition to Tierra del Fuego and the Southern Cone. He was a pioneering meteorologist who made accurate weather forecasting a reality and created systems to get weather information to sailors and fishermen for their safety. He was an able surveyor and hydrographer. As Governor of New Zealand, serving from 1843 to 1845, he tried to protect the Maori from illegal land sales claimed by British settlers.
Storm glass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_glass)
Storm glass as it was properly known was a weather barometer of mixed chemicals:
2.5 g potassium nitrate
2.5 g ammonium chloride
33 ml distilled water
40 ml ethanol
10 g camphor
Some stuff there sounds positively dangerous... although in not much quantity.
(http://www.strangeapparatus.com/images/stormglass_lo_res_8yxh.jpg)
Sorry theres a good question gone begging ... :) I think it may have been mentioned on here in the past in another quiz...
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That's really interesting. Thanks for that! Looks a bit like an icky mess, but definitely cloud like.
The description storm glass made me think if a storm in a teacup, and that lead to tonight's question...
What is the origin of the term "storm in a teacup"?
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And the answer to last nights question
For a normal rainbow, violet is on the inside curve of the rainbow, s from inside to outside it is violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red, or vibgyor
I'm told that for a double rainbow the colours are reversed on the inside rainbow, so the pattern will bee from inside to out
Roygbivvibgyor
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Storm in a teacup is something or some event that has been exaggerated
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Yes, but where was the expression derived from?
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I dunno its just a fuss about nothing, probably two old ladies years ago were having a cuppa and one got her knickers in a twist over some trivial bit of their conversation, and the other old dear said ' Maud you are like that sailor who came to see you years ago and you said, after he had gone, that he was a bit like a storm in a teapot!'
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....sort of..... :)
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Or kind of..........
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It's the apparent magnitude of the 'ripple' when the tea cup (which used to be more like a deep dish) is disturbed.
Looking into the cup the waves seem large and significant, but taking a visual step back it's much ado about nothing.
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It came from the days of round boating racing and one of the boats was called Teacup and was racing one called Teabag when they both got caught in a huge storm. A huge whirlpool developed and the Teacup got caught in it and the sailors on the Teabag were unable to save them and warned future sailors not to end up like the Teacup who got caught in a storm hence the name of the race that was dedicated to the lost boat and crew, the Storm in a Teacup trophy!
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Lol loving the creative answers, but unfortunately not right. I'll post the answer up tonight
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There were these two guys who frequented their local hostelry called, you guessed it, The Windy Saucepan, ( fooled weren't you!). One dark and stormy night and to get out of doing the dishes, they set off to their local for a well earned beer or three, they were walking as it wasn't far away.
When they arrived there was a huge kerfuffle going on as the brewery owners were trying to change their local tipple plus the name of the pub itself. Buxom Bess the barmaid calmed things down by suggesting to the brewery representative that they hold a competition for the name change, this was agreed to and the customers were given three weeks to come up with a suitable name.
Our two lads were all for this and ended up imbibing far more than they should have that night and arrived home to their respective partners to have tea cups flying passed their ears.
Three weeks passed and everyone gathered in the pub the hear the results of the competition. Much to their surprise but not to ours, the two lads won with their entry called The Storm in a Teacup which came about from the stormy greeting they had both got on arriving home previously plus the teacups that were thrown at them!
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....close but not quite
Tempest in a teapot
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Storm in a Teacup (disambiguation).
Carl Guttenberg's 1778 Tea-Tax Tempest, with exploding teapot
Tempest in a teapot (American English), or storm in a teacup (British English), is an idiom meaning a small event that has been exaggerated out of proportion. There are also lesser known or earlier variants, such as tempest in a teacup, storm in a cream bowl, tempest in a glass of water, storm in a wash-hand basin,[1] and storm in a glass of water.
