Earth Week Trivia Tuesday
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Take our Earth Week Quiz and have a chance at winning class credit for an upcoming program!
To get in the spirit of Earth Week we thought it would be fun to offer Environmental Trivia Tuesday! Please submit all answers via email to jciborowsk [at] haverford.edu () by midnight on Sunday, April 26th. Whoever answers the most trivia questions correctly will win a $10 class credit to a future Arboretum program. Good luck!
- This year marks the _____ anniversary of Earth Day!
- 75th
- 50th
- 42nd
- 20th
- Haverford College Arboretum currently has ____ accessioned (recorded) plants.
- 5,293
- 7,120
- 3,008
- 1,892
- What year is Haverford College first thought to celebrate Arbor Day?
- 1901
- 1867
- 1974
- 1923
- Who was the founder of Earth Day?
- President Richard Nixon
- President Ronald Regan
- Senator Gaylord Nelson
- EPA Administrator William Ruckelshaus
- Which tree species did we plant last year to celebrate Earth Week on campus?
- eastern redbud
- flowering dogwood
- cucumber magnolia
- flowering cherry
- The Pennsylvania Forestry Association celebrated arbor day on Haverford’s campus in the early 1900s. How many trees did they plant that Arbor Day?
- 8
- 20
- 25
- 1
- Approximately how many new species of plants are discovered around the world each year?
- 1,000
- 500
- 2,000
- 250
- Earth Day has many names globally, which of the following is not one of them?
- Mother Earth Day
- New Year’s Day of Trees
- Greening Week
- Environmental Appreciation Day
- What was created by a Haverford College Senior to commemorate Arbor Day in the late 19th century?
- A song
- A dance
- A poem
- A reading
- How many genera (maple, oak, holly, etc.) of trees do we have on Haverford College’s campus?
- 220
- 138
- 112
- 98