1. Weather Bingo!
Answer the following questions by selecting the correct answer from the grid below.

2. Question 1
Q - All BBC Weather presenters on national television are Broadcast Meteorologists. How many weather presenters are there in the UK?

3. Question 2
Q - How many broadcasts does BBC Weather produce in a 24-hour period?

4. Question 3
Q - On how many media platforms (programmes, channels, services) does BBC Weather broadcast?

5. Question 4
Q - In which year was the first "in vision" weather forecast on the BBC?

6. Question 5
Q - In which year did the BBC broadcast the first radio weather bulletin to the public?

7. Question 6
Q - In which year was the British Meteorological Office (now the Met Office) founded?

8. Question 7
Q - On the equator, how many hours of daylight are there?

9. Question 8
Q - On the equator, how many hours of darkness are there?

10. Question 9
Q - The strongest gust of wind ever reported on Earth was at Mount Washington in New Hampshire, USA, on 12 April How fast was it (in miles per hour)?

11. Question 10
Q - How far can lightning bolts travel (in miles)?

12. Question 11
Q - The heaviest hailstones on record weighed in at over two pounds (one kilogram). They fell in Gopalganj, Bangladesh, on 14 April In the UK, such large hailstones do not occur, but some fairly large hailstones fell in Horsham, West Sussex, on 5 September How big were they (in grams)?

13. Answers!

14. Question 1
Q - All BBC Weather presenters on national television are Broadcast Meteorologists. How many weather presenters are there in the UK? A - 60 (there are between 60 and 70)

15. Question 2
Q - How many broadcasts does BBC Weather produce in a 24-hour period? A (the average number of weather broadcasts produced at BBC Television Centre, London)

16. Question 3
Q - On how many media platforms (programmes, channels, services) does BBC Weather broadcast? A - 19, including mobile phones and Ceefax

17. Question 4
Q - In which year was the first "in vision" weather forecast on the BBC? A

18. Question 5
Q - In which year did the BBC broadcast the first radio weather bulletin to the public? A

19. Question 6
Q - In which year was the British Meteorological Office (now the Met Office) founded? A

20. Question 7
Q - On the equator, how many hours of daylight are there? A - 12

21. Question 8
Q - On the equator, how many hours of darkness are there? A - 12

22. Question 9
Q - The strongest gust of wind ever reported on Earth was at Mount Washington in New Hampshire, USA, on 12 April How fast was it (in miles per hour)?
A - 231

23. Question 10
Q - How far can lightning bolts travel (in miles)? A - 60

24. Question 11
Q - The heaviest hailstones on record weighed in at over two pounds (one kilogram). They fell in Gopalganj, Bangladesh, on 14 April In the UK, such large hailstones do not occur, but some fairly large hailstones fell in Horsham, West Sussex, on 5 September How big were they (in grams)? A - 142

25. Tie-breaker question, if needed:
Q - On which media platform will you NOT find a BBC Weather forecast?

26. Tie-breaker question, if needed:
Q - On which media platform will you NOT find a BBC Weather forecast? A - Newspapers