Etymology
Cicero, in the first century BC, in his De Legibus, used a similar phrase in Latin, possibly the precursor to the modern expressions, "Excitabat enim fluctus in simpulo ut dicitur Gratidius", translated: "For Gratidius raised a tempest in a ladle, as the saying is".[2] Then in the early 3rd century AD, Athenaeus, in the Deipnosophistae, has Dorion ridiculing the description of a tempest in the Nautilus of Timotheus by saying that he had seen a more formidable storm in a boiling saucepan.[3] The phrase also appeared in its French form "une tempete dans une verre d'eau" (a tempest in a glass of water), to refer to the popular uprising in the Republic of Geneva near the end of the 17th century.[4]
One of the earliest occurrences in print of the modern version is in 1815, where Britain's Lord Chancellor Thurlow, sometime during his tenure of 1783–1792, is quoted as referring to a popular uprising on the Isle of Man as a "tempest in a teapot".[5] Also Lord North, Prime Minister of Great Britain, is credited for popularizing this phrase as characterizing the outbreak of American colonists against the tax on tea.[6] This sentiment was then satirized in Carl Guttenberg's 1778 engraving of the Tea-Tax Tempest (shown above right), where Father Time flashes a magic lantern picture of an exploding teapot to America on the left and Britannia on the right, with British and American forces advancing towards the teapot. Just a little later, in 1825, in the Scottish journal Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, a critical review of poets Hogg and Campbell also included the phrase "tempest in a teapot".[7]
The first recorded instance of the British English version, "storm in teacup", occurs in Catherine Sinclair's Modern Accomplishments in 1838.[8][9] There are several instances though of earlier British use of the similar phrase "storm in a wash-hand basin".[10]
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Bit like Flash in a pan or Much ado about nothing!
That answer was so boring my last explanation was much better lol
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Ahem, agree with that!
Tonights question., something to ponder over while you relax over the weekend.
What process occurs to make bubbles in beer?
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Fermentation otherwise known as Great Uncle Phil's bubble machine
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Sorry, no. Remember this is a quizz about weather related topics ( loosely!). I don't imagine fermentation occurs in the atmosphere, but the answer to this question does :)
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Atmospheric gases like carbon dioxide
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nope - this is a natural process that also occurs in a glass of beer, to form the bubbles. I am worried if Great Uncle phils bubble machine is the natural process involved
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Bubbles appear in beer because someone oopens the bottle/can and the sudden drop in air pressure is what causes the bubbles to get large enough to appear, at which point they then rise to the top of the beer.
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Yeah what he said! I don't have a technical/mechanical/weather related brain like you guys do so sometimes could we have an easy question or two pleaseeeeeeee
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There were these two old codgerrs who had been trying to make a good drop of ale for years. Each brew turned out foul and got given to the cows to drink.
One day a neighbour called out to them that there was a new guy in town who was a whizz at making a good brew so they got in their trusty truck and high tailed it down to Phil's brewing shop.
He patiently listened to what they had been doing and gave them a few hints on what to do to solve the problem of the flat ale.
That night there was a huge explosion and the sky lit up for miles. People thought aliens were attacking but no it was our two brewers.
Back they went to Phil with singed eyebrows and hardly any hair and told him that they had followed his instructions and look what had happened. Phil put his head in his hands and when he had stopped laughing told the brewing pair that he had told them use carbon dioxide very sparingly but they thought the more the better!
So now you will find them attending brewing classes at Phil's brewing house and apart from pumping air bubble into their beer with a bicycle pump when their brew looks a bit flat, they are behaving themselves.
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Thats a reasonable answer but not the one I was looking for. The large enough to appear bit isn't exactly clear enough. Babs, as always you are so close but not quite...
Apparently the forming of bubbles in beer is exactly the same as the formation of raindrops in a cloud - that is to say that the common process is condensation. Keep in mind here that many of the physical attributes observed in liquids are also observed in atmospheres, and in fact equations used in atmospheric physics also equally applies to liquids in motion.
