Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of Volunteering

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0 100 0 [ { "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.", "hint" : "",

"hintLink" : "", "questionImgCaption" : "", "questionImgCredit" : ""}, { "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" : "", "questionImgCaption" : "", "questionImgCredit" :

""}, { "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.", "hint" : "", "hintLink" : "",

"questionImgCaption" : "", "questionImgCredit" : ""}, { "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.", "hint" : "", "hintLink" : "", "questionImgCaption" : "", "questionImgCredit" : ""}, { "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.",

"hint" : "", "hintLink" : "", "questionImgCaption" : "", "questionImgCredit" : ""}, { "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.", "hint" : "", "hintLink" : "",

"questionImgCaption" : "", "questionImgCredit" : ""}, { "question" : "According to Merriam-Webster, the word “volunteer” has its roots in which of these languages or dialects?", "answers" :

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"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

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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

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