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100

In what 2021 movie did two astronomers attempt to warn humanity about a comet that will destroy earth.

What is Don’t Look Up?

100

The year the first NOAA satellite launched.

What is 1975?

100

The United States Naval Academy was founded in 1845 in this Maryland city.

What is Annapolis?

100

In this year Microsoft Azure entered the market.

What is 2010?

100

The human body contains this many bones.

What is 206?

200

In the 1996 Action Movie “Twister”, what was the name of the tornado instrument used by Jo and Bill Harding to study the inside of the funnel.

What is Dorothy?

200

This former NOAA administrator was also an astronaut.

Kathryn Sullivan

200

The better known name of the “Naval Support Facility Thurmont” in Maryland’s Catoctin Mountain Park.

What is Camp David?

200

This company launched the first commercial cloud product.

What is Amazon Web Services?

200

One of the most influential music producers of the 21st century hails from Virginia Beach.

Who is Pharrell Williams?

300

In what 2004 hit movie did a group of kids seek shelter in the NYPL during a disastrous storm that only lasts two days.

What is The Day After Tomorrow?

300

Before NOAA the Weather Bureau was founded in.

What is 1870?

300

DC’s very own sweet and spicy sauce.

What is Mumbo Sauce?

300

This company was the first to offer Software as a Service over the internet.

What is Salesforce?

300

This bird can fly backwards.

What is a hummingbird?

400

In what 2024 reboot will Helen Hunt be Reprising her role as Dr. Jo Harding.

What is the movie Twisters?

400

This animal is represented in the NOAA logo since the design was chosen in 1971.

What is a gull (seabird)?

400

The Washington Commanders name has been around since 2020, it had a different one when it was first founded in 1932.

What is the Boston Braves?

400

This agile term originated from the British sport rugby.

What is Scrum?

400

This famous composer is only known for one opera, Fidelio.

What is Beethoven?

500

In what 1998 Hollywood “flop” did Sean Connery discover a way to harness the weather and utilize it as a weapon against London and the world at large.

What is the movie The Avengers.

500

In 1982, NESDIS was formed with the merger of these two offices.

What is National Earth Satellite Service (NESS) and the Environmental Data Service?

500

This famous musician was influenced by shows at the 9:30 Club and grew up in Springfield, VA.

Who is Dave Grohl?

500

This cloud computing model provides a flexible environment for developers to build, test, deploy, and manage applications.

What is Platform as a Service?

500

This 1913 children’s book was turned into a heartwarming Disney movie in 1960.

What is Pollyanna?