Charitable/Rights Organizations Trivia

1. The Australian Wildlife Conservancy was founded in what year?

From Quiz Australian Wildlife Conservancy

Answer: 1991

Founded in 1991, the Australian Wildlife Conservancy celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2021. The aim of the Australian Wildlife Conservancy is to deliver effective, science-informed conservation of threatened wildlife in Australia.

From Quiz Light a Candle

Answer: Amnesty International

Lawyer Peter Benenson saw a newspaper report of two Portuguese men sentenced to a lengthy gaol term for the seemingly insignificant crime of making a toast to liberty. In a country ruled by an authoritarian government, speaking out against the government could make one a prisoner of conscience. Peter Benenson began working with his friend Eric Baker who was already involved with the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. The outrage felt by Benenson and Baker garnered support and a permanent organisation swiftly evolved and grew, gaining members and support from all sides of British politics. September of 1962 saw the organisation call itself Amnesty International and their work carries on into the 21st century. Membership in Amnesty International grew to 200,000 by 1979 and to over three million people in 150 countries by the 1990s. Their goal is for everyone to live in world where the rights embodied in the 'Universal Declaration of Human Rights' are enjoyed by all. The organisation's work saw it win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1978. Amnesty International's logo, a candle and barbed wire, was inspired by a Chinese proverb. 'It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.'

From Quiz All The Lonely People

Answer: Cancer

Alexandra "Alex" Scott was four years old in 2000 when she contracted cancer. As a result she set her sights on putting together a lemonade stand, in her hometown of West Hartford, to raise money for research into childhood cancer. She raised $2,000 with her first attempt. The following year she set up the stand again and so started a tradition. When she moved with her family to Pennsylvania for further treatment the tradition went with her. Sadly, in 2004, at the tender age of eight years Alex succumbed to her disease. Her tradition, however, has continued and is now carried on as "Lemonade Days". This is a coordinated event that occurs across the USA on the same weekend that Alex established her first lemonade stand. Funds raised are put towards research, expediting cures, education and raising awareness of childhood cancer causes.

From Quiz Lions Clubs International

Answer: 1,300,000

There are around 1.3 million members in 205 countries around the world. Members work in their communities to provide assistance to those in need, and fundraise for various causes.

From Quiz The McGrath Foundation

Answer: Cricket

Glenn McGrath played cricket for Australia between 1993 and 2007 as a fast-medium pace bowler and was part of the success of the Australian cricket team in the mid 1990s to early 2000s. McGrath was one of the most economical fast bowlers of his time. He met his wife-to-be, Jane, in a Hong Kong nightclub when Jane was working as a flight attendant for Virgin Atlantic Airways.

From Quiz Not for Money, but for Love 2: Specific Charities

Answer: Rice

Freerice.com is a great place to build your vocabulary (perhaps for the FunTrivia Word Wizard Quiz!) while doing something good for others. Just make sure you turn off any ad-blocking software before you visit - the rice is paid for by ads!

From Quiz Not for Money, but for Love: Global Charities

Answer: UNICEF

UNICEF trick-or-treat boxes have brought in over $200 million in donations from the United States and Canada since their inception in 1950. That's a lot of spare change!

From Quiz Greenpeace- Helping To Save Our Planet

Answer: Stop a nuclear test

The United States was planning to test a nuclear device on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians. The committee, comprising of 7 people, got together to discuss what they could do to stop it. The original 7 members were Dorothy and Irving Stowe, Marie and Jim Bohlen, Ben and Dorothy Metcalfe, and Bob Hunter. The name 'Don't Make A Wave' is said to have come from fears that the test would cause a tidal wave if it went ahead.

From Quiz Amnesty International

Answer: The Observer

Benenson was outraged when news broke that two Portuguese students had been sent to prison simply for drinking a toast to "Freedom". His article of protest, published in The Observer newspaper on May 28th, 1961, sparked a campaign, originally planned for a year, aimed at drawing governmental attention worldwide to "forgotten prisoners." "Amnesty 1961" began to spread within six months, and went on to become the major international movement we know today. The name "Amnesty International" was formally adopted in 1962. For more information about Amnesty International and their work, visit http://www.amnesty.org/

From Quiz Jam And Jerusalem

Answer: Canada

It was at Stoney Creek, Ontario in Canada. The Ontario Government got involved in 1899 and appointed Laura Rose as the first official organiser.

From Quiz British Charities

Answer: Greece

The Oxford Committee for Famine Relief (Oxfam) was set up to alleviate famine in post war Greece.

From Quiz The Animal Rights Movement

Answer: Animal Liberation

Peter Singer approached animal rights from a utilitarian perspective- he thought that the greatest good for the greatest number should include good for animals, as they feel pain and experience pleasure as we do.

From Quiz Australian Wildlife Conservancy

Answer: Martin Copley

Martin Copley was an Englishman who came to Australia and recognised that there was a need for conservation of endangered species. Copley first came to Australia in 1966 working as a finance and insurance underwriter. In 1991 Copley purchased property consisting of natural bushland and thus started the Australian Wildlife Conservancy.

From Quiz USO - Till Everyone Comes Home

Answer: Zero

The USO is a non-profit organization. As seen in its 2013 financial report, USO "total revenue and support" assets totaled 194.5 million dollars. Not one cent of that money was from Federal revenue! The organization depends on corporate sponsorship, CFC/United Way support, and private donations. And while most USO centers have a donation box, contributing is purely voluntary; in my experience, I've never seen visitors to the USO solicited for donations.

