Red Cross YU
What is the Instagram handle of the Red Cross club at York?
a) redcrossyorku
b) redcrossatyorku
c) redcross.societyyorku
d) redcross.yorku
Answer: redcrossyorku
When was the Canadian Red Cross founded?
a) 1876
b) 1956
c) 1896
d) 1943
Answer: 1896
What year was the International Committee of the Red Cross founded?
a) 1863
b) 1860
c) 1865
d) 1945
Answer: 1863
Which of the following is NOT an activity/initiative undertaken by the Red Cross?
a) Restoring family links
b) Providing water and food
c) Building new schools
d) Providing basic health care
Answer: Building new schools
Which of the following is an award/ distinction that was given to Alex Trebek?
a) Officer of the Order of Canada
b) Lifetime achievement award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
c) Guinness World Record for most game show episodes hosted by the same host
d) All of the above
Answer: All of the above
What was the theme of last year’s art show?
a) Equality
b) Peace
c) Compassion
d) Food security
Answer: Peace
When a major emergency strike occurs, how long does it take for the Canadian Red Cross to deploy field hospital and aid workers?
a) 12 hours
b) 48 hours
c) 3 days
d) 1 week
Answer: 48 hours
How many National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies are there around the world?
a) 87
b) 190
c) 195
d) 99
Answer: 190
Which of the following is NOT a training/certification offered by the Red Cross?
a) CPR and First Aid
b) Water Safety Instructor
c) Disaster Management Assistant
Answer: Disaster Management Assistant
Volunteers represent what percentage of the Canadian Red Cross workforce?
a) 50%
b) 70%
c) 96%
d) 82%
Answer: 70%
What was the theme of the art show that the Red Cross Club at York hosted?
a) Universality and unity
b) Social Justice and equality
c) Humanitarian aid
d) World peace
Answer: Social Justice and equality
Which of the following is NOT the value of the Canadian Red Cross?
a) Humanitarianism
b) Compassion
c) Integrity
d) Respect
Answer: Compassion
What is the purpose of the International Committee of the Red Cross?
a) To provide aid to injured patients
b) To protect victims of conflicts
c) To establish medical centers in developing countries
d) To build houses in developing nations
Answer: To protect victims of conflicts
Which of the following are current emergency response programs offered by the Canadian Red Cross?
a) COVID-19
b) Fort McMurray and Area Floods
c) Myanmar refugee crisis
d) All of the above
Answer: All of the above
Alex Trebek was the first host of the syndicated version of the Jeopardy TV series. How long was Alex Trebek the host of Jeopardy?
a) 25 years
b) 36 years
c) 20 years
d) 40 years
Answer: 36 years
Fill in the blank: “Armed Conflict and the ________”
a) Society
b) Environment
c) Refugees
d) Nations
Answer: Environment
Which of the following is NOT a course offered by the Canadian Red Cross?
a) Emergency first aid
b) Preventing bullying and harassment
c) Healthy meal planning
d) Water safety
Answer: Healthy meal planning
What year did the International Committee of the Red Cross win their very FIRST Nobel Peace Prize?
a) 1917
b) 1980
c) 1973
d) 1898
Answer: 1917
Which of the following is NOT part of the COVID-19 emergency support program?
a) Granting programs for non-profit
b) Free Personal Protective Equipment and Training Prevent Disease Transmission
c) Offering transportation services to the elderly/immunocompromised
d) Delivery of food hampers
Answer: Offering transportation services to the elderly/immunocompromised
Which of the following countries is the newest member of the Red Cross?
a) Tuvalu
b) Germany
c) South Sudan
d) Cook Islands
Answer: Tuvalu
Fill in the blank: "We want to improve the _____ of vulnerable people by mobilizing the ______ of humanity in Canada"
a) Lives; Power
b) Condition; Strenght
c) Situation; Kindness
d) Character; Structure
Answer: Lives; Power
What was the first international activity of the Canadian Red Cross?
a) Training public health nurses
b) Treating the sick and wounded in South Africa during the Boer War
c) Providing food, shelter and medicine to asylum seekers crossing the border into Canada
d) Monitoring of detention facilities holding immigration detainees
Answer: Treating the sick and wounded in South Africa during the Boer War
Which symbol is NOT used as an emblem for Red Cross societies around the world?
a) Shield of David
b) Star
c) Cross
d) Crystal
Answer: Star
The Canadian Red Cross Restoring Family Links program does which of the following:
a) Helps less fortunate families with basic needs like food, water and shelter
b) Finds foster homes for orphaned children after natural disasters
c) Reunites families who have been separated through war, conflict or natural disasters
d) Builds new homes for people after natural disasters
Answer: Reunites families who have been separated through war, conflict or natural disasters
Fill in the blank: "The Canadian Red Cross set up an emergency field hospital within days of ___, providing treatment to 5,400 patients over three months."
a) The 2013 Typhoon Haiyan
b) 2010 earthquake in Haiti
c) 2015 Nepal earthquake
d) 2017 East African cholera epidemic
Answer: 2015 Nepal earthquake