The 2000s
The deadliest natural disaster of the 2000s happened on Boxing Day in 2004, claiming over 200,000 people, and was this, usually spawned from earthquakes.
What is a tsunami?
Paris
Turin
Madrid
What is Turin?
A small group of powerful people are considered this (5 letters)
What is elite?
Men and women alike, make sure you're watching this storage of money at all times, especially if you are travelling abroad!
What is a wallet?
Another term to refer to a tornado, this alternative name lent itself to a very famous action film.
What is a twister?
Valentine's Day of 2005 was a landmark day for online videos, as it marked the inaugural day of this now-famous platform.
What is YouTube?
Wellington
Moscow
Rio de Janiero
What is Rio de Janiero?
A term sometimes used to convey surprise or shock (4 letters)
What is egad?
First seen in 1971, these short guys would be really good at assisting with chocolate making and also dancing and singing.
Who are the Oompa-Loompas?
When a tornado has not touched down, it is considered one of these often visual, but not always, precursors to them.
What is a funnel cloud?
The discovery of Eris in 2006 led to the official redefining of the term planet and changed the classifications of many objects, most notably the demotion of this object.
What is Pluto?
Brussels
Zurich
Lisbon
What is Zurich?
A popular trick-taking card game (6 letters)
What is Euchre?
In popular culture, the planet Venus is often considered a real-life version of this folkloric place, due to its scorching temperatures and sulfurous composition.
What is hell?
The term for multiple tornadoes spawning from the same system, the 1974 "Super" variant was considered revolutionary for the science of tornadoes and accurately predicting them.
What is an outbreak?
The Stanley Cup victory of this NHL team in 2004 ended 9 consecutive seasons of one of Dallas, New Jersey, Colorado and Detroit winning. They have since won two more Cups in 2020 and 2021.
Who are the Tampa Bay Lightning?
Buenos Aires
Sao Paulo
Bogota
What is Sao Paulo?
A process used to disassociate chemical compounds via electricity (12 letters)
What is electrolysis?
If you are deemed to have these, you're probably dropping too many things - maybe wear some gloves in that case!
What is butterfingers?
The US has over 1000 tornadoes per year spawning, and this state is considered the most prone out of all of them.
What is Texas?
Although initially opening on June 10th 2000, unforeseen design flaws leading to Londoners coining it the "Wobbly Bridge" caused its closure two days later for almost two years worth of repairs.
What is the Millennium Bridge?
Nairobi
Cape Town
Casablanca
What is Casablanca?
What is earthshine or earthlight?
Stay away from super attractive women perhaps - it could be one of these female demonic creatures, which shapeshifts into them to drain life force.
What is a succubus?
DAILY DOUBLE
The first ever documented F5 tornado in Canada was seen on June 22nd, 2007 in Elie in this Canadian province, and was the last ever recorded before the change to the EF scale.
What is Manitoba?