Understanding Lightning: A Quiz on Phenomena and Myths Quiz - Test Your Knowledge

the Crowcombe church spire was damaged by lightning in 1724 and the top has been planted in the churchyard ever since.

the Shanta Creek fire has burned over 13,000 acres (53 km2; 20 sq mi) on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula since it was started by lightning on June 29, 2009.

the Canadian documentary film Act of God investigates the metaphysical effects of being struck by lightning.

while James Howard was Mayor of Bedford in 1864, he entertained Giuseppe Garibaldi, who planted a Giant Sequoia that was later struck by lightning.

the 2000 Black Coaches Association Classic was postponed by an electrical storm during which lightning struck ESPN broadcaster Lee Corso's rental car.

Stephen's Tower in Baia Mare, Romania has had four fires in its history, three caused by lightning.

Alexander John Scott (pictured), Nelson's chaplain at Trafalgar, was once struck by lightning while asleep in his cabin.

sprites (pictured), large but very brief reddish forms of lightning that occur high over thunderstorms, were not photographed until 1989.

St George's Church, Little Thetford, is a 14th century Anglican church in the village of Little Thetford, Cambridgeshire, England, which was struck by lightning in 1886 and required extensive rebuilding.

Gospel music station WNUZ in Talladega, Alabama, has been off-the-air since its transmitter was destroyed by lightning.

Understanding Lightning: A Quiz on Phenomena and Myths

1 [44] It is sometimes associated with ________, but unlike lightning flashes, which last only a fraction of a second, ball lightning reportedly lasts many seconds.

2 Sprites were first photographed on July 6, 1989 by scientists from the ________ and have since been witnessed tens of thousands of times.

3 What role did Lightning play in the movie When Lightning Strikes?

4 The ________ god Indra is considered the God of rains and lightning and the king of the Devtas in Hindu mythology.

5 This initial phase involves a relatively small ________ (tens or hundreds of amperes), and the leader is almost invisible when compared with the subsequent lightning channel.

6 The name of ________'s most celebrated thoroughbred horse, Phar Lap, derives from the shared Zhuang and Thai word for lightning.

7 This compresses the surrounding clear air and creates a supersonic shock wave which decays to an ________ wave that is heard as thunder.

8 The ambient electric fields required for lightning leader propagation can be one or two ________ less than the electrical breakdown strength.

9 ________ are frequent conductors of lightning to the ground.

10 A particularly deadly lightning incident occurred in ________, Italy in 1769.

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