The Wilmington College Quaker History Trivia Contest
December 2: Many people know that Wilmington College was founded by a local group of Quakers on August 11, 1870, but did you know it was bought at an auction? Guess below how much it was purchased for?
A: $2.6 million B: $1,500 C: $11,334 D: $3
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December 3: 1875 was the first graduation of students from Wilmington College. The fledgling College adopted as its guiding principle the central testimony of the Religious Society of Friends: the supreme value of the individual or “that of God in every man.” Who were the first graduates of Wilmington College?
A: Three women and one man B: Four men C: Five farmers and three Quaker women D: Three international students and two women Winners Facebook: Michelle Montgomery Instagram: N/A
December 4: A pair of local Quaker brothers were instrumental in convincing other Friends in the area that a Quaker-owned college in Wilmington could help rejuvenate an outmoded and conservative Quakerism. Who were they:
A: William Penn and John Penn B: Chip and Dale C: Paul Smith and Robert Smith D: John Henry Douglas and Robert Douglas
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December 5: In the fall of 1874, the board of Wilmington College recruited 26-year old Benjamin Trueblood, a dynamic young Quaker and recent Earlham College graduate, to serve as its next president. In 1879, Trueblood left Wilmington College to become president of another college. He later followed his deep interest in pacifism and peacemaking. He served as the General Secretary of the prestigious pacifist organization, the American Peace Society, until his retirement in 1915. What other college was he the president of?
A: Earlham College B: Penn College C: Friends University D: Haverford College - Cropping issues with picture for instagram Winners Facebook: Cecily R Pilzer Instagram: @obrangan
December 6: The college’s fourth president James B. Unthank was a devout Quaker and advocate for an independent Wilmington Yearly Meeting (WYM). He viewed the College’s growth and success as deeply linked to what?
A: Successful athletic teams B: A Quaker heritage that would create a religious mecca for students who embodied Quaker values. C: Academic excellence and scholarly behavior D: The insanely beautiful cattle and importance of the campus farm
Winners Facebook: Cecily R Pilzer Instagram: @keithmakepeacebarber December 7: During World War I, Quaker students from the college declared themselves Conscientious Objectors, and joined in nonviolent service in Europe. What is a Conscientious Objector?
A: A person who acts in opposition to war by becoming a minister B: A history teacher C: A person who volunteers to go to war D: A person who for reasons of conscience objects to complying with a particular requirement, especially serving in the armed forces.
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December 8: President Jay promised the Wilmington Yearly Meeting that he would not allow ______on campus during his presidency after a group of students brought forth a petition to hold an all-campus ____ in the gymnasium. Fill in the blanks.
A: pets; pet adoption event B: dancing; dance C: ping pong; ping pong tournament D: basketball; game
Winners Facebook: Cecily R Pilzer Instagram: @sarah_coleslaw December 9: From the founding of the College, at a time when few women received formal education, three of the first four graduates of the College were female. One of those graduates became one of the most notable professors in the College’s early history. Who was she?
A: Nancy McCormick B: Helen McCoy C: Ellen C. Wright D: Mary Mills
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December 10: What year did Wilmington College admit its first African-American student and graduate, William Yoakley? A: 1870 B: 1892 C: 1899 D: 1804
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December 11: A key to civil awareness among white students at Wilmington College was the 1964 participation of WC student Carol Kornfield in “Freedom Summer” training at Western Women’s University in Oxford, Ohio to assist black Americans in the South to register to vote. Kornfield traveled with fellow trainees Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, white men whom she had met in Oxford. Several days later, Goodman and Schwerner went missing along with James Cheney, a black civil rights worker. They were discovered some time later buried in an earthen dam. Although Kornfield was just one student of the College, her participation and the tragic events that followed brought the Civil Rights Movement and nonviolent protest to the heart of the campus community. Goodman visited the Quaker meeting at Wilmington College en route to Oxford. What state did this take place?
A: Mississippi B: Ohio C: Alabama D: Florida
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December 12: Through his experience working with the American Friends Service Committee, President Marble had been inspired by the men and women rebuilding their homes and communities across Europe and Asia. Marble stated that the Wilmington College student body had similar qualities of energy, enthusiasm, selflessness and self-reliance. He proposed that Wilmington College students, faculty and staff build the new dormitory. What was this new dormitory then named and in what magazine was it featured?
A: Marble; Times Magazine B: Marble; Forbes C: Austin Pickett; Better Homes and Garden D: Denver; HGTV Magazine Winners Facebook: N/A Instagram: N/A
December 13: In 1971, black students of the Concerned Black Students (CBS) organization at Wilmington College compelled the administration to hear and address their concerns about inequities they faced as students of color on campus by seizing and occupying College Hall. In classic Quaker fashion, the Board of Trustees ultimately rejected calls to forcibly eject and arrest the students and, instead, did what?
A: gave them scholarships B: expelled them C: offered them food D:made them complete 10 hours of community service
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December 14: Marble had also served as the chair of the Licensed Agencies for Relief in Asia (LARA), overseeing the efforts of 13 faith and non-faith-based organizations to provide relief to ____and ___ in the aftermath of Japan’s surrender to the United States. Fill in the blanks. A: China; Mongolia B: Korea; Japan C: China; Japan D: Vietnam; Korea
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December 15: “_____ brought us together. We were a divided campus before _____ (“straights,” “grubs,” "jocks," Aggies,” “blacks,” “Greeks,” also polar opposite viewpoints among faculty), but, after the killings, all of a sudden everybody said, ‘You can’t do that!’ There was an almost unanimous anti-war sentiment.” --Sterling P. Olmsted. Fill in the blanks.
A: 9/11; the terrorist attacks B: The Kent State Shootings; Kent State C: Sandy Hook; the shooting D: Stoneman Douglas; the shooting
Winners Facebook: Shelby Boatman Instagram: @emiliaknisley December 16: Like many other colleges and universities, Wilmington College faced a serious crisis following the Kent State University shootings on May 4, 1970, when 28 National Guard service men fired 67 rounds of ammunition into a crowd of largely student protestors, killing four and injuring nine others. In a hastily called all-campus meeting, Wilmington College faculty, staff, and students selected a special delegation of College representatives to march to Columbus, Ohio to protest the actions of the National Guard and to demand an explanation from Governor James Rhodes. On the morning of May 6, 1970, how many Wilmington College students and faculty made the three-day, 65-mile walk to the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus?
A: 200 B: 65 C: 12 D: 80
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December 17: During one of the occupations of College Hall by the organization Concerned Black Students (CBS), they delivered a list of 111 non negotiable demands signed by 38 African American students. They called for many changes to occur within the campus, including all EXCEPT which of the following:
A: Expanded scholarships for African Americans B: The removal of the current President C: Waive the requirement of SAT scores for African American students D: Addition of black studies to the curriculum Winners Facebook: N/A Instagram: N/A
December 18: What popular dessert was (allegedly) invented in Wilmington, Ohio and was so popular among Wilmington College students that it now has its own festival and is nationally recognized as a delicious treat?
