15 Pop Culture Trivia Questions About Hurricanes

The wrath of Hurricane Irene is about to hit us here in New York City, and we’re all soon to lose power. Before that happens, here’s some fun pop culture trivia about hurricanes and thunderstorms for you to enjoy- or to print out and quiz whomever you’re holed up with as you ride out the expected blackout:

 

1) Who beat out Denzel Washington’s performance in “The Hurricane” to win the Oscar Award for Best Actor in the year 2000?

2) Which Massachusetts town served as George Clooney’s home port in “The Perfect Storm?”

3) How many Jigowatts are there in a bolt of lightning?

4) What is Garth Brooks’ hit song about a major storm?

5) Which movie about extreme weather earned Al Gore an Oscar?

6) In which movie does Gene Hackman save the day after a hurricane’s wave capsizes a boat?

7) In which movie does Morgan Freeman ambush Christian Slater’s armored truck in a hurricane?

8 ) What was that 2004 Dennis Quaid movie about New York getting walloped by a hurricane-like “superstorm” which freezes everything in sight?

9) Lasting just 1 season, which 2005 ABC sci-fi series depicted the aftermath of a hurricane in which water-based creatures infiltrate a small Florida town?

10) What is the main alcoholic ingredient in a Hurricane?

11) The Carolina Hurricanes are the only major pro sports team to play in which US city?

12) In which 2008 John Cusack movie are people stranded by a hurricane in a Nevada motel, and then start dying out of nowhere?

13) In which boat does Jonny Depp sail through several hurricanes in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” series?

14) In which movie does Alec Baldwin need to jump from a helicopter in a monsoon to rendezvous with a submarine?

15) In which dark comedy are Christopher Lloyd, Madeline Kahn and others trapped inside a mansion by a hurricane, while a murder runs loose among them?

 

You can also check out our list of 50 ways to entertain yourselves with no power. Before that happens, though, stay atop of Irene by following the Twitter feed of TrivWorks “Special Host” Pat Kiernan (@PatKiernan), New York City’s #1 resource for news, weather and pop culture trivia!

Enjoy- and stay safe!

 

ANSWERS:

1) Kevin Spacey (“American Beauty”)

2) Gloucester

3) 1.21

4) “The Thunder Rolls”

5) “An Inconvenient Truth”

6) “The Poseidon Adventure”

7) “Hard Rain”

8 ) “The Day After Tomorrow”

9) “Invasion”

10) Rum

11) Raleigh, NC

12) “Identity”

13) The Black Pearl

14) “The Hunt for Red October”

15) “Clue”