2004 Hurricane Season

Developed by: B. McNally

The 2004 Atlantic Hurricane Season was an active one, and it particularly affected me, being a resident of Florida. Test your knowledge of last year's hurricane season with my quiz.

Question 1: The season got off to a very late start. In which month did the first hurricane of the season, Hurricane Alex, form?

	July
	June
	October
	September
	August

Question 2: The second tropical system of the season, Tropical Storm Bonnie, was the first system to make landfall. In what state did Bonnie make landfall?

	Texas
	Florida
	Louisiana
	North Carolina
	Alabama

Question 3: Hurricane Charley was the first in a string of major hurricanes to hit Florida. What was it's rank on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale when it made landfall in the southwestern Florida peninsula?

	Category 4
	Category 5
	Category 1
	Category 3
	Category 2

Question 4: Not all of the tropical systems of the season affected land. Which of these tropical systems did NOT affect land?

	Danielle
	Hermine
	Matthew
	Jeanne
	Gaston

Question 5: In addition to the tropical storms and hurricanes, one subtropical storm formed. What was the name of that subtropical storm?

	Lisa
	Karl
	Nicole
	Otto
	Matthew

Question 6: Hurricane Frances was the second in a string of major hurricanes that hit Florida. What important location was heavily damaged by the hurricane?

	Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral
	Florida State Capitol, Tallahassee
	Walt Disney World, Orlando

Question 7: Hurricane Gaston was a minor Category 1 hurricane, in what state did it make landfall?

	Florida
	Massachusetts
	North Carolina
	Virginia
	South Carolina

Question 8: Hermine was the next on the list of tropical systems. It made landfall in Massachusetts. What intensity was it when it made landfall?

	It had dissipated when it made landfall
	Category 2 Hurricane
	Tropical Depression
	Tropical Storm
	Category 1 Hurricane

Question 9: Hurricane Ivan, the third in a series of hurricanes that wrecked Florida, devastated my hometown in Florida. Near what city in Florida did Hurricane Ivan make landfall?

	Tallahassee
	Jacksonville
	Tampa
	Pensacola
	Miami

Question 10: Hurricane Jeanne was by far the deadliest hurricane in the 2004 season. It was also the final in a series of hurricanes that devastated Florida. But Jeanne devastated this country far worse than it devastated Florida. What is the name of this country?

	US Virgin Islands
	British Virgin Islands
	Haiti
	Angola
	Cuba

Question 11: How many late season hurricanes (October or later) formed in the 2004 Atlantic Hurricane Season?

	2
	3
	1
	0
	4

Question 12: Hurricane Lisa formed in late September, which country did it affect?

	It is a trick question, it didn't affect land
	United States
	Bahamas
	Mexico
	Cuba

Question 13: The final tropical system of the season lasted until after the official end of the hurricane season on November 30. What was the name of the tropical system?

	Tropical Storm Shary
	Hurricane Paula
	Tropical Storm Otto
	Tropical Storm Walter
	Tropical Depression 13

Question 14: Due to the devastation of Hurricane Charley, the name will be retired in the 2010 hurricane season. What name will replace it?

	Colin
	Carlton
	Christopher
	Caleb
	Cain

Question 15: Due to the devastation of Hurricane Frances, the name is being retired for the 2010 hurricane season. What name will replace it?

	Freeman
	Fletcher
	Fiona
	Frank
	Francis, with an i

Question 16: Due to the devastation of Hurricane Ivan, the name is being retired for the 2010 hurricane season. What name will replace it?

	Irene
	Isidore
	Igor

Question 17: Due to the devastation of Hurricane Jeanne, the name will be retired for the 2004 hurricane season. What name will replace it?

	Jason
	Julius
	Julia
	Jack
	John

Question 18: In all, how many tropical systems (including tropical storms and non-major hurricanes) made landfall in Florida?

	5
	3
	2
	1
	4

Question 19: After Hurricane Ivan's main landfall in Florida, it's remnant low emerged over the Atlantic, travelled southward, crossed Florida, and reentered the Gulf of Mexico. In which state did the reformed Tropical Storm Ivan make landfall?

	Florida, again:(
	Louisiana
	Mississippi
	Alabama
	Texas

Question 20: Out of all of the tropical systems that formed, one never made it beyond tropical depression status. What number did this tropical depression have?

	12
	9
	10
	11
	8