A: Fried Banana B: Frozen Chocolate Bananas C: Banana Split D: Quaker oat and cream cookies
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December 19: D. Neil Snarr, a sociology faculty member, started Wilmington College’s outreach to prisons in 1997. Snarr along with Robert Q. Millan, Logan Johnson, and Miami University professor Patrick McCabe set up a program with which of the following institutions?
A: Lebanon Correctional Institute B: Warren Correctional Institute C: Dayton Correctional Institute D: Ross Correctional Institute Winners Facebook: Addie Roberts Instagram: @emiliaknisley
December 20: In the mid-1920s, Wilmington College Quakers enthusiastically supported the 1927 Friendship Doll Exchange. This exchange resulted in how many dolls being sent from all over the United States? A: 1,000 B: 5,600 C: 12,000 D: 10,800
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December 21: Millions of Japanese school children contributed the equivalent of half a cent to send beautiful dolls to the U.S. as part of the Friendship Doll Exchange. Ellen C. was one of the first Friendship Dolls recovered in the 1980s in the small village of Hirado, Japan, as Americans and Japanese began to remember this history of friendship, which had been erased amid the fighting of World War II. How many dolls were sent from Japan?
A: 50 (one for each U.S. state) B: 7 (one for each continent) C: 1870 (representing the year WC was founded) D: 1803 (representing the year Ohio became a state)
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December 22: Like Sam Marble before him, Wilmington College President Read was also deeply invested in international issues of peace. In 1962, Reynolds sent two Japanese survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima to visit the College to urge for what?
A: A peace treaty B: Japanese students to go to WC C: Japanese history to be taught at the school D: Nuclear weapons abolition
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December 23: The College houses its Quaker circulating collection in a space in Watson Library known as what? A: The Nancy McCormick Reading Room B: The Ellen C. Wright Quaker Reading Room C: The Barbara Reynolds Reading Room D: The Quaker Study Room
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December 24: To those who might remember the octagonal structure situated in the middle of the Wilmington College campus, they will remember it as Whittier Court. That, however, was not its original name. It was first built as a meeting place for the annual meeting of the Wilmington Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends or Quakers, which was headquartered on the local campus. What was the building’s original name?
A: The “tabernacle” B: The stop sign building C: The meetinghouse D: The Quaker church
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December 25: During World War II, the College refused to accept a military training unit and enrolled Japanese American students who had formerly been where?
A: The Clinton County Jail B: Living in Japan C: Held in internment camps on the west coast D: Earlham College
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December 26: As the U.S. began drafting young men into the first world war, 14 local Quakers, following their convictions not to fight, volunteered themselves for medical aid and relief work, mainly in the area of Verdun, France. Of these original fourteen men, how many were Wilmington College students or alumni?
A: 7 B: 10 C: 12 D: 2
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December 27: As the opposition to the Vietnam War grew more turbulent, increasing numbers of Wilmington College students joined national protests. In October 1967, how many Wilmington College students traveled to Washington D.C. to protest with thousands of other students and activists from across the nation at the Pentagon? A: 55 B: 3 C: 100 D: 67
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December 28: When was The Peace Resource Center (PRC) established by nuclear disarmament activist Barbara Reynolds to create awareness of the threat of nuclear war through the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
A: August 1970 B: December 1969 C: August 1975 D: June 2000
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December 29: In 1971, what percentage of WC’s students were from outside Ohio? They largely came from the East Coast, and international students came from such homelands as China, Israel, Sweden, England and Japan, amplifying the Quaker idealism of diversity and inclusion.
A: 50% B: 100% C: 10% D: 25
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December 30: In 1871, the Board of Managers invited the first man to be President of Wilmington College. Who was he?
A: Lewis Summerville B: Franklin Ostrich C: Franklin Snarr D: Lewis Estes
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December 31: The first President of Wilmington college, Lewis Estes, called which of the following buildings his home?
A: Friends Hall B: College Hall C: Marble Hall D: Twin Ash Hall Winners Facebook: Caroline Guindon Instagram: @rebeccaakbowman
January 1st: True or False: The word “Quaker” was originally used as an insult against the Society of Friends?
A: True B: False
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January 2nd: What is the biggest and most successful Quaker owned company?
A: Quaker Oats B: Cadbury C: Quaker Rugs D: Richard Nixon’s campaign Winners Facebook: Caroline Guindon Instagram: @Krieger.alison
January 3rd: Where is modern Quakerism blooming and growing most rapidly? Hint: Wilmington College hosted students and faculty from this area in 2017 for an International Research Symposium; and the college has taken numerous trips here in the past.
A: The USA B: The UK C: Kenya D: Argentina
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January 4th: In what year was the first Westheimer Peace Symposium held?
A: 2005 B: 1991 C:1971 D: 1889 Winners Facebook: Caroline Guindon Instagram: @emiliaknisley
January 5th: While in France, which influential Wilmington College alumnus was appointed by France’s Allowed Monthly Meeting of Friends as a delegate to the London Yearly Meeting of Friends held in May 1919?
A: Paul Moke B: Luther Warren C: Monte Anderson D: Hatfield McCoy
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January 6th: Which Wilmington College President was a cultural anthropologist, author and professor who conducted anthropological work with indigenous Maya communities for seven years prior to coming to Wilmington College?
A: Frederick Douglas B: Timothy Weiderhold C: Robert Hinshaw D: Donald Ross Winners Facebook: Caroline Guindon Instagram: @emiliaknisley
January 7th: President Thorburn followed in Lucas' footsteps in paying close attention to community outreach, strengthening the College’s relationship with the city of Wilmington. Thorburn was committed to the Quaker mission of the College, hiring the first Campus Minister and supporting the establishment of the ______.
A: Quaker Heritage Center B: Wilmington Yearly Meeting C: School Cafeteria D: Westheimer Peace Symposium
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January 8th: In what year was the famous Campus Rock moved by a group of students from the Clinton County Infirmary, a mile away, to its current location along the northside of College Hall?
A:1906 B: 1890 C: 1969 D: 2010 Winners Facebook: Caroline Guindon Instagram: @emiliaknisley
January 9th: Which of these Quaker Meeting Houses is not located in Clinton County:
A: Chester Friends Meeting B: Wilmington Friends Meeting C: Dover Meeting D: Third Haven Meeting House
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January 10th: Professor Esther Farquhar greatly embodied the Quaker Testimony of Equality. She was a Quaker and a 1916 graduate of Wilmington College. During the first half of the 20th century, Farquhar devoted her life to global service, teaching in Cuba and conducting relief work with other WC personnel in what country?
