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Rotary Trivia Quiz

These 5 randomly selected questions are about Rotary International, the Foundation, or our district. See how much you know about your favorite organization. Click the radio button to reveal the answers ...

  1. The Council on Legislation meets every 3 years to deliberate and move on proposed resolutions and enactments submitted by:
    clubs
    district conferences
    the Conference of RI in Great Britain and Ireland
    The RI Board
    all of the above
    Honest, all of these are real entities that can submit proposed resolutions and enactments...  [ID:9]
  2. Who was the famous American who addressed the 1923 St. Louis convention, saying a club in every community would 'guarantee the tranquility and the forward march of the world?'
    Warren G. Harding
    John D. Rockefeller
    Woodrow Wilson
    Alfred P. Sloan
    The first head of state to address a Rotary convention was U.S. President Warren G. Harding in 1923 at St. Louis, only 42 days before he died (!)  [ID:29]
  3. Paul Harris is known as a tree planter extraordinaire, planting 'friendship trees' around the world. According to the Rotary Global History Fellowship, how many such ceremonial trees did Paul Harris plant?
    9
    27
    45
    70
    45 -- Of the 45 trees, 9 are in the USA, 4 in New Zealand, 2 are in Brazil, and most are still alive and growing.  [ID:55]
  4. As of 2017, what percentage of the world's young adults (ages 15-24) were literate?
    91%
    85%
    79%
    65%
    In 2017, The global literacy rate for all people aged 15 and above is 86.3%. The global literacy rate for all males is 90.0% and the rate for all females is 82.7%.  [ID:62]
  5. In 2019, Nigeria had not experienced a new case of polio in 3 years, leaving only 2 countries in the world that remain polio-endemic.
    India and Bangaladesh
    Pakistan and Afghanistan
    Sudan and Dakar
    Philippines and Myanmar
    In the year GPEI was launched, 1988, there were more than 350,000 cases of polio in 125 countries. As of 2019, only 2 remain polio-endemic: Pakistan and Afghanistan.  [ID:66]

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The Rotary Club of White Plains is Club 5043, District 7230, Zone 32, Region USCB, Federal tax ID 13-6111471. The "Foundation of the Rotary Club of White Plains" is tax exempt, New York State #219346, tax ID 13-6165380. The Rotary Club of White Plains was chartered October 1, 1919, charter number 540. Mailing address: P.O. Box 1712, White Plains NY 10602. Website created August 2001.
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