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NWS Hydrology Trivia!


Part 1 â€“ Significant Years
Part 2 â€“ People
Part 3 â€“ Places/Offices
Part 4 â€“ Hodgepodge

  1. Name the man who has the distinction of having served as Regional Hydrologist in three regions.

    (a) Glenn Audsley
    (b) Robert Clark
    (c) John McCallister
    (d) Allen Pearson
    (e) Henry Rockwood

  2. Name the three employees that wrote the textbook "Applied Hydrology".

    (a) John McCallister, Archie Kahan, and Walt Sittner
    (b) Ray K. Linsley, Jr., Joseph L. H. Paulhus, and Max A. Kohler
    (c) Max A. Kohler, Merrill Bernard, and Archie Kahan
    (d) Ray K. Linsley, Jr, Merrill Bernard and John McCallister
    (e) Verne Alexander, Phillip Light and Ray K. Linsley

  3. The same three employees also published the textbook "Hydrology for Engineers" in 1959. Name the weather bureau employee to whom the book is dedicated.

    (a) Merrill Bernard
    (b) Verne Alexander
    (c) William Hiatt
    (d) Max Kohler
    (e) Roy Lundquist

  4. Name the person who led the PROTEUS project.

    (a) Dave Smith
    (b) Dave Reed
    (c) Dale Lillie
    (d) Danny Fread

  5. Name the National Weather Service employee who developed the NWS DAMBRK model.

    (a) Eric Anderson
    (b) Janice Lewis
    (c) Danny Fread
    (d) Richard Farnsworth

  6. Name the last person to serve as Region Hydrologist for Central Region.

    (a) Lee W. Larson
    (b) Glenn Audsley
    (c) Ken King
    (d) Herman Mondschein

  7. Name the last person to serve as Regional Hydrologist for Southern Region.

    (a) Dave Smith
    (b) Jerry Nunn
    (c) Dave Morris
    (d) Glenn Audsley

  8. Name the person who was head of the U.S. Weather Bureau’s Hydrology Program at national headquarters in the 1940s.

    (a) Merrill Bernard
    (b) Verne Alexander
    (c) William Hiatt
    (d) Max Kohler
    (e) Roy Lundquist

  9. A new hydrology award was created in 2006 and named after Gregg B. Rishel; who was the first recipient of this award?

    (a) Steven Bays
    (b) Dave Brandon
    (c) Don Laurine
    (d) Harold Opitz

  10. Name the first boss of the National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center.

    (a) Don Cline
    (b) Tom Carroll
    (c) Milan Allen
    (d) Andy Rost