A: Spain B: Haiti C: Cuba D: Malawi Winners Facebook: Caroline Guindon Instagram: @keithmakepeacebarber
January 11th: James M. Read was the Wilmington College president from 1960 through 1969. He was a registered “Conscientious objector” during World War 2. He handled an array of impressive tasks throughout his lifetime and accumulated a number of professions which he has had, many which signify the importance of the lifestyle he chose to live, all of the following responsibilities were once handled by him except for which one:
A: Served as the Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees of the United Nations B: Served in the Civilian Public Services C: Served as the Associate Secretary for the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) D: Served in the U.S. established consulate in Japan after WW2
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January 12th: In support of the Quaker Peace Testimony, which former editor of the Wilmington College Witness newspaper and 1976 alumnus joined the “Continental Walk for Disarmament and Social Justice.” from Ukiah, California, to Washington, D.C., from January to October 1976?
A: Dudley Champaign B:Carl Champney C: Douglas Champion D: Paul Camp
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January 13th: President Read’s high international profile and his ties with the Friends Committee on National Legislature (FCNL) allowed him to continue the internationalization of academics at Wilmington College. In conjunction with his history background, Read also went out of his way to welcome and introduce many other international historians from a diverse range of nations, from all of the following but one:
A: Spain B: Japan C: South Africa D: India
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January 14th: A key to civil awareness among white students at Wilmington College was the 1964 participation of WC student Carol Kornfield in “Freedom Summer” training at Western Women’s University in Oxford, Ohio. What was the goal of this organization? A: Assist African Americans to register for voting B: Encourage women to fight for equal pay C: Educate people about economic inequality D: Train women on proper table etiquette
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January 15th: In 2016, Wilmington College named a new Campus Minister who continues to hold this position, who is this person?
A: Susan Lucas B: Chip Murdock C: Angela Mitchell D: Nancy McCormick
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January 16th: What group did Wilmington College’s fourth president, James B. Unthank, seek to ensure guided the future of the college?
A: Wilmington Lions Club B: Wilmington Yearly Meeting C: Wilmington Rotary Club D: The YMCA
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January 17th: What Wilmington College leader spoke of conduct and cited the College's moral and religious influences as "excellent, no immoral students desired" — and none would be retained "who do not manifest a disposition to reform”?
A: Jim Reynolds B: Tim B. Nothanks C: Trevor M. Bates D: James B. Unthank
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January 18th: By 1898, enrollment at the College and Preparatory School reached 150 students, 66 men and 84 women: of these, 51 were enrolled in College classes. The increased enrollment at this time was the result of what?
A: The improvement of WC’s agricultural department B: Scholarships donated at the 1897 Wilmington Yearly Meeting C: The growth of Ohio’s economy in 1897 D: The growing popularity of higher education in the late 1800’s
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January 19th: In 1903 a Quaker pastor from the First Friends Church in Indianapolis was hired to succeed WC’s President Unthank, and to ensure the College’s unabated growth. Who was this successor?
A: Ellen Black B: Virginia White C: Dylan Maroon D: Albert Brown
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(#50) January 20th: As President Brown’s term came to an end in 1912, his successor; a Quaker from North Carolina and Guilford and Harvard graduate, sought to further consolidate the College’s success and reorganize the curriculum. Who was this Quaker?
A: Upton Sinclaire B: Erwin Chemerinsky C: Samuel Hodgin D: Elizabeth Gaskell
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(#51) January 21st: William B. Yoakley was Wilmington College's first African American student. What profession would Yoakley go on to pursue?
A: Professor B: Physician C: Psychologist D: Local Politician
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(#52) January 22nd: Elizabeth Shrieves was the first female doctor in Clinton County, starting her practice in 1901. She graduated from Wilmington College in 1884, a time when female doctors, let alone authoritative roles for women, were somewhat unusual. In what countries did Shrieves study in?
A: England, France, Switzerland, Germany, and Lichtenstien B: Spain, Haiti, and India C: India, China and Mongolia D: Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Germany and England.
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(#53) January 23rd: During ______, the College refused to accept a military training unit and enrolled Japanese American students who had been released from internment camps in the American West. Fill in the blank.
A: World War II B: The Korean Conflict C: The Vietnam War D: World War I
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(#54) January 24th: In 1933, President Collins stated that Wilmington College Native American student Glorianna Young of the ______in Northern California had contributed “one of the finest pieces of work done by any of our student body.” Fill in the blank.
A: Miwok Tribe B: Wintun Tribe C: Wappo Tribe D: Karuk Tribe
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(#55) January 25th: Wilmington College Student artistic, academic and cultural achievements were once highlighted each year at the ______at which their work was read and performed and brought to the attention of the campus community. Fill in the blank.
A: Highlight Evening B: Illumination Night C: Fluorescent Sundown D: Shining Dusk
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(#56) January 26th: Unthank arrived at Wilmington College as a professor of language and history in 1874 because a friend, Benjamin F. Trueblood, became Wilmington's second president that year. Unthank later became Wilmington's ____ president. A: Third B: Fifth C: Fourth D: Best
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(#57) January 27th: A Quaker woman named Lizzie Magie invented the board game “Monopoly” to warn of the potential dangers of what?
A: Socialism B: The New Deal C: Capitalism D: Antitrust laws
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(#58) January 28th: Which South African Quaker, whose career has seen her move from underground liberation campaigner to a politician, is known for speaking truth to power? She campaigned for women's rights and liberation from Apartheid throughout the 1980s, inspiring even those here at Wilmington College.
A: Helen Suzman B: Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge C: Alice Paul D: Albertina Sisulu
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(#59) January 29th: Reporting to the Wilmington Yearly Meeting at its annual meeting on August 15, 1945, President _____ stated, “The College is completing its fourth year of operation under war conditions. They have been years of severe testing and proving. As peace comes, we feel the school has a more definitely outlined field of service than ever before...The post war period will be one in which great responsibilities rest upon the churches and schools. The church-related college is in a strategic position to accomplish much good. Let us be ready!"
A: John Edwin Jay B: Trueblood C: Bates D: Watson
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(#60) January 30th: Which Quaker American suffragist who founded the National Women's Party in 1910, organized silent protests outside the White House, and successfully campaigned for women's right to vote?
A: Alice Paul B: Helen Parr C: Lizzie Margo D: Laura Struve
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(#61) January 31st: In 1944, during the midst of WWII when WC was struggling from economic instability and decreased enrollment, what crashed into the mall of Wilmington College?
