Volunteering
General Trivia
DC Trivia
100

How many minimum volunteer hours do you need yearly for NHS

20 hours

100

Which brothers created the first plane

Wright brothers
100

Famously the Washington monument is in the shape of what ancient structre

An obelisk

200

Does helping your neighbor out count as volunteering

No

200

What animal has 3 hearts

Octopus

200

In what war was the white house burnt down

War of 1812

300

What president did the most volunteering

Jimmy Carter

300

What is the newest UN recognized country

South Sudan

300

The President famously does this activity leading up to thanksgiving at the whitehouse

Pardons a turkey

400

What are the 4 pillars of NHS (100 points for each of the 4 you get)

Scholarship, Service, Leadership, Charcter

400

What country was invaded that sparked the Iraq war

Kuwait

400

What letter street does not exist in DC that is not X, Y, or Z

J

500

What percentage of all firefighters in the US are volunteer, Give a range of 5%, such as between 7-12%

62%

500

What is the name of the only African ballon'dor winner (double points if you can give the name of the country he was president of also)

George Weah (Liberia)

500

What building was famously believed to be the reason the DC height law was created (double points for saying the number of stories the building was)

The Cairo Hotel (12)

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