From Quiz All The Lonely People

Answer: Bread

Bread For The World is a American Christian movement that is a non-partisan collective aiming to defeat global poverty by campaigning to politicians for policy changes. The seed for the organisation was planted in 1972 and came to fruition in 1974 under the guidance of Reverend Arthur Simon. Each year they focus on a different hunger issue and urge churches across the United States to write "Offerings of Letters" to Congress to amend policies to effect changes so that they will benefit the needy.

From Quiz The McGrath Foundation

Answer: Breast cancer

Jane was 31 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. After suffering through a mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, Jane was told she was cancer-free in 1998. Jane then had 2 children and, amazingly, breast-fed both children.

From Quiz Not for Money, but for Love 2: Specific Charities

Answer: Heifer

At heifer.org you can purchase entire animals or shares of animals for people in developing countries. The selection includes rabbits, geese, trees, honeybees and cows.

From Quiz Amnesty International

Answer: Sean MacBride

Sean MacBride (1904 - 1988) was a highly respected Irish human rights advocate. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1974, and the Lenin Peace Prize in 1980. Although born in Paris, he always considered himself Irish through and through. He was considered instrumental in obtaining European acceptance of the Human Rights Convention.

From Quiz Jam And Jerusalem

Answer: Increase food production for the war effort

The idea of the first UK Women's Institute was to revitalise rural communities so that more food could be produced for World War I by encouraging women to become more involved. The original meeting in Llanfair PG was on September 16th 1915. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (abbreviated to LLanfair PG) is the longest place name in the UK.

From Quiz British Charities

Answer: Tenovus

They took their name from the 'Ten-of-us'.

From Quiz Australian Wildlife Conservancy

Answer: Perth Hills

Copley purchased a property in the Perth Hills, Karakamia, in 1991. It was established as a sanctuary in 1992, thus becoming the first property owned by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy. Interestingly it was a property bought for the endangered numbat and golden finch rather than other better-known Australian marsupials.

From Quiz All The Lonely People

Answer: East Meets West

East Meets West conducts a range of healthcare, education and clean water and sanitation initiatives through areas of South and South East Asia. Set up in 1988 by renowned author Le Ly Hayslip its mission statement is "to transform health, education and communities of disadvantaged people in Asia by building partnerships, developing opportunities and creating sustainable solutions". Essentially they seek to work with communities with a view to make them self sufficient rather than dump a load of aid on their doorstep and leave them to themselves. One of their priorities is educate the children of lower income families and then consolidate this with incentives such as scholarships to achieve higher outcomes. They also provide dental facilities, surgical programmes that focus on heart disease and innovative solutions to establish clean water and safer sanitation.

From Quiz The McGrath Foundation

Answer: 2005

After being diagnosed with metastatic disease (the spread of a disease - usually cancer - from one bodily organ to another) in her bones, and first having access to a breast cancer nurse, Jane and Glenn were inspired to create a charity offering support to women suffering from breast cancer.

From Quiz Not for Money, but for Love 2: Specific Charities

Answer: laptop computer

More info about the One Laptop Per Child program can be found at laptop.org. They have developed an inexpensive, rugged laptop that can be recharged by a handcrank and runs on free software.

From Quiz Greenpeace- Helping To Save Our Planet

Answer: From a book

The story goes that in 1971, Bob Hunter was on a voyage in the North Pacific and found and read a book of American Indian prophesies. One of these stories, and the title of the book, was about a group who would turn up when the Earth was sick and help to heal it. The book was called 'Warriors Of The Rainbow'. It was written by William Willoya and Vinson Brown and was first published in 1962. The original name of the vessel was 'Sir William Hardy', a UK trawler launched in 1955.

From Quiz Amnesty International

Answer: Prisoner of conscience

Perhaps the most famous prisoner of conscience in the world is Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the Myanmar (Burma) National League for Democracy. She has spent almost all of her time since 1989 under house arrest in Myanmar, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. Her children, who reside in the UK, accepted her prize on her behalf and she used it to found a trust to provide health care and education for deprived people in Myanmar.

From Quiz Habitat for Humanity International

Answer: Millard and Linda Fuller

Though President Carter has been a great supporter of Habitat for many years, he is not, contrary to popular belief, its founder. The Fullers, who do hail from the same part of Georgia as President Carter, built the Habitat model from their experiences with Koinonia Partners, a collective support organization in Sumter County, Georgia. In 1996, President Bill Clinton presented Mr. Fuller with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, one of the two highest awards the US government can bestow on a civilian.

From Quiz Jam And Jerusalem

Answer: Be elected an MP

She was the first English woman to be elected as a Member of Parliament, and the second woman to take her seat in the House of Commons. The first ever woman MP was Nancy Astor who was American by birth.

From Quiz The Animal Rights Movement

Answer: PETA

PETA started out as a grassroots group in the early 80's. As they grew, they became more confrontational and in the opinion of many within and without the AR movement, made some unwise decisions such as the 'Milk' commercials. On the other hand, they played a big part in making 'animal rights' a household phrase.

From Quiz Australian Wildlife Conservancy

Answer: Bilby

The bilby is an example of an animal that was found throughout Australia, originally occupying 70% of the country, whereas now it occupies only around 15%. Australian Wildlife Conservancy chose it as its logo carefully, as it was a small marsupial without a lot of media coverage, and it had been impacted by environmental loss extensively. It is believed the name bilby comes from the Yuwaalaraay Aboriginal language of northern New South Wales, meaning long-nosed rat.

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