A: A car B: A truck C: A WWII fighter plane D: A news helicopter
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February 1st: In the mid-1920s, Wilmington College Quakers enthusiastically supported the 1927 Friendship Doll Exchange. The exchange resulted in more than 12,000 dolls being sent from all over the United States with the state of Ohio sending the largest number, over 2,000 dolls, and Wilmington Quakers sending seven of those, including a doll named “Ellen C.” after the beloved Wilmington College professor, Ellen C. Wright. What country participated in this exchange? A: Germany B: Canada C: Japan D: Russia
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(#63) February 2nd: In the 1960’s, the Quaker Peace Testimony inspired numerous anti war actions carried out in the spirit of non-violence. Three of the College’s presidents proclaimed their conscientious objections to the war: Sam Marble, James Read and Robert Hinshaw. President _____ even refused to register for the Selective Service.
A: Marble B: Read C: Hinshaw D: None of the above
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(#65) February 3rd: In 1966, Wilmington College students organized the “Committee for _____ and ______” on campus, which planned and coordinated anti-war events. The committee met weekly holding a sign which stated, “A silent vigil to express our protest and our sorrow for the people of Vietnam, our brothers.” A: Peace; Freedom B: Peace; Justice C: Change; Freedom D: Change; Justice
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(#66) February 4th: In late October 1967, in the spirit of equality and openness, the Committee for Peace and Freedom organized two peaceful vigils on campus, a “Peace Vigil”, and a vigil in support of U.S. military personnel serving in Vietnam. These vigils coexisted without conflict on the small campus of Wilmington College with nearly ___ campus community members participating in either vigil of their choosing.
A: four dozen B: 200 C: 50 D:100
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(#67) February 5th: As the opposition to the Vietnam War grew more turbulent, increasing numbers of Wilmington College students joined national protests. In October 1967, __ Wilmington College students traveled to Washington D.C. to protest with thousands of other students and activists from across the nation at the Pentagon. A: 37 B: 72 C: 50 D: 55
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(#68) February 6th: In the years following the Vietnam War, the College’s commitment to the Quaker Peace Testimony remained strong. In the mid 1970’s, two major events demonstrated this commitment: the establishment of the ______, and the Continental Walk for Disarmament and Social Justice.
A: Center for Science and Agriculture B: Austin-Pickett Hall C: Peace Resource Center D: Friends Hall Dormitory
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(#69) February 7th: The Peace Resource Center at Wilmington College was formally founded August 6, 1975 with a five-day international conference to commemorate the ____ anniversary of the United States’ first use of nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. A: 30th B: 5th C: 20th D: 50th
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(#71) February 9th: The mid-1990s saw a renaissance of hosting international students at Wilmington College, amplifying the Quaker values of diversity. This happened after soccer coach Bud Lewis began bringing in players from which Country?
A: Norway B: Sweden C: Nigeria D: South Korea
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(#72) February 10th: In 2019-2020, most of WC’s ___ international students come from Sweden. Others come from Costa Rica, Panama, England, Czech Republic, Norway and Brazil. A:10 B:15 C: 55 D: 20 Winners Facebook: Addie Roberts Instagram: N/A
(#73) February 11th: Neil Thorburn became the College’s 16th president in April 1983, and advanced the Wilmington College _____ Programs to the highly successful and reputable programs they became.
A: Religious B: Prison C: community service D: outreach
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(#74) February 12th: Robert E. Lucas, the ____ president of Wilmington College, was known for repairing the town-gown relationship- and that with the Wilmington Yearly Meeting- that had deteriorated in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
A:12th B: 15th C:17th D:13th
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(#75) February 13th: In May 1970, Wilmington College faculty, staff, and students selected a special delegation of College representatives to march 65 miles to Columbus to protest the actions of the National Guard and to demand an explanation from Governor James Rhodes regarding the Kent State shooting. The route intentionally avoided _____, as reportedly some potentially violent elements there had made thinly veiled threats should the procession traverse their city.
A: Washington Court House B: McDonald’s C: Walmart D: Xenia
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(#76) February 14th: After announcing a demonstration would be held at the state capital following the Kent State shooting, Wilmington College students, along with students from what other college were selected to coordinate a protest at the Statehouse? They assumed the roles of organization centers for the anti-war protests in the state’s southern and northern halves, respectively.
A: Ohio State University B: Miami University C: University of Cincinnati D: Oberlin College
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(#77) February 15th: Lucy Steinitz announced a plan for students to participate in an "antiwar mail-in" at which, later that afternoon, some 200 students wrote letters addressed to Rhodes and Richard Nixon protesting the murders at Kent State and the escalation of the war into _____. They marched as one to the downtown Wilmington post office, reportedly getting stares and the occasional "Get a god-damned haircut!" from onlookers.
A: Iraq B: Vietnam C: Cambodia D: Afghanistan
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(#78) February 16th: In 1940, Sheppard Arthur Watson, a former biology professor at the College, returned to step into the presidency, leaving his position as Dean of _____ College. Watson, a Quaker, set in motion the necessary steps to secure the College from collapse following the Great Depression. A: Whittier B: Allegheny Wesleyan C: Oberlin D: Belmont
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(#79) February 17th: Many Quakers who have guided Wilmington College as board members, administrators and faculty have adhered to the Quaker Peace Testimony, stated below, fill in the blanks! "We utterly deny all outward wars and strife and fighting with outward _____, for any end, or under any pretense whatsoever; and this is our testimony to the whole world. The spirit of Christ, by which we are guided, is not changeable, so as once to command us from a thing as evil and again to move unto it; and we do certainly know, and so testify to the world, that the spirit of Christ, which leads us into all Truth, will never move us to fight and war against any man with outward _____, neither for the kingdom of Christ, nor for the kingdoms of this world." A: weapons; strife B: weapons; weapons C: anger; hatred D: conflict; weapons
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(#81) February 19th: The Wilmington Quaker volunteers joined European crews through the American Friends Service Committee and the Red Cross in building _____ for French families in the final two years of World War I. Notably, several of the Quaker volunteers from Wilmington developed close ties with German prisoners-of-war, with whom they worked side-by-side rebuilding devastated areas. A: schools B: small farms C: teamwork D: homes
Winners Facebook: Caroline Guindon Instagram: @snyderbrvc (#82) February 20th: Peace Resource Center founder Barbara Reynolds had been aware of Wilmington College for many years since her husband, physical anthropologist Earle Reynolds, had been a professor at Antioch College in nearby Yellow Springs, Ohio, during the 1930s and 1940s. Reynolds became a Quaker in the late _____, and her connections to Wilmington College increased as a result of her nuclear disarmament activism from Hiroshima, Japan. A: 1960’s B: 1950’s C: 1940’s D: 1970’s
Winners Facebook: Caroline Guindon Instagram: @snyderbrvc
(#83) February 21st: Sam Marble encouraged the enrollment of international students, embracing the Quaker idealism of diversity and inclusion. The addition of an internationally focused curriculum supported a series of international folk festivals on campus. By the 1950s, the festivals were popular events attended annually by more than 1,000 individuals, and the festivals continued in various formats into the _____. A: 1950’s B: 1960’s C: 1970’s D: 1980’s
Winners Facebook: @macydetty17 Instagram: N/A (#84) February 22nd From 1951 to 1960, James M. Read served as the Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, with a brief stint as U.N. Acting High Commissioner in 1956, before accepting the presidency at Wilmington College in 1960. What year did Read formally join the Society of Friends as a convinced Quaker? A: 1942 B: 1954 C: 1950 D: 1948
