This handsome Storm Duds umbrella awaits the winner of today’s quiz.This handsome Storm Duds umbrella awaits the winner of today’s quiz.

Keep dry with quiz on campus climate

To help celebrate the University of Windsor’s 50th anniversary, the University Bookstore is offering DailyNews readers opportunities to demonstrate their knowledge of the institution and its history.

Today’s quiz, the 16th in a series, offers one lucky winner a sporty umbrella bearing the UWindsor logo. In Lancer blue and gold and boasting a 48-inch coverage area, this item is also available for purchase from the Bookstore kiosk in the CAW Student Centre at a cost of just $15.95.

To enter, simply answer each of the questions on Windsor weather. The winner will be selected at random from all correct responses received by 4 p.m. Tuesday, October 22.

  1. According to Environment Canada, the highest temperature in Windsor was recorded in what month?
    a) June 1988
    b) July 1994
    c) August 2006
    d) September 2013
     
  2. According to Environment Canada, Windsor is Canada’s capital for which weather phenomenon?
    a) hail
    b) lightning
    c) smog
    d) windstorms
     
  3. Disasters caused 17 deaths in 1946 and nine deaths in 1974, helping Windsor earn a reputation as the Canadian terminus of which thoroughfare?
    a) Blizzard Boulevard
    b) Heat Wave Corridor
    c) Thunderstorm Highway
    d) Tornado Alley

Contest is open to all readers of the DailyNews. Send an e-mail with your responses touofwnews@uwindsor.ca. One entry per contestant, please. Note: the decision of the judge in determining the most correct response is inviolable.

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