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Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of Volunteering

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Randy Lilleston,

AARP

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Published June 22, 2022

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Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of Volunteering

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  "question" : "In 2019, what percentage of Americans reported they volunteered for an organization or association in the previous year?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "20 percent",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "25 percent",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "30 percent",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "35 percent",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "That number has been largely stable over the last two decades, according to national and community service organization AmeriCorps.",
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}, {
  "question" : "National Volunteer Week is recognized annually by presidential proclamation. In what year was it first established?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "1967",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "1974",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "1982",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "1996",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "In 2022, it was April 17-23.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "Which state’s residents rank first in percentage of volunteers?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Montana",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Utah",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Idaho",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Maryland",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "According to the 2019 AmeriCorps survey, 51 percent of Utah residents volunteered. They were followed by Minnesota, at 45.1 percent of residents, and Oregon, at 43.2 percent.",
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}, {
  "question" : "What metro area has the highest percentage of volunteers, according to AmeriCorps?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minnesota",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, Maryland",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Second on the list was the Rochester, New York, metro area; third was Salt Lake City.",
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}, {
  "question" : "The United Nations deployed nearly 11,000 volunteers in 2021 to locations around the world. In how many countries were they deployed?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "87",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "138",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "160",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "182",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "The average age of a volunteer was 34, the UN reported.",
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  "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "How much economic value do volunteers provide, according to the AmeriCorps study?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "$84 billion",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "$102 billion",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "$128 billion",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "$147 billion",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "The value represents 5.8 billion hours of volunteer labor.",
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  "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "According to Merriam-Webster, the word “volunteer” has its roots in which of these languages or dialects?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "French",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Latin",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Old French",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "All of the above",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "As a noun, it can be traced to the obsolete French word “voluntaire.” As an adjective, it has both Old French and Latin origins.",
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Randy Lilleston is the homepage editor for AARP.org. He previously served as editor-in-chief for business news publisher Industry Dive and was a senior digital editor for NPR, USA Today and CNN.