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(#85) February 23rd: In ____, the year following the first Westheimer Peace Symposium at Wilmington College, the Westheimer family gifted funds to remodel the Peace Resource Center; after which the Center was rededicated. A: 1993 B: 1992 C: 1994 D: 1991
Winners Facebook: Addie Roberts Instagram: @emiliaknisley (#86) February 24th: Under President _____, the College collaborated with the Wilmington Yearly Meeting to publish the work, Partners in Education, commissioned in 1992 as a testimonial to the mutually supportive relationship between the College and the Yearly Meeting. A: Thorburn B: Watson C: Marx D: Read
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(#87) February 25th: In ____, under President Thorburn, Wilmington College hired its first campus minister, Stephanie Crumley-Effinger. A: 1915 B: 1942 C: 1984 D: 1957
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(#88) February 26th: In terms of upholding the Peace Testimony, Thorburn worked with Cincinnati philanthropists _____ and _____ Westheimer in 1990 to establish an endowment for an annual peace symposium. The first Westheimer Peace Symposium was held in 1991. A: Charles; May B: Richard; Mary C: James; Anne D: Thomas; Sarah
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(#89) February 27th: The Westheimer Peace Symposium at Wilmington College brings together national and international speakers to address peace, society and the environment, and draws audiences from the campus community and beyond. The Symposium lectures and panels relate to four rotating key themes related to the core values of the College: peace and the nature of war, peace and the environment, peace and social justice, and peace and ______. This annual event connects students and the community to the values espoused by the College via its historic Quaker affiliation. A: Prosperity B: Nonviolence C: Love D: Government
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(#90) February 28th: During the early 1990s, Wilmington College made the notion of service more intentional through the ______Program. This program’s mission was for students to perform meaningful service to society and reflect on their experiences. A: Service Contribution B: Helping Hands C: Hands-On D: Service Learning Winners Facebook: Caroline Guindon Instagram: @rebeccaakbowman
(#91) March 1st: Through the Service Learning Program, students became involved in such areas of service from Adopt-A-Highway, Adult Literacy Education and the _____ Program in which Wilmington College students mentor elementary school children, volunteer in the public schools, and work with juveniles in the judicial system. A: Tutor B: SMART C: Athenian D: STEM
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(#92) March 2nd: In more recent years, service learning at the College has taken the form of programs such as: the “Grow Food, Grow Hope” community gardens, “Cardboard City” to create awareness of ______, and service at Sugartree Ministries' Your Fathers' Kitchen, a food pantry for those in need, including the city's homeless population. A: poverty B: poor building materials C: mental illness D: homelessness Winners Facebook: Addie Roberts Instagram: @trescherie
(#93) March 3rd: Tied to Wilmington College’s Service Learning Program, the annual “Collegiate Relay for Life” activities served to not only raise money for _____ but also brought together the campus in an enjoyable weekend activity in the out-doors. In addition, numerous campaigns associated with the holiday season served to contribute to families in the Wilmington community who are struggling economically. A: Cancer research B: diabetes research C: asthma awareness D: Heart condition awareness
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(#94) March 4th: From the mid 1990s through 2006, agriculture faculty member Don Chafin led several College groups to build houses in the Mississippi Delta town of Coahoma through Habitat for Humanity. Students participating in the service trips quickly realized it was more than a break from the books to hammer boards and paint walls. It was an immersion into American history and culture. Over time, Chafin's service trips expanded to other states like Louisiana and Alabama, and even internationally into ______. A: South America B: Canada C: Mexico D: France
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(#95) March 5th: In ____, Wilmington College students traveled to New Orleans to participate in relief work in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. A: 2006 B: 2005 C: 2007 D: 2008
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(#96) March 6th: From ____ to the present, Professors Neil Snarr and Michael Snarr developed the extremely successful student lobbying experiences in Washington, D.C., through the Friends Committee on National Legislation. A: 2000 B: 1979 C: 1984 D: 1999 Winners Facebook: Caroline Guindon Instagram: @ruthtonachel
(#97) March 7th: Each year, some 50 Wilmington College students travel to Washington, D.C., to participate in FCNL lobbying workshops and to lobby their political representatives regarding ______, peace or social justice concerns. A: industrial B: environmental C: presidential D: generational
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(#98) March 8th: In 1969, WC was one of only ___ institutions in Ohio teaching in prisons. Dr. Snarr was the College spokesperson for the program. A: 13 B: 7 C: 2 D: 5 Winners Facebook: Chelsea Marie Instagram: N/A
(#99) March 9th: During the 1968-69 academic year, WC’s Dr. Marie Buncombe began teaching expository writing at LCI, becoming the first female to teach behind the walls of a(n) _____ prison in Ohio. A: male B: maximum security C: federal D: established
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(#100) March 10th: Complementing the prison education program at LCI, in 1979, WC began a ____-year in-service college program for correctional and law enforcement personnel at the prison. A: two B: six C: three D: four Winners Facebook: Addie Roberts Instagram: @rebeccaakbowman
(#101) March 11th: Bob McCoy was a Quaker relief worker who conducted reconstruction work in Europe following World War II. He and his wife _____ met in 1949 in Salzburg, Austria, while they both were doing relief work with the American Friends Service Committee. A: Shirley B: Denise C: Helga D: Elaine
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(#102) March 12th: Helga McCoy was a trained translator of English and German. She, along with her husband Bob McCoy, started the ______Program at Wilmington college to allow students to study abroad. A: Vienna B: Abroad C: McCoy D: Books and Flight Winners Facebook: N/A Instagram: @trescherie
(#103) March 13th: Since the ____, Quakers from Wilmington College have led students to participate in programs at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation at Pine Ridge, South Dakota, as part of ongoing American Friends Service Committee service and learning efforts. A: 1980’s B: 1990’s C: 1970’s D: 1960’s
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(#104) March 14th: In the late ____’s, Wilmington College’s Roy Joe Stuckey became deeply involved in establishing the pacifist Quaker Monteverde Community in Costa Rica, and members of his family continue to reside in Costa Rica. A: 1960 B: 1940 C: 1950 D: 1970
Winners Facebook: Caroline Guindon Instagram: @ruthtonachel (#105) March 15th: Although Roy Joe Stuckey would return to Wilmington College and his work in the agriculture department, he traveled to Costa Rica for many years with his students starting in the 1950s. There, they shared in the agricultural work of the Monteverde community along with its ideals and mission of ______protection. A: insurance B: heritage C: military D: environmental
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(#106) March 16th: Currently, faculty and staff from across the College travel with students to carry out engaged experiential service and learning experiences in countries such as Costa Rica, Belize and Japan. Through these programs, students not only practice the Quaker value of Service, but also the Quaker value of Respect for all _____ as they learn new ways of living and working from global populations. A: Environments B: Persons C: Cultures D: Quakers
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(#107) March 17th: The Isaac Harvey Fund at Wilmington College makes it possible for WC students to explore Quaker commitments to peace and social justice through travel and _____. A: boxing B: service C: money D: expertise
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(#108) March 18th: The Isaac Harvey Fund at Wilmington College makes it possible for WC students to explore Quaker commitments to peace and social justice through travel and Service. Funding is made by the members of the Isaac Harvey Fund Committee – the campus minister, a representative of Wilmington Yearly Meeting, and a Quaker faculty/staff representative(s). True or false: you must be a quaker to receive this grant.
