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Rotary International 30 Questions

Do you know enough about Rotary to answer 30 Questions?

Rotary Awareness Month in January is a good time to find out how much you know-or don't know-about Rotary. Exercise your brain cells or challenge your fellow club members with the questions on this "exam." No peeking, please, but when you need the answers, go to answers page.

  1. What is the Rotary International theme for 2000-01?
  2. Who is the president of Rotary International for 2000-01?
  3. How many task forces has the RI president appointed for 2000-01?
  4. Who is the 2000-01 chairman of the Trustees of The Rotary Foundation of RI?
  5. Who is the president-elect of RI, whose term begins I July 2001?
  6. Who is the governor of your district for 2000-01?
  7. How many countries are now represented in Rotary International?
  8. In what year and in what city did Paul P. Harris launch the first Rotary club?
  9. Which club made Rotary "international," in 1910? (If you just know the country, that's fine, too.)
  10. Approximately how many Rotary clubs are there in the world? a) 19,000 b) 23,000 c) 29,500 d) 32,000
  11. Approximately how many Rotary club members are there worldwide? a) 1 million b) 1.2 million c) 1.5 million d) 2 million
  12. Which city has not been home to a Rotary club? a) Moscow, Russia b) Havana, Cuba c) Beijing, China d) Warsaw, Poland e) Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  13. In geographic terms, where did Rotary experience the greatest growth during the past year (1999-2000)?
  14. Is Rotary growing overall?
  15. What was the fundraising goal originally set by the PolioPlus Campaign, and how much was actually pledged and announced at the 1988 RI Convention?
  16. How many countries currently report cases of polio?
  17. What is the target date for the global eradication of polio?
  18. When is the next meeting of the RI Council on Legislation, and how often does that body meet?
  19. True or false: Attendance at the 2001 RI Convention in San Antonio, Texas, USA, will count as club attendance.
  20. Where will the 2002 RI Convention take place?
  21. The first contribution to The Rotary Foundation of RI, then called "The Rotary Endowment Fund," was made in 1918 by the Rotary Club of Kansas City, Mo., USA. What was the amount of that contribution? (Round it off if you like.)
  22. As of 30 June 2000 (the end of the most recent fiscal year), what were total contributions to the Foundation?
  23. What is the Permanent Fund?
  24. What is the Avoidable Blindness Initiative?
  25. What are the Four Avenues of Service?
  26. What's the name of the annual publication that lists the names, chief officers and meeting times and places of the world's Rotary clubs?
  27. Choose one: What is Interact? What is Rotaract? What is RYLA?
  28. Answer three: When is Literacy Month? New Generations Month? Vocational Service Month? Rotary Foundation Month? Rotary Awareness Month? Magazine Month?
  29. The 4-Way Test began in 1932 as a simple ethical yardstick. Who devised the test? (Extra credit if you can recite it.)
  30. Are individual Rotarians members of Rotary International?

 
   

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