SEED Trivia

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What Seed is This?

• Daffodil

• Dandelion

• Truffula

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What Year Was SEED Formed?

• 2023

• 1969

• 2005

• 1932

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Where was the first ever Earth Day celebration held?

• Northwestern

• Stanford

• Dartmouth

• Harvard

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What was SEED’s former name?

• NSBE (northwestern students for a better environment)

• STWC (Save the World Club)

• Fossil Free NU

• Save the World Club

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What Seed is This?

• Venus Flytrap

• Spider Plant

• Sunflower

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Which country recently declared a climate emergency and pledged to become carbon neutral by 2050?

• USA

• China

• Australia

• Canada

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Which three locations have a free compost drop off that anyone can use?

• Tech, Kresge, Annenberg

• Mudd, Deering, Main

• Hillel, University Christian Ministry, Sheil Catholic Center

• Elder, Plex, Allison

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Which of these buildings at Northwestern kills the most birds?

• University

• Deering

• Kellog

• Alice Millar

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Which of these schools has the most rigorous sustainability education requirements?

• Cornell

• Northwestern

• UC Berkley

• UPenn

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What percentage of waste was diverted at NU in 2021?

• 68

• 39

• 57

• 43

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Which tree species is most effective at sequestering carbon?

• Oak Trees

• Pine Trees

• Eucalyptus Trees

• Mangrove Trees

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What Seed is This?

• Pumpkin

• Sunflower

• Flax

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The founder of Earth Day is a senator from which state?

• Illinois

• Florida

• California

• Wisconsin

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Most of Earth's breathable air comes from where?

• The Sahara

• The Amazon

• The Ocean

• Lake Michigan

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What American river caught fire in 1969 from all of the waste and pollution filling it?

• Cuyahoga River

• Fox River

• Chicago River

• Ohio River

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Which world leader stood knee-deep in water while giving a speech to raise awareness of rising sea levels?

• Emmanuel Macron, President of Grace

• Jacinda Ardern, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand

• Simon Kofe, Foreign Minster of Tuvalu

• Nikki Haley, former US ambassador to the UN

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What Seed is This?

• Apple

• Watermelon

• Basil

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How many indigenous people inhabit forests worldwide?

• 20 million

• 34 million

• 46 million

• 50 million

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Which of these universities has the least sustainability-focused academic courses?

• Northwestern

• Princeton

• Yale

• MIT

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Which of the following list of animals are the 5 animals humans cannot live without?

• Mosquitos, Jellyfish, Ants, Lizards, Snakes

• Shrimp, Dolphins, Whales, Worms, Termites

• Bats, Plankton, Butterflies, Primates, Bees

• Elephants, Cows, Sheep, Rats, Pigeons

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What Seed is This?

• Oak

• Pear

• Maple

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Which bestselling book warned of the effects of pesticides?

• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

• No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg

• The Lorax by Doctor Seuss

• The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells

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Which country recently unveiled a plan to plant 50 billion trees by 2023 to combat climate change?

• Brazil

• China

• India

• Nigeria

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Which diverged from birds most recently?

• Reptiles

• Placental Mammals

• Marsupials

• Amphibians

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What was the name of the major oil spill that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010?

• Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

• Deepwater Horizon oil spill

• Amoco Cadiz oil spill

• Prestige oil spill

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What Seed is This?

• Flax

• Chia

• Hemp

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Ellen Degeneres, Morgan Freeman, and Jerry Seinfeld all sponsor which of the following sustainability programs?

• The Whale Organization

• Farmers Only

• Best Friends Animal Society

• The Humane Society and National Parks Conservation Association

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Which company announced plans to create a $1 billion fund to fight climate change and pledged to be carbon neutral by 2040?

• Apple

• Amazon

• Facebook

• Google

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What was the name of SEED's first event?

• Greenest

• NU Environment Day

• Project Survival

• Celebrate the Earth Day

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What is the symbol that NSBE (the original SEED) used?

• The peace symbol

• The alchemist's earth sign

• The fallen tree symbol

• The carrot symbol

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What Seed is This?

• Pomegranate

• Dragonfruit

• Raspberry

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What was SEED’s main focus when it was formed?

• Tree Planting

• Anarchy

• Education

• Mass Protest

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Which region are the majority of marsupials found?

• Antarctica

• Australia

• Pacific Islands

• Africa

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What country recycles the most?

• Germany

• USA

• France

• Japan

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Which Country recently banned single-use plastic bags and plans to phase out single-use plastics by 2025?

• Germany

• Japan

• Canada

• New Zealand

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What Seed is This?

• Petunia

• Lotus

• Corn

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Who was the first president of SEED?

• Casey Jason

• Warren Muir

• Gretchen Sigwart

• John Stegeman

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What animal has the largest brain?

• Sperm Whale

• Blue Whale

• Human

• Elephant

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In a 2022 survey by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, what percentage of vertebrate animals surveyed were threatened by extinction?

• 17

• 20

• 15

• 12

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Which animal species was recently declared functionally extinct due to habitat destruction and climate change?

• Blue Whale

• Tasmanian Tiger 

• Black Rhinoceros 

• Bramble Cay Melomys

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What Seed is This?

• Cherry Blossom

• Willow

• Pine

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What historic agreement provides an opportunity for countries to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius?

• Montreal Protocol

• Paris Agreement

• Kyoto Protocol

• Alma Ata

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Which country has the highest animal biodiversity?

• Brazil

• Uganda

• USA

• DRC

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Which NU Greek chapter composts?

• Kappa Delta sorority (KD)

• Chi Omega sorority (XΩ)

• Sigma Nu fraternity (ΣN)

• Phi Gamma Delta fraternity (FIJI – ɸᴦΔ)

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Which animal releases the most amount of methane?

• Gorilla

• Cow

• Walrus

• Pig

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What Seed is This?

• Blackberry

• Strawberry

• Sesame

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Which of the following is the only known non-primate species to exhibit cultural evolution through tool refinement?

• Crows

• Elephants

• Dolphins

• Dogs

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Which animal diverged from humans the most recently?

• Chimpanzees

• Gorillas

• Orangutans

• Gibbons

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Which accounts for 30% of biodiversity loss worldwide?

• Habitat loss

• Pollution

• Excessive hunting

• Meteorological hazards

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What is our President's name?

• Aiden

• Aden

• Aidan

• Aydan