Winners Facebook: Caroline Guindon Instagram: @emiliaknisley
(#109) March 19th: The 2020 Westheimer Peace Symposium at Wilmington College celebrated what anniversary of this Quaker ideal based symposium? A: 40th B: 20th C: 30th D: 50th Winners Facebook: Caroline Guindon Instagram: @rebeccaakbowman
(#110) March 20th: Who gave the closing keynote address at the 29th annual Westheimer Peace Symposium titled “Human Rights: The Rights of Nature and an Era of Extreme Extraction and Climate Change”? A: Winona LaDuke B: Cathay McSteel C: Barbara Reynolds D: Henry Octoma
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(#111) March 21st: Who was the closing Keynote speaker of the 2018 Westheimer Peace Symposium? He holds degrees from the University of Michigan, Columbia Law School and Oxford University. His work focuses on questions of criminal theory and punishment and political theory and particularly, questions political obligation and its interaction with justifications of punishment. A: Dr. Brian Chanbell B: Professor Christian Snyder C: Dr. Ryder Mitchell D: Professor Ekow Yankah Winners Facebook: Addie Roberts Instagram: @emiliaknisley
(#112) March 22nd: Who was this amazing specialist who was a guest at the 2018 Westheimer Peace Symposium? He is an addiction specialist for the Lindner Center of Hope, and a certified addiction medicine physician and tobacco treatment specialist. In 1993, he received his B.Mus. in Music Education with Michigan State credentialing for K – 12 music. In 2001, he received his B.Sci. in Molecular Biology and Microbiology with a minor & certificate in Gerontology from the University of Central Florida. In 2008, this person received his M.D. with Honors in Understanding Your Patient (introduction to psychiatry) from Loma Linda University School of Medicine. In 2012, he completed his Internal Medicine Residency at the Kettering Medical Center, and in 2014, his Addiction Medicine Research Fellowship at Cincinnati VA. He now specializes in several areas of therapy, including Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy, Self-Management and Recovery Training, Relapse Prevention, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing. A: Dr. Clifford Cabansag B: Dr. Stephen Strange C: Dr. Bruce Banner D: Dr. Fauci
Winners Facebook: Addie Roberts Instagram: @rebeccaakbowman (#113) March 23rd: The 2020 Westheimer Peace Symposium and the Peace Resource Center worked with Dr. ______, assistant professor of music, to hold virtual performances and exhibits by seven artists, writers and composers from across the United States. These individuals will utilize archival materials from the Peace Resource Center to create an original works commemorating the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings. A: Anne Cothan B: Brianna Matzke C: Brianna Mackee D: Tanya Maus
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(#114) March 24th: In 2018, in honor of the 100th anniversary of ______, the Quaker Heritage Center at Wilmington College displayed the “Quaker Conscientious Objectors of Wilmington College at the Great War’s End: Reconstructing Themselves and Their World” exhibit. This exhibit revealed the deep commitment to non-violence of five young Quaker students at Wilmington College during WW1- Francis Farquhar, Luther Warren, Mark McMillan, Maynard McKay, and Richard Larkin, during World War I (1914-1918). A: D-day B: Independence Day C: Wilmington College D: Armistice Day
Winners Facebook: Caroline Guindon Instagram: @ruthtonachel
(#115) March 25th: Who was hired by Wilmington College in 2015 to tend to the care and preservation of the Barbara Reynolds Memorial Archives, making its diverse contents widely accessible to researchers, humanities scholars, journalists, artists, undergraduate/high school students and the public? This person expanded the local, regional, national and international awareness of the experience and danger of nuclear war—a mission embodied in the lifelong Quaker peace activism of the PRC’s founder Barbara Reynolds and the PRC’s internationally famous historical collection regarding the legacies of nuclear war. A: Tanya Maus B: Chip Murdock C: Brian VanDeRyt D: Jenna Fawcett
Winners Facebook: Caroline Guindon Instagram:@emiliaknisley
(#116) March 26th: The 2020 Westheimer Peace Symposium explored its various topics through a collaboration with the Wilmington College Peace Resource Center and the ______Project. A: Respond B: AGBP C: Nuclear D: Response
Winners Facebook: Addie Roberts Instagram: @rebeccaakbowman (#117) March 27th: The Westheimer Peace Symposium in ____ looked at the opioid crisis in both Ohio and the United States from a social justice perspective. It considered how issues such as low-paying jobs and the lack of availability of social services in Ohio relates to spikes in incarceration. The program also examined the racial aspects of addiction responses. A: 2020 B: 2016 C: 2018 D: 2017
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(#118) March 28th: On display at the ______is the "A QUAKER JOURNEY STORY'' exhibit. This exhibit shows how in 1828, the Walthall family, Quaker ancestors of Meriam Hare, decided to leave their home in Gravelly Run, Virginia, and journey to Ohio. In the late 1880s, almost 60 years after their journey, William Walthall recalled the trip he experienced as a child in his memoir. A: Peace Resource Center B: Cincinnati Museum Center C: Pyle Center D: Quaker Heritage Center
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(#119) March 29th: Warren and Clinton counties are home to a scenic byway that highlights Quaker heritage in the two counties. The approximately __-mile Quaker Heritage Scenic Byway would stretch from Wilmington in Clinton County to the Warren County communities of Harveysburg, Corwin and Waynesville. A: 10 B: 50 C: 25 D: 100
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(#120) March 30th: The first Quakers in Southwestern Ohio came from the Carolinas around 1805, seeking good farm land and wanting to establish anti-slave communities. The flood of Quakers that came to Clinton and Warren counties happened in the ____’s. Some Quaker families in Southwestern Ohio participated in the Underground Railroad. A: 1830 B: 1810 C: 1820 D: 1840
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(#121) March 31st: The QHC’s Quaker Scenic Byway contains a list of sites for the byway, which features about __ locations, including the Quaker Heritage Center and Peace Resource Center at Wilmington College. A: 20 B: 70 C: 15 D: 40
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(#122) April 1st: The history of the migration of the Quakers is rich in our area. Many Quakers came here from South _____ to escape slavery. Quakers settled in Springboro, Waynesville, Harveysburg and Wilmington. This part of Southwestern Ohio was a major settlement area for Quakers, especially in the years leading up to the Civil War. Wilmington College was founded by Quakers in 1870. A: Dakota B: America C: Carolina D: Indiana
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(#123) April 2nd: Ohio has about __ scenic byways, including ones that are part of the America’s Byways program, according to ODOT. The Quaker Scenic Byway in Clinton and Warren counties will be the only Quaker heritage scenic byway in the state. A: 49 B: 27 C: 73 D: 104 Winners Facebook: Caroline Guindon Instagram:@rebeccaakbowman
