DISTRICT 6290 ROTARY CLUB TRIVIA QUIZ

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1 DISTRICT 6290 ROTARY CLUB TRIVIA QUIZ Just for fun, District Governor Jane has put together a District Trivia Quiz. There are 61 statements about the clubs in our district. Each club has only one statement that pertains to that club. Some questions are easier to figure out than others, such as question 1. If you put your thinking caps on together, you should be able to get all of the answers. For those clubs that submit all of the correct answers by May 30, 2012, you will receive recognition at the district conference on May 18-20, For the first five clubs that submit correct responses, there will be special recognition. Answers should be sent to DG Jane at jane@northernmediation.org or 712 Grand Avenue, Petoskey, MI Any questions about the quiz should be directed to DG Jane at (H) or (W). This does not include, however, the answers to the quiz questions. Have fun and enjoy! 1. The name of this club begins with the last letter of the alphabet. a. Allendale b. Zeeland 2. Club that has sponsored the local Boy Scout Troop, as well as a Golf-O-Ree fund raiser for 58 years. a. Baldwin b. White Cloud 3. Club responsible for initiating the concept of the Youth Exchange students identifying a world community service project for their sponsoring club. a. Bellaire b. Wawa 4. Five years after becoming a club, this club spearheaded a community-wide project totaling $300,000 for a trailhead building for the community bike path. a. Benzie Sunrise b. Traverse City 5. Over 20% of this club s members have either worked for or have retired from the same employer: Ferris State University. a. Big Rapids b. Traverse Bay Twilight 6. Club whose president was the father of the president of the tenth president of the club. a. Blind River b. Traverse Bay Sunrise 7. Trees were planted in the shape of a Rotary wheel in the Rotary park facility established by this club a. Boyne City b. Suttons Bay-Leelanau County 8. Only four of this club s members are at an age for retirement, and for the past six years, the presidency has been held evenly by three men and three women. a. Byron Center/South Kent b. Stanton 9. This club was originally set up to meet on Fridays so that the members could get in a game of golf before the weekend. a. Cadillac b. Spring Lake

2 10. The first president of this club, which was founded in 1937, endowed the club with a fund to support youth activities and scholarships, which supports college scholarships, STRIVE and other youth-related activities. a. Cedar Springs b. Sparta 11. Club that celebrated it 25 th anniversary in a. Charlevoix b. Shelby 12. The community in which this club resides hosts the Coast Guard Cutter. a. Cheboygan b. Sault Ste. Marie North, Ontario 13. One-third of this club s members attended the Rotary International Convention in Montreal (2010). a. Chippewa County Sunrise b. Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario 14. This club has a 93 year-old member, who is a charter member of the club, past president of the club, was a state representative for the State of Michigan, was a Kent County commissioner, and still comes to the club meetings. a. Comstock Park b. Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan 15. Club that sponsors a bus as a mobile library that goes around to rural areas to ensure that at-risk students have access to books during the summer. a. Coopersville b. Roscommon 16. Club that has had a friendship exchange with a club in another country every two years since a. East Jordan b. Rockford 17. This club was founded in the 40s and used to meet in the historical Osceola Inn. a. Elk Rapids b. Reed City 18. Club that has three members who have written books. a. Frankfort b. Petoskey Sunrise 19. Club whose original memberships was made up of only Gerber Corporate employees. a. Fremont b. Petoskey 20. This club has partnered with the city, county road commission, the Owls Club, and MDOT to beautify the I75 Exit 282 interchange to welcome visitors to their city. a. Gaylord b. Muskegon 21. Rather than sending a get-well card, this club sends get-well napkins. a. Grand Haven b. Montague-Whitehall 22. President Gerald Ford was a member of this club for 53 years. a. Grand Rapids b. Manton

