Thanksgiving Gratitude in Action

Gratitude

1. 100 Which feeling is also called thankfulness or gratefulness? Response: gratitude Gratitude, thankfulness, or gratefulness is a feeling of appreciation (or similar positive response) by a recipient of another's kindness. Source: Wikipedia, “Gratitude”
2. 200 What similar positive response is used to define gratitude? Response: appreciation Gratitude, thankfulness, or gratefulness is a feeling of appreciation (or similar positive response) by a recipient of another's kindness. Source: Wikipedia, “Gratitude”
3. 300 The word gratitude comes from which Latin word meaning pleasing or thankful? Response: gratus The word comes from the Latin word gratus, which means "pleasing" or "thankful". Source: Wikipedia, “Gratitude”
4. 400 What is a lack of gratitude, where thanks are expected, called? Response: ingratitude The absence of gratitude where gratitude is expected is called ingratitude or ungratefulness. Source: Wikipedia, “Gratitude”
5. 500 What is a person's general, lasting tendency to feel thankful called, as opposed to a short episode? Response: trait gratitude The discipline of psychology attempts to understand the short term experience of gratitude (state gratitude), individual differences in how frequently gratitude is felt (trait gratitude), the relationship between these two, and the therapeutic benefits of gratitude. Source: Wikipedia, “Gratitude”

Volunteering

1. 100 What freely chosen act gives time and labor for others? Response: volunteering Volunteering is an optional and freely chosen act of an individual or group giving their time and labor, often for community service. Source: Wikipedia, “Volunteering”
2. 200 Volunteers often give their time and labor for what kind of service? Response: community service Volunteering is an optional and freely chosen act of an individual or group giving their time and labor, often for community service. Source: Wikipedia, “Volunteering”
3. 300 In which two fields, one about health and one about schools, do many volunteers have special training? Response: medicine and education Many volunteers have specialized training in the fields that they work in, such as medicine, education, or emergency rescue. Source: Wikipedia, “Volunteering”
4. 400 In which field do trained volunteers work when they save people in danger? Response: emergency rescue Many volunteers have specialized training in the fields that they work in, such as medicine, education, or emergency rescue. Source: Wikipedia, “Volunteering”
5. 500 Some volunteers step in only when needed, for example after what kind of event? Response: a natural disaster Others provide their services as needed, such as in response to a natural disaster. Source: Wikipedia, “Volunteering”

Food Banks

1. 100 Which charitable organization collects food for distribution? Response: food bank A food bank is a non-profit, charitable organization that collects food for distribution to those who have difficulty purchasing enough to avoid hunger, usually through intermediaries like food pantries and soup kitchens. Source: Wikipedia, “Food bank”
2. 200 What condition do recipients have difficulty purchasing enough food to avoid? Response: hunger A food bank is a non-profit, charitable organization that collects food for distribution to those who have difficulty purchasing enough to avoid hunger, usually through intermediaries like food pantries and soup kitchens. Source: Wikipedia, “Food bank”
3. 300 Which two intermediaries commonly distribute food from a food bank? Response: food pantries and soup kitchens A food bank is a non-profit, charitable organization that collects food for distribution to those who have difficulty purchasing enough to avoid hunger, usually through intermediaries like food pantries and soup kitchens. Source: Wikipedia, “Food bank”
4. 400 In which year was the world's first food bank established? Response: 1967 St. Mary's Food Bank was the world's first food bank, established in the US in 1967. Source: Wikipedia, “Food bank”
5. 500 What was the world's first food bank called? Response: St. Mary's Food Bank St. Mary's Food Bank was the world's first food bank, established in the US in 1967. Source: Wikipedia, “Food bank”

Charities

1. 100 What type of organization is also simply called a charity? Response: charitable organization A charitable organization, or charity, is an organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and spreading social well-being (e.g. Source: Wikipedia, “Charitable organization”
2. 200 A charity's main aims are spreading social well-being and which kind of giving? Response: philanthropy A charitable organization, or charity, is an organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and spreading social well-being (e.g. Source: Wikipedia, “Charitable organization”
3. 300 What kind of well-being does a charity seek to spread? Response: social well-being A charitable organization, or charity, is an organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and spreading social well-being (e.g. Source: Wikipedia, “Charitable organization”
4. 400 Which two standards describe activities meant to benefit society? Response: public interest or common good A charitable organization, or charity, is an organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and spreading social well-being (e.g. educational, religious or other activities serving the public interest or common good). Source: Wikipedia, “Charitable organization”
5. 500 Charity law differs from country to country. Besides the rules themselves, which money matter differs? Response: tax treatment The regulation, the tax treatment, and the way in which charity law affects charitable organizations also vary. Source: Wikipedia, “Charitable organization”

Philanthropy

1. 100 Which form of altruism uses private initiatives for the public good? Response: philanthropy Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives for the public good, focusing on quality of life". Source: Wikipedia, “Philanthropy”
2. 200 Philanthropy is a form of which broader kind of selfless behavior? Response: altruism Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives for the public good, focusing on quality of life". Source: Wikipedia, “Philanthropy”
3. 300 Philanthropy means private initiatives for the public good, focusing on what? Response: quality of life Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives for the public good, focusing on quality of life". Source: Wikipedia, “Philanthropy”
4. 400 Philanthropy is private action for the public good. What is public action for the public good, such as public services, called? Response: government endeavors Philanthropy contrasts with business initiatives, which are private initiatives for private good, focusing on material gain; and with government endeavors that are public initiatives for public good, such as those that focus on the provision of public services. Source: Wikipedia, “Philanthropy”
5. 500 What do we call a person who practices philanthropy? Response: philanthropist A person who practices philanthropy is a philanthropist. Source: Wikipedia, “Philanthropy”

Final round: Community Giving

Founded in 1967, this organization was the world's first food bank. Response: St. Mary's Food Bank St. Mary's Food Bank was the world's first food bank, established in the US in 1967. Source: Wikipedia, “Food bank”