(#124) April 3rd: Several years ago, the Quaker Heritage Center at Wilmington College received a $______gift from an anonymous donor specifically designated for the development of a Quaker scenic byway through ODOT’s scenic byway program to bring tourism to the Wilmington area. The gift covers the initial expenses and allows officials to sustain it. A: 1,500 B: 5,000 C: 1,000 D: 10,000
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(#125) April 4th: The Quaker Heritage Center of Wilmington College’s vision statement is as follows: “Quaker values and testimonies of equality, integrity, peace, ______, and community unify and strengthen our campus, local, and global communities.” A: Simplicity B: Wholesomeness C: kindness D: friendliness Winners Facebook: Addie Roberts Instagram: @keithmakepeacebarber
(#126) April 5th: The annual Westheimer Peace Symposium at Wilmington College has four revolving themes, utilizing one every year. The theme of last year’s 2020 Westheimer Peace Symposium symposium was what? A: Peace and the Nature of War B: Peace and Nonviolence C: Peace and Social Justice D: Peace and the Environment
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(#127) April 6th: Among the sites on the QHC’s Quaker scenic byway is the Museum at the Friends Home in Waynesville. This museum is in a 1905 Quaker boarding home. The Religious Society of Friends built it as a retirement home for Quakers and it stayed that way until around 1988. The building was considered a modern marvel because it had indoor plumbing -the only place in the county to have it in 1905. The building also had electricity. The museum, which opened in 2000, has __ exhibit rooms that highlight the history of Waynesville and its small surrounding communities. A: 10 B: 5 C: 15 D: 25
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(#128) April 7th: The QHC’s mission statement is as follows: “The Quaker Heritage Center of Wilmington College educates present and future generations of diverse audiences about historic and living traditions and _____ of the Religious Society of Friends.” A: ideals B: pretenses C: concerns D: laws
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(#129) April 8th: The 2020 Westheimer Peace Symposium was special two-day symposium commemorating the __th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the first use of nuclear weapons by the United States, entitled “The Nuclear Threat: Past, Present, Future.” A: 80 B: 65 C: 85 D: 75 Winners Facebook: Caroline Guindon Instagram: @carleygracewils
(#130) April 9th: The Quaker Heritage Center of Wilmington College’s Purpose Statement is as follows: “The Center educates by acquiring, preserving, displaying, and interpreting _____; by creating an online presence; by providing tours, presentations, lectures, activities, and programs on site; and by outreach activities.” A: documents B: artifacts C: archives D: Quaker history
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(#131) April 10th: The Peace Resource Center at Wilmington College’s Vision Statement is as follows: “To study the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is to commit to _____.” A: a better future B: tranquility C: happiness D: peace Winners Facebook: Addie Roberts Instagram: @rebeccaakbowman
(#132) April 12th: The Peace Resource Center’s Mission Statement is as follows: “The Peace Resource Center at Wilmington College works for _____ by bearing witness to the historical experience of Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombing survivors and the legacies of nonviolent activists touched by the horrors of nuclear war.” A: coexistence B: peace C: education D: empathy
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(#133) April 13th: The Peace Resource Center at Wilmington College has four core principles. These principles are rather commitments to four main values; which are nonviolence, ______, Peace Inquiry and Consciousness, and just peace. A: justice B: political equality C: disarmament D: warm hugs Winners Facebook: Addie Roberts Instagram: @t.k.elkan
(#134) April 14th: The Quaker Heritage Center at Wilmington College’s first core value is as follows: “To be faithful in our representation of Quaker history and ______.” A: activism B: heritage C: future D: culture
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(#135) April 15th: The Peace Resource Center at Wilmington College once opened an exhibit, titled “The Journey of the Phoenix: A Peace Odyssey”. This exhibit highlighted the Reynolds family global journey between 1954 and 1958 that propelled them to antinuclear and peace activism. “The Journey of the Phoenix: A Peace Odyssey” was open from June 1st to August 1st, ____. A: 2015 B: 2017 C: 2016 D: 2018 Winners Facebook: Caroline Guindon Instagram: @rebeccaakbowman
(#136) April 16th: The Peace Resource Center Barbara Reynolds Memorial Archives is a proud recipient of the National Endowment for the Humanities Preservation Assistance Grant. Through this support, the PRC has been able to dramatically improve the preservation environment of the physical archive collection. What year did the PRC receive this grant? A: 2010 B: 2019 C: 2016 D: 2020
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(#137) April 17th: The Barbara Reynolds Memorial Archives housed in the Peace Resource Center at Wilmington College is the most extensive collection of interdisciplinary materials related to the legacy of ______in the United States. A: Quakerism B: peace C: nuclear war D: activism Winners Facebook: Addie Roberts Instagram: @rebeccaakbowman
(#138) April 18th: Each year, the Barbara Reynolds Memorial Archives housed in the Peace Resource Center at Wilmington College receives about ____ visitors, including researchers, students, and members of the public. A: 100-150 B: 50-100 C: 400-450 D: 200-250
Winners Facebook: Caroline Guindon Instagram: @rebeccaakbowman
(#139) April 19th: The Peace Resource Center Barbara Reynolds Memorial Archives (PRC BRMA) holds documents; creative responses to the atomic bombings, such as poetry, plays, and artistic works; historic poster collections; historic photos; slides; scrapbooks; photo albums; 16-mm films; reel-to-reel audio; cassette tapes; and artifacts among others. PRC BRMA founder Barbara Leonard Reynolds (1915-1990) collected most of these materials from the ______. The PRC BRMA is unique in that it relays the arc of nuclear war experiences and nuclear disarmament history within the context of the rise and decline of the Cold War during the second half of the 20th century. A: 1950s-1970s B: 1920s-1940s C: 1940s-1950s D: government
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(#140) April 20th: Barbara Reynolds, the founder of the Peace Resource Center at Wilmington College, was an internationally-known peace activist who devoted her life to creating awareness about the plight of atomic bombing survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. She was given the key to the city of Hiroshima in 1969, but was made an honorary citizen of Hiroshima in what year? A: 1960 B: 1965 C: 1970 D: 1975
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(#141) April 21st: The Reynolds family global journey between 1954 and 1958 that propelled them to antinuclear and peace activism was taken on a ship known as “The Phoenix of _____”, which was a 50-metre, 30-ton yacht. A: Nagasaki B: Hiroshima C: Japan D: Peace Winners Facebook: Instagram:
