Quiz: how well did you understand the podcast?
Listen to the podcast - then answer these questions
One of these words does NOT describe a strong wind. Which one?
- gale
- breeze
- storm
- hurricane
The Beaufort scale is used to describe how strongly the wind is blowing.
- True
- False
Michael Fish reads the news on TV.
- True
- False
Michael Fish always wore a dark grey business suit when he read the weather forecast.
- True
- False
The great storm killed 15 people.
- True
- False
The 1987 storm was the most violent storm to hit England for over 280 years.
- True
- False
Today you can still see the damage which the storm caused.
- True
- False
"Michael Fish has never been allowed to forget what he said on the weather forecast that night". Which of these sentences explains what this means?
- Michael Fish has forgotten what he said on the weather forecast.
- Michael Fish would like to forget what he said on the weather forecast, but other people keep reminding him.
- Michael Fish remembers what he said, but everyone else has forgotten.
The climate is changing - it is unlikely that there will be another storm as big as the 1987 storm again.
- True
- False
The Met Office thinks that it would not make the same mistake today.
- True
- False