So how do the bubbles form? Here's the answer I had
In both cases the bubbles ( in the case of beer and the droplets in the case of clouds) form around impurities, or tiny particles, such as a dust particle in the air or impurity in the beer. So, if both the beer and the atmosphere were completely free of impurities, they wouldn’t have anything to form around, and we wouldn’t have the bubbles and particles.
The nucleation(condensation) sites for beer bubbles are actually microscopic cracks in the wall of the bottle.
Something to ponder over when you imbibe in your next bubbly tipple
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Tonights question, I thought I had better make it easy, and give you the answer!
Which of the following is not effected by wind chill, and why?
a. person b. dog c. car radiator d. bird
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A bird as they fly high above it
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C/ Car radiatior - it is an inanimate object and has no 'feelings'.
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Beteljuice is correct , although the reason why goes back to the definition of wind chill , being the apparent temperature felt on skin. As a radiator has no skin then windchill is not a relevant measurement.
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Intrepid was up this morning and was fogged in. But what type of fog was it? How many types of fog do you know of and can you provide a definition of each? ( there are at least 6).
Meteorological answers please, so answers like "foggy head after night out on the town" are not what I am after here! Winner is the person who can provide the most definitions.
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Well my fog was just when the dew point had just been reached about 5m above where we are. Not very thick but enough to create a halo around the street lights.
As for the other fog, I guys it depends on what brings out about. Temperature, pressure or wind speed, which is related to pressure, I guess.
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well I'll be......
Of recent I was scolded for using the word fog and advised there was no such thing, only low cloud :-\
Also just for interest's sake, Hamilton is supposedly one of the foggiest areas in the world.
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Who told you off?
On another note...there is also brain fog, which Barbara and I are most familiar with! Nothing to do with weather though...
So my list ogf fogs are:
sea fog
ground fog
mist
hill fog
???
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Points to interpid this time round. Here are the ones I had
Types of Fog (http://www.crh.noaa.gov/jkl/?n=fog_types)
(a) Evaporation or mixing fog
(b) Radiation fog
(c) advection fog
(d) upslope fog
(e) ice fog
(f) freezing fog
Is anyone interested in more questions, or do you want to give it a rest? Was kinda hoping a few more might join in....
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More questions would be nice thanks
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What is the difference between mist and fog?
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Fog is only low cloud. Fog is the only type of cloud that touches the ground.
Mist moisture, water, droplets same as steam.
Fog is thicker.
(I think )
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Well done!
From Wikipedia (and I think NOAA have a similar definition)
The only difference between mist and fog is visibility.[1] This phenomenon is called fog if the visibility is one kilometre (1,100 yards) or less (in the UK for driving purposes the definition of fog is visibility less than 100 metres (UK Highway Code rule 226),[2] for pilots the distance is 1 kilometre). Otherwise it is known as mist.
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Today's question:
What is minus 40 degrees Farenheit expressed as degrees Centigrade?
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-40 as well!
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Correct!
Today's question
What is an analemma and where would you normally find one?
Hint: this has something to do with the sun
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I had to Google this is that OK?
Its curve where you can see that sun every part of the day or something like that
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Googling is cheating a bit, as otherwise it would be a competition as to who can google the fastest :-)
It wasn't an easy one though!
That said, where would you often find one. Further bonus points if you can explain why it is the shape it is
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It may be a gnoman like a misshapen egg timer, or it may be an equally odd figure of 8 along the the 'hour' lines of a sundial.
It is a mechanical means of applying "The equation of time" which is a correction for the apparent wobble of the Earths orbit around the Sun.
When applied to a correctly constructed sundial it is possible not only to tell the time, but by the tip of the shadow touching the curve you can also tell the date.
In an alter-ego in the era when our pubs weren't open "all day", I used to hand out credit card sized cardboard ones with opening and closing times on - LOL
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Two main factors affect the length of the solar day (varies by up to +30 and -17 seconds from 24 hours, from memory): the dominant one due to the 23.5deg inclination of earth's rotation equator to the "solar plane" - a lesser one is the non-circular orbit of the earth around the sun.
