Rotary History
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Know-tarians
Rotary Knowledge
Kansas City
100
Year Rotary was founded.
What is 1905?
100
The year Lenexa Rotary was founded.
What February is 1967?
100
After visiting this Rotarian's store you may need a designated driver.
Who is Marshall Rimann?
100
You can put it on your face or do it to keep up your Rotary attendance.
What is make up?
100
The year the Chiefs won the Super Bowl.
What is 1969?
200
Most people "love" the month Rotary was founded.
What is February?
200
This is where Lenexa Rotary met prior to Lakeview Village.
What is Holiday Inn/Crown Plaza?
200
This Rotarian is the only remaining Charter Member of the club. By the way he was the Charter President.
Who Charlie Smith?
200
Not to go over your head, but this is Rotary's motto.
What is "Service Above Self"?
200
J.C. Nichols modeled the famed Country Club Plaza after this city.
What is Seville, Spain?
300
This was the year that Rotary started Polio Plus...and the Royals had a pretty good season.
What is 1985?
300
This Lenexa Rotarian has a street named after him.
Who is Wes Fry? Wes Fry Lane near Lenexa Chamber of Commerce.
300
You have heard of the Stock Exchange, this Rotarian might start the Student Exchange with all the students he has hosted.
Who is Greg Peterson?
300
This is the year Carl Peterson and Marty Schottenheimer came to KC...and RI reformed bylaws so that women were admitted to Rotary.
What is 1989? Influenced by a Supreme Court ruling.
300
This guy was the "Boss" in Kansas City long before there was a Bruce Springsteen.
Who is Mayor Tom Pendergast?
400
You will not find rest here but it was the first ever Rotary Club community project?
What was a restroom for Chicago Worlds Fair? A “comfort station” in downtown Chicago was needed for the Worlds Fair. Public restrooms were typically found only in saloons at that time, and unaccompanied women were not permitted to enter saloons.
400
Some drinks and crustaceans at Charlies Bar in Old Town Lenexa became this.
What is Shrimp Bingo Fundraiser?
400
This Lenexa Rotarian had over 50 years perfect attendance.
Who is Gene Amos
400
They were a lawyer, a mining engineer, a coal dealer and a printer.
What were the first 4 Rotarians Classifications?
400
This was the last year the Chiefs won a playoff game.
What is 1993?
500
The year of the Russian Revolution and the Rotary Foundation was founded.
What is 1917?
500
Lenexa Rotarians who hosted the first ever Exchange Student.
Who are Gene Amos and Wes Fry?
500
Charlie Smith, Greg Peterson and Gene Amos all have this in common.
What are Past District Governors from the Lenexa Club?
500
I'm not sure if its on the dark side but this is where you will find the farthest away Rotary pin.
What is the moon? Astronaut Buzz Aldrin planted a Four-Way Test pin on the moon when he landed Apollo 11
500
Joyce Hall created his first greeting cards because he had too much of this left over after a holiday.
What is Christmas wrapping paper?