Author Topic: NZLWN Quiz (Read 75073 times)

Rwood · « **Reply #100 on:** October 11, 2012, 09:13:42 PM »

My guess is based on (sort of) recalling an entry in a very old Guinness Book of Records, so it's probably out of date by now - record highest reading being a pressure of 1083.8 (or near to that) somewhere in Siberia - no idea of place or date.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.

gabba · « **Reply #101 on:** October 15, 2012, 09:10:42 PM »

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?

gabba · « **Reply #102 on:** October 16, 2012, 08:03:10 PM »

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

Deano · « **Reply #103 on:** October 16, 2012, 08:28:56 PM »

Camelot

Rwood · « **Reply #104 on:** October 16, 2012, 08:33:09 PM »

Yes, so would I - I recall fancying all of her (so to speak) as a teenager. Also liked Sandra Dee.

gabba · « **Reply #105 on:** October 16, 2012, 10:44:21 PM »

Well done Deano!

gabba · « **Reply #106 on:** October 17, 2012, 09:28:52 PM »

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

Rwood · « **Reply #107 on:** October 17, 2012, 10:11:58 PM »

(a) Everly Bros (e) Doors (f) Split Enz (i) Many artists

OhauitiWeather · « **Reply #108 on:** October 18, 2012, 01:43:30 AM »

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.

TokWW · « **Reply #109 on:** October 18, 2012, 07:08:19 AM »

Very impressive!!

gabba · « **Reply #110 on:** October 18, 2012, 07:55:19 PM »

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?

OhauitiWeather · « **Reply #111 on:** October 18, 2012, 08:37:05 PM »

Thanks Gabba. I almost made the same mistake until wifey corrected me.

beteljuice · « **Reply #112 on:** October 19, 2012, 03:51:26 AM »

"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

... and just for 'fun': http://www.nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/

gabba · « **Reply #113 on:** May 19, 2014, 11:13:04 PM »

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