Q 01/05

World Kindness Day is observed on which date?

A) 13 November

B) 17 February

C) 1 September

D) 5 December

Answer · why

A) 13 November

It was introduced in 1998 by the World Kindness Movement, a coalition of national kindness NGOs.

Q 02/05

In which year did the World Kindness Movement introduce World Kindness Day?

A) 1998

B) 1988

C) 2008

D) 1968

Answer · why

A) 1998

Australia put the day on the school calendar for more than 9,000 schools in 2012, and Singapore first observed it in 2009.

Q 03/05

In the United States, Random Acts of Kindness Day falls on which date?

A) 17 February

B) 13 November

C) 1 September

D) 4 November

Answer · why

A) 17 February

New Zealand, where the day began in 2004, celebrates it on 1 September; suggested acts include paying for the next car at the drive-thru.

Q 04/05

The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation, founded in 1995, is headquartered in which US city?

A) Portland

B) Austin

C) Denver

D) Minneapolis

Answer · why

C) Denver

Its founder, Will Glennon, went on to chair World Kindness USA.

Q 05/05

'Pay it forward' means repaying a good deed how?

A) By doing a kindness for someone else

B) By repaying the original benefactor double

C) By thanking the benefactor publicly

D) By donating to charity in their name

Answer · why

A) By doing a kindness for someone else

The concept is also called serial reciprocity, and it even exists in contract law as a way of settling loans.