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Q.1
The summer was hot and dry, which allowed the temperatures to ramp up significantly during the day. What is the only place in BC to be drop freezing in the morning, but rise above 30°C/86°F the same day?
Merritt
Princeton
Tatlayoko Lake
Trail
Q.2
The winter of 2017 was one of the coldest in BC since the 1980s. Despite the cold, these four places had the warmest afternoon temperatures in the BC interior in January, but which location was the only one to achieve an average daily maximum temperature above freezing during this month?
Lillooet
Lytton
Nelson
Tatlayoko Lake
Q.3
What caused the bulk of British Columbia's fire activity in 2017?
Lightning
Humans
Aliens
Mother-in-laws
Q.4
Which summer was the hottest on record in British Columba?
1958
1998
2007
2017
Q.5
Which statement is NOT true?
July 7th, 2017 saw 218 fires start, the most ever started in a single day in BC.
2017 was the most expensive fire season on record with over half a billion dollars spent fighting fire.
The three largest fires in 2017 burned more area than has ever burned province-wide in any other year.
2017 had fewer fires than average.
Q.6
With under 3,000 hectares burned province-wide, this was the least active fire season on record.
1957
1977
1997
2017
Q.7
Which statement about the Okanagan was NOT true in 2017?
The winter experienced below normal snowpack.
The spring was the wettest on record.
The summer was the driest on record.
The year saw the most fire activity on record.
Q.8
At over 520,000 hectares, this is the largest fire ever recorded in BC.
Elephant Hill Fire, started near Ashcroft on July 6th, 2017
Hanceville Riske Creek Fire, started on July 7th, 2017
Kech Fire, started on a tributary of the Liard River in 1958
Plateau Fire, started by lightning on July 7th, 2017
Q.9
What percentage of the Chilcotin Plateau burned in 2017?
Under 1%
5%
10%
Over 20%
Q.10
Which statement about the 2017 fire season is FALSE?
Over 1.2 million hectares burned in BC, surpassing the 1958 record of 855,000 hectares.
Over 855,000 hectares burned in the Cariboo Fire Centre in 2017.
If you remove the fires started on July 6-8, this was a below average fire season.
The Cariboo recorded over 360 fires in 2017, the most of any of the six fire centres in the province.
Q.11
This town was never the provincial hot spot in July of 2017.
Lytton
Nelson
Osoyoos
Nakusp
Q.12
This town was the provincial daily hot spot in 18 days in July (the next highest on the list was 5).
Ashcroft
Lytton
Osoyoos
Trail
Q.13
The smoke greatly reduced visibility for long periods of time in 2017. The previous record for number of hours with visibility under 10km in Kamloops was 87 hours (set in 2010). How many hours did this city record in 2017?
0
121
255
387
Q.14
The air quality index gives a scale of 1 to 3 for low health risk, 4-6 for moderate, 7-10 for high, and 11+ for very high risk. The poor air quality peaked in Kamloops on August 3rd, 2017. How high did the rating reach that day?
19
29
39
49
Q.15
Which town was NOT evacuated in 2017 due to forest fire?
100 Mile House
Anahim Lake
Barkerville
Williams Lake
Q.16
How did the 2017 wildfires impact BC's carbon emissions?
They were negligible (under 5% increase) because cars and mills run year-round.
They actually reduced BC's carbon footprint because much of the interior was shut down for two months.
They increased the province's carbon footprint by over 300%.
Climate change is a hoax.
Q.17
Which lake did NOT set the all time record high level in 2017?
Kalamalka
Okanagan
Osoyoos
All of the above set new records in 2017.
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