ANAGRAMS
EBREZE
BREEZE
This is the formula of the area for which shape (the swept area of a turbine)
A=pi*R^2
Circle
Which historic structures, often found in the Netherlands, were traditionally built to pump water and grind grain, and are now iconic symbols of Dutch heritage?
Windmills
Which polite euphemism is commonly used to describe the act of passing gas?
Break wind
Which 2007 psychedelic pop song by MGMT includes the lyric “Ooh girl, shock me like an electric eel” and has often been used in pop culture alongside imagery of natural forces like wind and energy?
Electric Feel by MGMT (2007)
RTSOM
STORM
The rho (rho ) in
P=1/2*rho*A*v^3
Density
What traditional Chinese practice focuses on arranging living spaces to promote harmony, balance, and the flow of energy (qi)?
Feng shui
(Feng/风 means wind and shui/水 means water, so 风水 is meant to represent the fluid/flowing nature of qi/气）
What phrase describes the burst of renewed energy people often feel after initial fatigue, allowing them to keep going during exercise or long tasks?
For which 1939 film adaptation of Margaret Mitchell’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel did Hattie McDaniel win an Oscar, becoming the first African American to do so?
Gone with the Wind
LWINDIHRW
WHIRLWIND
For tip-speed ratio ( lambda ), it's omega ( omega )
lambda=(R*omega)/v
Angular velocity
Boreas was one of this many members of the Anemoi, the Greek gods of the winds?
Four
Which idiom means to engage in casual, lighthearted conversation without any serious purpose?
Shoot the breeze
Which 1996 disaster film follows storm chasers, played by Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton, as they risk their lives to study tornadoes with a research device called DOROTHY?
YLECNCO
CYCLONE
It's eta ( eta )!
eta=P_(actual)/P_(max)
Efficiency
In Himalayan culture, which colorful items are strung across mountain passes and believed to spread blessings as the wind carries them?
Prayer flags
Which nautical expression, originally referring to a ship’s sails being loose and flapping, has come to mean someone is very drunk?
Three sheets to the wind
Which 1975 protest song by Bob Dylan tells the story of boxer Rubin Carter, who was wrongfully imprisoned for murder, and became an anthem against racial injustice?
QUESTION
Despite popular belief that its nickname refers to breezy weather, which Midwestern city was dubbed “The Windy City” in the late 19th century as a jab at its long-winded politicians and boosters promoting the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition?
EHPZRY
ZEPHYR
It's C_L and C_D in
F_L=1/2*rho*v^2*A*C_L
F_D=1/2*rho*v^2*A*C_D
Lift coefficient and drag coefficient
Which Romantic-era poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley begins with the famous line “O wild [blank], thou breath of Autumn’s being” and praises the power of nature’s forces?
Ode to the West Wind
Originating in the 19th century and still used today, which colorful idiom describes an exaggerated reaction to a minor problem—essentially making a storm out of something small and contained?
Tempest in a teapot/storm in a teacup
Originally written in 1973 as a tribute to Marilyn Monroe and later rewritten in 1997 to honor Princess Diana, which Elton John ballad begins with the famous line “Goodbye, Norma Jean”?
Candle in the Wind
ANSWER
Chicago