Pop Culture Playback
This 2007 sitcom, features an office setting with quirky characters like Toby Flenderson.
What is The Office?
This planet is the closest to the sun.
What is Mercury?
The most eccentric weather professor, also a self-proclaimed world-class sailor.
Who is Dr. Herbster?
This river is the longest in the United States and flows through states like North Dakota and South Dakota.
What is the Missouri River?
This type of cloud is typically associated with fair weather and is characterized by fluffy, white, puffy appearances.
What are cumulus humilis?
This 2001 animated movie directed by Pixar tells the story of a young clownfish, who is captured and must be rescued by his father
What is Finding Nemo?
This U.S. state is known for its potatoes and is called the "Gem State."
What is Idaho?
Making students cry is a pastime, but being an air force meteorologist is a specialty.
Who is Professor Schaum?
This country, located in northern Africa, is home to the Sahara Desert and the ancient city of Cairo.
What is Egypt?
This phenomenon occurs when warm ocean water in the East Pacific Ocean leads to altered weather patterns, including increased rainfall and storms.
What is El Niño?
This 2005 animated film, directed by Tim Burton, follows a man named Victor who accidentally proposes to a deceased woman while rehearsing his marriage proposal.
What is Corpse Bride?
This continent is home to both the Sahara Desert and the Nile River.
What is Africa?
The class where dreams go to die for meteorologists and pilots alike.
What is WX301?
This mountain range, known for the Matterhorn and Mont Blanc, stretches across Europe and forms a natural border between Italy and Switzerland.
What are the Alps?
This atmospheric phenomenon occurs when cooler air is trapped below warm air, often causing fog or pollution to build up and reducing visibility.
What is a temperature inversion?
This 2016 film, stars Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling as an aspiring actress and a jazz musician who struggle to balance their dreams and relationships in Los Angeles.
What is La La Land?
This dwarf planet was once considered the ninth planet in our solar system before being reclassified in 2006.
What is Pluto?
This (OG) storm chaser has miraculously never faced a legal issue in all their endeavors (as far as we know).
Who is Dr. Milrad?
This large island country is located off the southeastern coast of Africa, known for its unique wildlife, including lemurs.
What is Madagascar?
This wind pattern, blowing from the east to the west, is found in the tropics and is responsible for driving tropical weather systems.
What are trade winds?
In this 2010 film, Leonardo DiCaprio plays a thief who specializes in stealing secrets from people's subconscious through dreams.
What is Inception?
This element, atomic number 79, is known for its color and has been used for coinage and jewelry for thousands of years.
What is gold?
Who is Dr. Wadler?
This U.S. state has the highest number of active volcanoes and is home to Denali, the tallest peak in North America.
What is Alaska?
This weather event, which is typically associated with the rapid development of severe thunderstorms, occurs when a large mass of warm air is lifted quickly by a cold front, often producing violent wind shifts and tornadoes.
What is a squall line?