| 1. When was the first Earth Day
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| | organizations known as collectively?
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| celebrated?
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| | A. Blue parties
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| A. March 21, 1970
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| | B. Granolas
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| B. April 22, 1970
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| | C. Tree huggers
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| C. May 21, 1970
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| | D. Green parties
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| D. June 22, 1970
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| | D. Green parties
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| A. March 21, 1970
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| | QQ: Can you guess why?8. Who made the
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| QQ: First celebrated in the U.S. on this
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| | first proclamation of Earth Day?
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| date, it has been celebrated each year
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| | A. The City of San Francisco
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| thereafter at the United Nations,
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| | B. The U.S. Congress
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| bringing attention to its original
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| | C. The Druids
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| purpose: peace, justice and the care of
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| | D. The United Nations
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| Earth.2. The world's first national park
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| was started in 1872 in which country?
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| | A. The City of San Francisco
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| A. Corbett National Park in India
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| | QQ: The first Proclamation of Earth Day
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| B. Kruger National Park in South Africa
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| | was by San Francisco, the City of Saint
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| C. Ordesa National Park in Spain
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| | Francis, patron saint of ecology.9.
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| D. Yellowstone National Park in U.S.
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| | Twenty years after the Stockholm
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| | Conference, the United Nations held what
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| D. Yellowstone National Park in U.S.
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| | is popularly known as the "Earth Summit"
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| QQ: Yellowstone becomes the world's
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| | in what country?
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| first national park in 1872. Since then
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| | A. Australia
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| countries around the world have
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| | B. Brazil
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| established more than 4000 national parks
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| | C. China
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| and preserves.3. Where was the first
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| | D. Denmark
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| major international conference on
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| environmental issues?
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| | B. Brazil
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| A. America
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| | QQ: The UN Conference on Environment and
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| B. Britain
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| | Development was held in Rio de Janeiro,
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| C. China
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| | Brazil, in 1992, and was the largest
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| D. Sweden
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| | gathering of world leaders in history.10.
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| | A highlight of the annual Earth Day
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| D. Sweden
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| | ceremony at the United Nations is the
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| QQ: The first major international
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| | ringing of the Peace Bell. The Peace
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| conference on environmental issues was
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| | Bell was a gift from what country?
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| held in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1972 and
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| | A. France
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| was sponsored by the United Nations.4.
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| | B. Japan
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| Where was the first wildlife refuge
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| | C. Sweden
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| formed in 1903?
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| | D. United States
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| A. Mai Po Marsh Reserve in Hong Kong
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| B. Pelican Island National Wildlife
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| | B. Japan
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| Refuge in Florida, US
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| | QQ: The Peace Bell was a gift from
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| C. Elk Island National Park in Alberta,
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| | Japan. It was made from coins given by
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| Canada
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| | school children to further peace on our
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| D. Virunga National Park in the
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| | planet. On Earth Day the Peace Bell is
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| Democratic Republic of the Congo
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| | rung at the moment of Spring.11. Where
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| | was Greenpeace, an international
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| B. Pelican Island National Wildlife
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| | environmental organization dedicated to
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| Refuge in Florida, US
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| | preserving the earth's natural resources
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| QQ: Founded in 1925 Virunga National
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| | and its diverse plant and animal life,
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| Park is the oldest wildlife park in
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| | founded?
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| Africa and Elk Island National Park was
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| | A. Canada
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| founded in 1913.5. Why did founder John
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| | B. Great Britain
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| McConnell choose March 21 as Earth Day?
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| | C. Australia
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| A. March Vernal Equinox
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| | D. Indonesia
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| B. His birthday
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| C. It was the only date free at the
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| | A. Canada
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| party house
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| | QQ: Greenpeace was founded in Vancouver,
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| D. March needed more holidays
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| | British Columbia, Canada, in 1971.12.
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| | When is the real Earth Day?
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| A. March Vernal Equinox
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| | A. March
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| QQ: He though using the first day of
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| | B. April
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| Spring in the Northern Hemisphere to be a
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| | C. June
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| good date to celebrate the earth.6. Who
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| | D. All of the above
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| is the patron saint of ecologists?
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| A. Saint Francis
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| | D. All of the above
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| B. Saint Patrick
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| | QQ: John McConnell maintains it is March
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| C. Saint Valentine
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| | Equinox while Sen. Gaylord Nelson says it
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| D. Saint Nick
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| | is April 22. The UN marks the March date
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| | while many governments mark the April.
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| A. Saint Francis
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| | There is also a World Environment Day,
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| QQ: In 1980, Pope John Paul II
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| | June 6. Whatever day, week, or month you
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| proclaimed him the patron saint of
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| | choose, in all more than 500 million
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| ecologists. In art, the emblems of St.
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| | people in over 180 countries stage events
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| Francis are the wolf, the lamb, the fish,
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| | and projects to address local
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| birds, and the stigmata.7. A desire for
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| | environmental issues.Enjoy more trivia
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