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Quiz about Disaster Disaster
Quiz about Disaster Disaster

Disaster! Disaster! Trivia Quiz


You are a survivor! You have lived through one disaster after another. Can you identify exactly which ones you survived?

A multiple-choice quiz by Saleo. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Saleo
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
355,809
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Very Easy
Avg Score
10 / 10
Plays
1944
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 38 (10/10), RedRobin7 (10/10), Guest 67 (9/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. You feel the ground shake beneath your feet. You see a flood of citizens on the street. There are buildings falling but no water. On the news you hear the words Richter, epicenter and magnitude being mentioned a lot.

But you survived this. What disaster have you survived?
Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. You are on a journey to some far away land. Suddenly you feel a jerk and realised you have stopped moving. The crew run around advising everyone to wear a life jacket and to move towards a life boat.

But you survived this. What disaster have you survived?
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Question 3 of 10
3. You see water everywhere. You hear somebody say a dam broke. Cars and houses float away.

But you survived this. What disaster have you survived?
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Question 4 of 10
4. You have been hearing warnings all day on the TV. You look out of the window and see a funnel shaped structure starting to take form. Somebody mentioned a Fujita scale. And then you run to seek shelter underground.

But you survived this. What disaster have you survived?
Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. You see almost everybody you know run into the streets wearing masks. Then you go out too. On the opposite side, you see an army of police men march towards you and throw some kind of canisters at you. The people you are walking with keep chanting something in unison, while holding banners. The police then begin to restrain people and the people around you become violent themselves and start to vandalize things. You hear war cries and breaking glass, then you run and hide.

But you survived this. What disaster have you survived?
Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. You look outside your window and see a huge cloud of smoke rising from the direction of the dense woods that are in close proximity to where you live. By the end of the day, your house and neighborhood are in ashes and a lot of water is being sprayed around.

But you survived this. What disaster have you survived?
Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. You drive into the parking space of an office building. You return after a while to see paramedics take people away on stretchers and the parking structure surrounded by police. You look for your car and see it lying under a huge pile of concrete and debris. You are sure you did not feel the ground shake or hear any explosion.

But you survived this. What disaster have you survived?
Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. This disaster has been developing over the past few days. You hear the word 'quarantine' being used a lot and the daily death toll rises, on a global scale. You see a lot of people covering their faces with green masks. They say some microscopic organism is involved in this disaster.

But you survived this. What disaster have you survived?
Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. You haven't left the house in three, whole, long days. The temperature outside is -10°C. The wind is blowing at 65 km/hour and it is snowing heavily. You can't see anything outside the window. The death toll in your city is rising as the temperature sinks lower and everything is buried under snow and ice.

But you survived this. What disaster have you survived?
Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. You hear cries of hunger ringing throughout your city. People walk like lifeless zombies on the streets. Stores remain closed as there is nothing to sell. You hear that many of the people around you died out of starvation and malnutrition.

But you survived this. What disaster have you survived?
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. You feel the ground shake beneath your feet. You see a flood of citizens on the street. There are buildings falling but no water. On the news you hear the words Richter, epicenter and magnitude being mentioned a lot. But you survived this. What disaster have you survived?

Answer: Earthquake

An earthquake is a natural disaster which is characterised by the shaking of the ground due to seismic waves caused by the shifting or breaking of large sections (tectonic plates) of the Earth's outermost crust. Earthquakes cause widespread destruction and can lead to fires, floods and human chaos.
2. You are on a journey to some far away land. Suddenly you feel a jerk and realised you have stopped moving. The crew run around advising everyone to wear a life jacket and to move towards a life boat. But you survived this. What disaster have you survived?

Answer: Shipwreck

This question must have immediately reminded you of a certain movie called 'Titanic'! Yes, the Titanic, as shown in the 1997 movie, is one of the most famous shipwrecks in history. There can be a number of causes of a shipwreck like a collision with an iceberg, bad weather or even improper engineering of the ship.
3. You see water everywhere. You hear somebody say a dam broke. Cars and houses float away. But you survived this. What disaster have you survived?

