Come Take Me Home Again Trivia Quiz

It is difficult to have inner peace when you and your children are starving. From 1983 to 1985, the country of Ethiopia endured a massive famine that claimed the lives of up to a million people. Moved to help, Bob Geldof and Midge Ure put together a massive fundraising event to raise money to help relieve Ethiopia. Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie collaborated to write "We Are the World" and invited fifty of the greatest artists to sing on the track.

"We Are the World" was recorded in Los Angeles with possibly the most talented group of musicians working together in one room. A sign on the door reminded the musicians to check their egos before entering. While some may criticize the song as being a bit superficial, there is definitely an intent to encourage people to help others. While Live Aid did raise a significant amount of money for relief, there is serious debate as to whether the Ethiopian government actually distributed it to help those who were starving. If nothing else, the event raised awareness of the needs of many around the world.

World champion gymnast Dan Millman of UC Berkeley broke his leg in an accident and had a spiritual awakening, which helped him recover and compete even better than before. The film "Peaceful Warrior" is based on Millman's autobiographical novel. In the story, Dan meets a gas station attendant whom he names Socrates because of his profound wisdom. Socrates teaches Dan to live mindfully in each exact moment. Mindfulness meditation is a powerful tool to achieve inner peace. Once a person achieves inner peace, they may find it easier to spread that peace to others and to the world.

In the mid 1960s, the Vietnam War was escalating in scale amid ever-increasing negative media coverage and angry protests. Heavily influenced by the consumption of LSD, a counterculture youth movement known as hippies spread messages of peace and love. The summer of 1967 was termed the Summer of Love, with the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco becoming the epicenter of hippie culture.

The media's reporting of the music scene and the easy access to psychedelic drugs quickly increased the number of youth who flocked to the district. With the area quickly becoming overcrowded, crime became a problem, and what started with flowers unfortunately ended with overflowing garbage. Today, the Haight-Ashbury area still has its own unique vibe and embraces its place in history as a place focused on peace and love.

Nestled in the Olympic National Park in northwest Washington is the Hoh Rain Forest. The forest is one of the rare places in the lower 48 states with old-growth trees, some of which are over a thousand years old. Approximately 3.2 miles down the Hoh River Trail is the site called One Square Inch of Silence.

The spot is marked with a small red rock about an inch in diameter. Due to the dampening effects of the heavy foliage and the lack of air traffic above the park, this location is considered to be one of the quietest places on earth.

The Olympic National Park often receives top ratings as one of the best in the park system. The Olympic Peninsula is also unique in having three distinct ecosystems with a rugged coast, temperate rainforest, and glacial fields.

The International Peace Garden on the border of North Dakota and Manitoba was dedicated in 1932. Horticulturist Henry Moore wanted a garden for Canada and the USA to celebrate their peaceful friendship. The location was chosen to be as close as possible to the geographic center of North America, which is just 45 miles south of the gardens.

During the Great Depression, the Civilian Conservation Corps worked for seven years to transform the wooded prairie land into the initial garden, with the central axis being the border of the two countries. They constructed a lodge where they stayed during construction, as well as roads and a crescent lake. The garden continues to be a work in progress. An international music academy and a 9/11 memorial have been added to the growing features of the gardens.

Jane Addams was an extraordinary advocate for the powerless of her time. Born into wealth, she dreamed of becoming a doctor; however, she became so much more. When health concerns prevented her from completing her medical degree, she became inspired by a magazine article about establishing a settlement house for the poor. She traveled to England, where she visited Toynbee Hall, which was in its fourth year of providing services for the needy.

Using the wealth she inherited from her recently deceased father, Jane and her intimate friend Ellen Starr co-founded the Hull House in Chicago. The property was a run-down mansion that was quickly turned into a center for the community. Services were geared towards everything the impoverished, mostly immigrants, in the area needed. Services provided everything from shelter and food to educational classes. They even served as midwives for pregnant mothers who had nowhere else to turn. Within a few decades, the extraordinary efforts of Addams and Starr quickly blossomed into a campus of 16 buildings and inspired over a hundred Hull House centers across America. In 1901, Jane was the first woman to be granted an honorary doctorate from Yale University, and in 1931, she became the first American woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize. Sadly, in 2012, the Hull House Association closed down due to a lack of donated funds. The original house has been preserved and serves as a museum honoring Addams and her legacy.

Children often learn best through play, which is the primary way that the Peace Pavilion teaches its principles. Established in 1995 in Independence, Missouri, the museum is structured around the four pillars of "Peace for Me," "Peace for Us," "Peace for Everyone," and "Peace for the Planet." The first pillar focuses on taking care of oneself with proper nutrition, stress control, and building emotional resilience.

The second pillar focuses on peacefully interacting with others and finding healthy resolutions to interpersonal conflicts.

The third pillar focuses on respecting the diversity of other cultures and traditions. The final pillar is a focus on caring for the environment and helping Earth remain a thriving place for years to come for all life.

Towards the end of the Cold War, in 1986, several peace activists from Texas and Oklahoma bought property adjacent to the Pantex Plant outside of Amarillo. The plant was the site where almost all nuclear weapons constructed in the United States since the 1950s were completed. The peace activists called their property the Peace Farm, where they would help organize protests as well as monitor the Pantex Plant activities.

During the 1990s, the plant changed its primary focus from building to dismantling nuclear weapons. However, after September 11, 2001, many nuclear weapons began to be modernized rather than dismantled. While the Peace Farm's activities are less robust than they were at their inception, they still serve as a watchdog group for activities at the plant, with their ultimate goal of all nuclear weapons being dismantled and no longer able to harm life.

Habitat for Humanity grew out of the radical social experiment of Clarence and Florence Jordan, named Koinonia Farm outside of Americus, Georgia. The farm started in 1942 with the idea that the interracial community (during the Jim Crow South) would work together to build housing around a productive farm. They faced significant resistance from the community, and increasingly modern farming practices made the original Koinonia methods inadequate.

With the help of Millard and Linda Fuller, the "Fund for Humanity" was formed, paving the way for "Habitat for Humanity." The goals of Habitat were simple. Build houses with the help of volunteers for people who may be too poor to afford normal housing, but could afford a nonprofit Habitat house, especially because it comes with a no-interest loan. Since an endowment was in place, all mortgage payments would go directly into building new houses.

The first Habitat house was built in 1976 and since then, hundreds of thousands of homes have been built all over the world. The organization received a major surge in visibility when former President Jimmy Carter not only supported but also volunteered his time to help with his first Habitat home.

The Greensboro Four were four freshmen students attending North Carolina A&T State University. The four teenagers shared the same dorm and were up late the night of January 31st, 1960, discussing how they could make a difference for civil rights. They were inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.'s nonviolent method of protest.

Bravely, on February 1st, the four students went to the local Woolworth's store, and each bought an item from the non-segregated part of the store. Then they proceeded to move a few feet next to the register to the all-white food counter, where they each ordered a cup of coffee and a doughnut. The staff refused to serve them, but since the students maintained politeness, the management did not feel it had grounds to kick them out of the store. On the following day, the students brought back friends with them, and the media started getting wind of a story.

In just over a week, inspiration had been taken from the sit-in for dozens of other sit-ins across the country in a 1960s method of "going viral." The non-violent protests continued along with plenty of aggressive opposition. Quietly, over the summer of 1960, out of the spotlight, Woolworth's changed its policy to integrate its food counters.