(#142) April 22nd: Named after the mythological bird that rises from the ashes of its own destruction, the yacht, “Phoenix of Hiroshima” was built near Hiroshima, Japan and launched on May 5th, 1954. It was designed by Dr. Earle L. Reynolds, an anthropologist who was sent to Hiroshima by the U.S. government to study the effects of the atomic bomb on the physical growth and development of surviving Japanese _____. In eastern mythology, the Phoenix was a bird that appears only during a time of universal peace. A: Wildlife B: Trees C: Children D: Pets
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(#143) April 23rd: The yacht “Phoenix of Hiroshima” was built entirely of native Japanese trees. While enroute ____, the main mast became infested, and was replaced by New Zealand Kauri pine. It was double-planked, mahogany over cypress. The hull above the waterline was built with hinoki wood, and sugi cryptomeria cedar below. Cabins below deck were constructed with mahogany, camphor, cherry, chestnut and Japanese Cabinet woods. A: 1980 B: 1975 C: 1956 D: 1967 Winners Facebook: Instagram:
(#144) April 24th: Barbara Reynolds, founder of the Peace Resource Center at Wilmington College, along with her husband Earle, their daughter Jessica and two sons Tim and Ted, moved to Yellow Springs, Ohio in the early 1940’s so Earle could begin work at Antioch College. In ____, Earle joined the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission and was later sent to Hiroshima to study the effects of nuclear radiation on developing children. A: 1956 B: 1951 C: 1950 D: 1960
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(#145) April 25th: Inspired by the crew of The Golden Rule, the Reynolds family joined the Quaker community and decided to sail into the Bikini _____ nuclear testing grounds aboard their ship, The Phoenix of Hiroshima. It was illegal for the Reynolds’ to do this, so they were forcibly removed from the area so that the bomb could be detonated. A: Atom B: Bottom C: Atoll D: Botrol Winners Facebook: Instagram:
(#146) April 26th: After being forcibly removed from a nuclear test site near the Marshall Islands, Earle Reynolds was arrested by the United States Navy. After a wait in Honolulu, Earle’s sentence was overturned on appeal. While Earle was awaiting trial, Barbara Reynolds, Earle’s wife at the time helped their 16 year old son Ted and crew member Niichi Mikami sail the boat back to Hawaii. How long did Earle Reynolds await trial in Honolulu? A: 9 months B: 4 years C: 14 days D: 2 years
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(#147) April 27th: A strong central figure in the history of Quaker heritage and peace activism at Wilmington College was Dr. Larry Gara. A Quaker, he was a very outspoken advocate for peace and social justice. Dr. Gara was emeritus professor of ______at WC from 1962 through 1992, after which he continued part time until 2002. A: theatre B: religion C: music D: history Winners Facebook: Instagram:
(#148) April 28th: Larry Gara, Wilmington College’s emeritus professor of history from 1962 through 1992, was arrested for refusing to sign up for the draft on his 20th birthday, and sentenced to how many years in prison? A: one B: two C: three D: four
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(#149) April 29th: As opposed to serving in the active military, Bob McCoy (founder of the Vienna Program at Wilmington College) registered as a conscientious objector, serving in Civilian Public Service (CPS) camp #46, located in _____. A: France B: New York C: Japan D: Virginia Winners Facebook: Instagram:
(#150) April 30th: In light of quaker values and upholding the value of service and activism, students at Wilmington College have the opportunity to take a variety of courses regarding many topics. One of these unique classes, Global Signature 320: Hiroshima’s Shadow, is currently establishing a virtual exhibit that the class coordinated together. This exhibit pulls together several different artifacts from the Peace Resource Center’s collection, in a space that has displayed the application of peace activism for years, the Quaker Heritage Center. Like this very trivia contest, this class’s exhibit allows us to observe just how deeply Quaker roots are ingrained into Wilmington College. Who teaches this class? A: Shelby Boatman B: Nancy McCormick C: Tanya Maus D: Anne Daniels
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Special Announcements:
(#1) March 24th: Good Morning friends!!
The contest is going really well! You all have really shown off your vast knowledge of Quaker history, as well as your connections to Wilmington College. Today marks the 114th trivia question asked, so we only have 36 questions remaining! The last question will be asked on April 29th, and the winners will be announced April 30th. So far, in the lead on Facebook is Caroline Guindon, and in the lead on Instagram is @rebeccaakbowman!
We are excited to announce that the first place prizes for both Facebook and Instagram will be a special “coffee table book”, a large book filled with pictures and memories of Wilmington College over the past 150 years. The second place prizes for both Facebook and Instagram will be gift baskets (including Wilmington coffee mugs, pins, shirts, car decals, and more)!!
If you have any comments or questions, please feel free to shoot us a message or leave a comment down below! Thank you for participating!!
(#2) April 21st: Good Morning friends!!
Just a small trivia update since there has been a small delay since our last update-
The contest is going really well! You all have really shown off your vast knowledge of Quaker history, as well as your connections to Wilmington College. Today marks the 141st trivia question asked, so we only have NINE questions remaining! The last question will be asked on Friday, April 30th, and the winners will be announced Monday, May 3rd. If you have any comments or questions, please feel free to shoot us a message or leave a comment down below! Thank you for participating!!
(#3) May 3rd: GOOD MORNING FRIENDS!!!!
Today is a BIG day! After 150 days and 150 trivia questions, we have completed the Wilmington College Quaker History Trivia Contest. It’s hard to believe on December 2nd, we posted our first question not knowing if we’d get any attention at all. You all have filled our hearts with your knowledge and participation.
This social media project was very sentimental to us here at the Quaker Heritage Center and Wilmington College. We have been able to show just how monumental Quaker faith, ideals, and activism has guided the direction of our wonderful small school for the past 150 years. We wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your participation! We hope to establish more fun-filled projects with your support in the future!
With that being said, time for the winners! These people have answered the most questions correctly, and boy-oh-boy was it a close call! On Facebook, our 1st place winner is _____, and in 2nd place is _____! On Instagram, our 1st place winner is ____, and in 2nd place is _____! CONGRATULATIONS to our winners!!!
As a reminder, our prizes for 1st place are special “coffee table books”, which are large books filled with pictures and memories of Wilmington College over the past 150 years. The second place prizes for both Facebook and Instagram will be gift baskets (including Wilmington coffee mugs, pins, shirts, car decals, and more).
We would like to again thank all the participants for making this project successful. If you have any questions or would like to congratulate the winners, drop a comment down below!