ESSENTIALS OF ROTARY KNOWLEDGE
2009 – 2010
COURSE # 1 – Instructor: Jeanie Story
History of Rotary International
QUIZ
Your name_____________________Club________________
1. Who is considered the founder of Rotary?
2. Where was the person in question 1 born, and where did he spend most of growing up life?
3. What were a few of the founder’s jobs during the five year period he decided to take
from his future to see and learn more about people, and where they lived?
4. What city, and why did the founder decide to live there?
5. Being a very busy man involving himself in many community projects including a hiking club,
who did he meet one day on a hill that would affect the remainder of his life? This person was
also a constant contributor to many of Paul’s ideas for service.
6. Please list the business men’s name and their business who met with the founder for the first meeting.
7. A room was made in the previous RI headquarters, and is duplicated in the new headquarters relating to
the first meeting held by the eventual Chicago club. What number was the room, what building was this meeting held?
8. Who was the business man to attend the second meeting, and what did he contribute to the Rotary movement?
9. Note 1, or 3 to indicate who was the first and third president of the Chicago club.
Paul Harris Sylvester Shiele Harry Ruggles
Gus Loehr Hiram Shorey John Risch
10. What is the date of the first official meeting?
March 4, 1902 August 30, 1904 February 23, 1905
11. What year, and how many clubs were represented at the first Rotary convention?
12. What club, and year did the first club outside of the USA join Rotary?
13. Please name the test, and its parts Herbert J. Taylor was responsible for.
14. Please write the “Object” of Rotary, and its parts.
15. Check the classification requirements to be a Rotarian.
21 years of age college grad business owner
show up for meetings manager position person
16. What significance was January 27, 1947, to the Rotary Foundation?
17. What has been a major world wide Rotary project since 1985.
18. Check off your answers regarding the emblem-Rotary wheel.
Wheel has how many cogs 22 , 18 , 24 , no clue
Number of spokes: 4 ,6 ,8 , several
18B. What is the significance of the keyway?
19. Please list the Avenues of Service
20. Please write the two mottos of Rotary most everyone uses daily.
When completed, email to Jeanie Story at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by September 21.
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