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Can you name the Name the Type of Natural Disaster of which each of the below was the worst in terms of number dead?
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darinh
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Below are the worst (in terms of estimated/exact lives lost) of different types of natural disasters in history. Name the type of disaster corresponding to each event.
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Number of Dead, Location
Type
100,000,000, Asia/Europe/Africa
500,000, present-day Bangladesh
830,000, China
15 to 43 million, China
2,500,000–3,700,000, China
56,000, Russia
1,746, Cameroon
2, France & Russia (separate events)
Number of Dead, Location
Type
4,000, Iran
30,000, Venezuela
1,300, Bangladesh
230,210, Southeast Asia
92,000, Indonesia
50,000, Peru
1,200-2,500, US
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Worst Natural Disasters In History Quiz
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carbon_rod
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Mar 28th, 2011 at 19:18 GMT
3 points
Need a better source, link is just to the start page of wikipedia.
tahitiwahini
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Mar 28th, 2011 at 19:56 GMT
1 point
Looks like this is the source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_natural_disasters Limnic Eruption is new to me.
darinh
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Mar 28th, 2011 at 19:58 GMT
2 points
yep that's the source...i'd probably take the meteor over any other option, seems like the quickest way to go.
adrian96
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Mar 28th, 2011 at 20:46 GMT
0 points
You forgot 'Africa'.
tahitiwahini
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Mar 28th, 2011 at 23:15 GMT
1 point
@darinh: yeah, given the choice... meteor is the way to go. Second choice would be tornado. Both are over pretty quickly in most cases. Famine seems just about the worst to me, although disease could be just as bad I suppose.
Riko
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Mar 29th, 2011 at 05:41 GMT
1 point
Why no avalanches or blizzards?
Patteroast
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Mar 29th, 2011 at 06:39 GMT
5 points
It might be a good idea to take answers like 'lake eruption' or maybe even 'suffocation' for limnic eruption, since it's a rather obscure term. Definitely keep it in the quiz though!
darinh
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Mar 29th, 2011 at 12:13 GMT
2 points
added those two, Riko - thanks...must've not been paying attention! "lake overturn" is the most common synonym for limbic eruption so that is included, Patteroast.
tahitiwahini
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Mar 29th, 2011 at 12:54 GMT
2 points
*Avalanche*
darinh
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Mar 29th, 2011 at 13:06 GMT
2 points
oops - fixed.
Niniane
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Mar 29th, 2011 at 20:55 GMT
5 points
Perhaps accept snowstorm for blizzard too. Out of interest, I'd also like to see the years for each event.
confused
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Mar 30th, 2011 at 00:08 GMT
3 points
Interesting game. Any chance you could take carbon dioxide for the limnic eruption? One of the few I actually knew and I just couldn't get there.
jefrunner
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Apr 8th, 2011 at 14:24 GMT
1 point
I'll third the request for more alternate answers for limnic eruption. I tried gas eruption, asphyxiation, suffocation, poison gas, and carbon dioxide, but just couldn't think of the right answer! I think that incident is something I learned about from Sporcle, though, so hooray for education.
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