3 23. This club has been doing the same fundraiser for 37 years. The Antique, Vintage and Collectables Show has raised over $700,000 for this club s charities. a. Grand Rapids East b. Manistee Sunrise 24. Club that has a member who drives in the London to Brighton Antique Auto Race every year, and Paul Harris regularly attended this club s meetings during the summer. a. Grand Rapids North b. Manistee 25. Club that has been chartered twice: once in the 1940s and again in a. Grand Rapids Sunrise b. Mancelona 26. Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land is a former member of this club. a. Grandville b. Ludington 27. Club that chartered an Interact club in with 28 members that grew to 65 students by the end of the year. a. Grayling b. Lowell 28. Club that hosts Thursday night concerts at a downtown park. a. Greenville b. Kentwood 29. Club that was involved in some of the first Youth Exchange events in the state of Michigan. a. Hart b. Kalkaska 30. Club that gives wooden shoes to its guest speakers. a. Holland b. Holland AM 31. Club that meets not at 7:15am because that is too early, nor at 7:30am because that is too late, but at 7:17am because that is just right. a. Holland AM b. Houghton Lake 32. This Rotary club partners with the local Kiwanis club in a joint fund raising effort called Camel Races, which helps each club raised $5,000 each. a..houghton Lake b. Holland 33. Club that is interested in Rotary International, but focuses on its small, local community doing project that involve the entire community. a, Kalkaska b. Hart 34. Several of the clubs in the district help by ringing the bell for the Salvation Army during the holiday season. This club works in three-hour shifts to cover the bell ringing for an entire week. a. Kentwood b. Greenville 35. Club that supports the longest canoe race in North America. a. Lowell b. Grayling

4 36. Unknown to this club, the city sold the property on which this club maintained a public restroom. The bronze plaque that adorned its doors has become a part of this club s internal club auction. a. Ludington b. Grandville 37. One of the smallest clubs in the district, this club has one of the top attendance rates, and is the only breakfast club in the Grand Rapids area. a. Mancelona b. Grand Rapids Sunrise 38. This club tells jokes rather than sing at its weekly meeting. a. Manistee b. Grand Rapids North 39. Four years ago, this club received $100,000 from a non-rotarian to start an endowment to help local schools and students. a. Manistee Sunrise b. Grand Rapids East 40. One of this club s members broke his hip chasing a pig. This club also meets at 6:45 am. a. Manton b. Grand Rapids 41. This club has a club within a club, one of which meets on Monday at noon, and the other on Tuesday mornings. a. Montague-Whitehall b. Grand Haven 42. Club that has remained strong and distinguished in it community since May a. Muskegon b. Gaylord 43. Club celebrating its 90 th anniversary in November 2011 a. Petoskey b. Fremont 44. Club whose members have one of the youngest average age. a. Petoskey Sunrise b. Frankfort 45. Club that celebrated its 60 th anniversary and whose first president of the club, who is now 97 years old, attended the celebration. a. Reed City b. Elk Rapids 46. Club that takes its annual variety show on the road to the local medical care facility. a. Rockford b. East Jordan 47. The president of this club is the first, third-generation president of this club and hopes someday to be the first, third-generation Paul Harris Fellow in this club. a. Roscommon b. Coopersville 48. Club that has the second woman on the RI Board of Directors and also has a statue of Herb Taylor in its town. a. Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan b. Comstock Park

5 49. Club that celebrated its 90 th anniversary in 2008 and had the RI President as its keynote speaker. a. Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario b. Chippewa County Sunrise 50. Club that conducts two meetings on Wednesdays: one at 7:05am and one at 12:05 am. a. Sault Ste. Marie North, Ontario b. Cheboygan 51. Because of the generosity of a deceased member who left the club a large endowment, this club is flush with money. a. Shelby b. Charlevoix 52. The longest attending member of this club was at the inaugural dinner in 1942, not as a Rotarian but as a high school student serving food. This club historically serves children at the Red Flannel Festival. a. Sparta b. Cedar Springs 53. Club of the district governor. a. Spring Lake b. Cadillac 54. This club has started a Rotaract club at Montcalm Community College, which is the first serviceoriented club at MCC. a. Stanton b. Byron Center/South Kent 55. This club is located in the middle of the wine country, and its community hosts an annual, jazz festival. a. Sutton Bay-Leelanau County b. Boyne City 56. Over 50% of this club s members went to India for PolioPlus in the year a. Traverse Bay Sunrise b. Blind River 57. Club that is known as the cocktail club. a. Traverse Bay Twilight b. Big Rapids 58. Club that meets in a hotel that it purchased, renovated, and then sold to people who now serve them their club meeting meals. a. Traverse City b. Benzie Sunrise 59. Club that had a member who delivered newspapers to Paul Harris. a. Wawa b. Bellaire 60. In the early days of this club, to encourage attendance, the club president brought a rabbit in a cage to the meetings. If you missed a meeting, the rabbit was delivered to your home for caretaking until another member missed a meeting. They had 100% attendance that year. a. White Cloud b. Baldwin 61. Club that gets to work with both Interact & Rotaract all in the same township. a. Zeeland b. Allendale Rotary/District Newsletters/2011 July/Trivia Quiz