Answer: Flood

A flood is an inflow of excess water that submerges all the land in the direction of its flow. A flood may be caused by a number of causes like dam breakage, a tsunami, excessive precipitation or by winds that blow with a strong force as occurs in a cyclone or hurricane. Floods cause widespread damage to human life and other structures like buildings and houses.
4. You have been hearing warnings all day on the TV. You look out of the window and see a funnel shaped structure starting to take form. Somebody mentioned a Fujita scale. And then you run to seek shelter underground. But you survived this. What disaster have you survived?

Answer: Tornado

A tornado is a rapidly moving column of air that causes widespread destruction along its path of movement due to high velocity wind and flying debris. Damage caused by tornadoes can be measured using the Fujita scale. The Pulse-Doppler radar is used as a tornado warning.
5. You see almost everybody you know run into the streets wearing masks. Then you go out too. On the opposite side, you see an army of police men march towards you and throw some kind of canisters at you. The people you are walking with keep chanting something in unison, while holding banners. The police then begin to restrain people and the people around you become violent themselves and start to vandalize things. You hear war cries and breaking glass, then you run and hide. But you survived this. What disaster have you survived?

Answer: Riot

A riot is a type of man made disaster in which, due to social unrest, a large number of people engage in violent attacks against some authority, power or property. There are different types of riots like a prison riot or a race riot. Riots are known to cause widespread injury and sometimes fatalities are very high.
6. You look outside your window and see a huge cloud of smoke rising from the direction of the dense woods that are in close proximity to where you live. By the end of the day, your house and neighborhood are in ashes and a lot of water is being sprayed around. But you survived this. What disaster have you survived?

Answer: Forest fire

A forest fire or a wildfire is a phenomenon of combustion of a large area of land, usually dense vegetation, which spreads at a rapid and uncontrollable rate. There are many causes of such a disaster like lightning, spontaneous combustion and even human causes like cigarettes, bonfires and power lines. Fires cause damage to nature, property and endangers human life.
7. You drive into the parking space of an office building. You return after a while to see paramedics take people away on stretchers and the parking structure surrounded by police. You look for your car and see it lying under a huge pile of concrete and debris. You are sure you did not feel the ground shake or hear any explosion. But you survived this. What disaster have you survived?

Answer: Collapse of a structure

Collapse of any structure can occur due to improper engineering and construction. Tall buildings, bridges, power lines and towers and even dams have been recorded to have collapsed in history. It poses a danger to human life and property. It is also called structural failure.
8. This disaster has been developing over the past few days. You hear the word 'quarantine' being used a lot and the daily death toll rises, on a global scale. You see a lot of people covering their faces with green masks. They say some microscopic organism is involved in this disaster. But you survived this. What disaster have you survived?

Answer: Pandemic

A pandemic is the spread of an infectious disease over a large number of people, usually across a number of countries or continents. Pandemics cause widespread unrest among people. Pandemics that have occured in history involved diseases like HIV, cholera, small pox and influenza, to name a few.
9. You haven't left the house in three, whole, long days. The temperature outside is -10°C. The wind is blowing at 65 km/hour and it is snowing heavily. You can't see anything outside the window. The death toll in your city is rising as the temperature sinks lower and everything is buried under snow and ice. But you survived this. What disaster have you survived?

Answer: Blizzard

A blizzard is an extreme condition in which the temperature drops to a very low point and storm winds blow at speeds above 56km/hour, for a significant amount of time. Deaths have been recorded in blizzard such as in the Iran blizzard of 1972 in which almost 4,000 lives were lost.
10. You hear cries of hunger ringing throughout your city. People walk like lifeless zombies on the streets. Stores remain closed as there is nothing to sell. You hear that many of the people around you died out of starvation and malnutrition. But you survived this. What disaster have you survived?

Answer: Famine

A famine is the phenomenon in which there is extreme scarcity of food. There are many causes of famines like reduction in food and agricultural supply and it can also occur due to government policy. Famines cause widespread malnutrition, inanition and hunger. It can cause spread of diseases and public panic.
Source: Author Saleo

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