Disastrous Music Trivia Quiz

Answer: Volcano

Indonesia is the site of the deadliest volcano on record. Tambora erupted in 1815, leading to an estimated 92,000 deaths, most of which resulted from starvation. Indonesian eruptions have accounted for over 67 percent of all deaths resulting from volcanic eruptions since 1600.

Answer: Hugo

Monserrat, one of the Leeward Islands in the Caribean, was hit by Hurricane Hugo, a category 4 hurricane, in 1989. Losses to Dominica, Montserrat, Antigua-Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, and St. Kitt Nevis were estimated at $365 million in US dollars. Profits from this album went to the Montserrat Relief Fund.

Answer: Rock You Like A Hurricane

The Scorpions were founded in 1965 by Rudolph Schenker. He lists some of his earliest influences as The Yardbirds, Spooky Tooth, and Pretty Things, who were at the time considered hard rockers.

Answer: Tracy Lawrence

A category F5 tornado contains the most violent winds on earth, approaching 300 mph. Tornados can also exceed a mile in width and travel more than 100 miles. Oklahoma and Kansas sit in the middle of Tornado Alley and are often the hardest hit each year.

Answer: landslide

Although landslides are primarily the result of gravitional pull on over-steepened slopes they can also be a secondary result of a previous disaster such as an earthquake, volcano, erosion, heavy rains, etc.

Answer: Michael Martin Murphey

Wildfires can start by simple heat from the sun, lightning strike, or a small spark in areas of very dry vegetation, though most are a result of human carelessness. Wildfires consume an average of 5 million acres per year in the U.S.

Answer: Stevie Ray Vaughn

China has a particularly harsh history with floods. The Hwang Ho, or "Yellow River", has killed more people than any other river in the world. Flooding in 1887 killed more than 2 million people, in 1931 killed almost 4 million, and in 1938 almost one million. The three thousand mile long river has been called "China's Sorrow".

Answer: Aaron Carter

The largest earthquake in the 20th century occurred in Chile on May 22, 1960. This earthquake along the Peru-Chile trench, that reportedly registered a 9.5 on the Richter scale, caused a devastating tsunami that brought destruction as far as Hawaii and Japan. An estimated 2,200 people lost their lives.

Answer: Blizzard

The Blizzard of 1888 is the most famous blizzard in U.S. history. Called the "Great White Hurricane", it isolated the northeast, grounded two hundred ships, and claimed over 400 lives.

Answer: knock on wood

Lightning facts from NOAA:
There are 50-100 lightning strikes each second world-wide.
Most lightning strikes deliver 100 million volts and 10,000 amps.
Radars have detected lightning crawlers over 75 miles long.
Under good visual conditions, lightning can be seen 100 miles away.