Q 01/05

What did the first Rotary club build in 1907 as its first community service project, under president Paul Harris?

A) A drinking fountain

B) A lending library

C) Public toilets

D) A children's playground

Answer · why

C) Public toilets

Public toilets turned a businessmen's social circle into something new: the project is the reason Rotary is described as the world's first service clu...

Q 02/05

In which US city did attorney Paul Harris gather three acquaintances for the first Rotary meeting in February 1905?

A) Chicago

B) Detroit

C) St. Louis

D) Cleveland

Answer · why

A) Chicago

Chicago hosted that first meeting in Room 711 of the Unity Building, the office of mining engineer Gustavus Loehr. A coal dealer and a tailor made up ...

Q 03/05

Why did the founders of the first Rotary club in 1905 choose the name 'Rotary'?

A) Officers swapped roles monthly

B) Meetings moved between offices

C) Members dined at a round table

D) Its founders built waterwheels

Answer · why

B) Meetings moved between offices

Meetings moved between offices because the first members took turns hosting each week. Within a year the club had grown too large and settled on one r...

Q 04/05

Which body ruled in May 1987 that Rotary clubs could not exclude women, after a California club admitted three?

A) California Supreme Court

B) Rotary's Council on Legislation

C) US Supreme Court

D) US Court of Appeals

Answer · why

C) US Supreme Court

The US Supreme Court upheld a California ruling in favour of the Duarte club, whose charter Rotary had revoked in 1978. Two years later Rotary opened ...

Q 05/05

Which billionaire announced a $255 million challenge grant for Rotary's fight against polio in January 2009?

A) Warren Buffett

B) Ted Turner

C) George Soros

D) Bill Gates

Answer · why

D) Bill Gates

Bill Gates's foundation had given Rotary a $100 million challenge grant a year earlier. Rotary answered the two grants with a $200 million pledge of i...