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Hi
We'll done everyone. Bit short of time this morning so will post a bit more on this tonight. In the meantime today's ponder
Ice freezes at 0celcius. If I measured thes temperature of ice in the Antarctic, and the temperature had been a consistent -5celcius for some time, what would the temperature of the ice be, and can you support your answer with scientific reasoning?
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Here's the link I was going to post about the analemma
Why Our Analemma Looks like a Figure 8 – Starts With A Bang (http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2009/08/26/why-our-analemma-looks-like-a/)
Interesting that the analemma looks different depending on where on the Earth you are, and that on most planets, it's not the shape of a figure 8
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Hi Gabba
Love this section, many thanks for your efforts, interesting & informative.
I'll start off the ice poser. I recall that sea water freezes at a slightly lower temp, some 3/4 degrees I think, & I would guess that once frozen it would continue to cool somewhat due to surrounding cond's, something like convection. No idea what temp the ice would be, but for a stab I'd say -10. Not exactly scientific huh.
Still getting my head around the mist v fog one. Typical of authorities to make it all so complicated. How far can I see? Am I driving or flying? Conceivably possible to be doing both, but not in my wagon ;) For the sake of personal sanity I think I'll stick to fog descends & mist rises.
And I'm just soooo happy that bubbles do form when you crack the top off a beer!!
Cheers
Pat
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Thanks for that Wolfie33. Time allowing as long as people answer the questions I'll keep em coming.
Yes there are some really cool things that happen to water as it freezes. Aside from that tho, you have the right answer. -10c is correct. Any objects at differing temperature will move to a state of equilibrium.
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You're welcome Gabba, credit where credit is due & all that. :)
Had to chuckle at "some really cool things happen to water as it freezes." lol
Cheers
Pat
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Today's puzzler.
What is the maximum allowable wind speed for setting athletic sprinting and jumping records?
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The figure of 4mph comes to the memory surface for some reason.
That was in the days of the likes of Roger Bannister running the 4 minute mile.......
No doubt it's in Kmh now.
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close (ish). The answer I have is in m/s. If they used 4mph these days there would definitely be a protest lodged!
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I recall watching some athletics meeting a few years ago where a record was disallowed in the 100 mtr dash. Can't recall exactly, but have a feeling it was 1.4 m/s.
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I don't do sprints but would think 1.8m/s tail wind.
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Since my last input, been thinking that 1.4 m/s is too high, thought the figure had .4 or .6 in it, so now thinking its 0.6 m/s.
I don't do sprints (anymore) either Mark, more like the 10 mtr rush, trip & hobble these days. ::)
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Some good guesses. The answer is 2 m/s or approx 4.473 mph in the old language.
That one goes to Tony.
Today's question. We all know the value and the role ozone plays in the atmosphere. How is ozone created and What other uses does ozone have?
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been waiting for someone else to have a go, but its not happening . . .
I consultated Mr Collins dict. 1987 edition which states:
a colourless gas with a chlorine like odour, formed by electric discharge in oxygen, formula O3, a strong oxidizing agent, used in bleaching sterilizing water, purifying air.
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Sorry I missed this. It's the correct answer as well. Ozone is used for sterilisation
Ok easy one. How many sides has a snowflake?
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Come on people . . . . !!
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6 .... but if you count the inside 7 ;)
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Haha don't forget top and bottom, but six seems to be the commonly accepted answer. We'll done.
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I recently came across mention of the Gunning Fog Index.
What do you reckon that is ??
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I am bumping this up. Anyone have an answer to wolfie's question?
I recently came across mention of the Gunning Fog Index.
What do you reckon that is ??
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Apparently it was devised as an indicator of how difficult a passage of text is to read by giving it a score relating to the number of years of (US) education. But the formula is too simple-minded to assess all words properly, it seems. So nothing to do with weather (which I thought it might do before searching) :)