Earth Day Trivia Questions and Answers
Question: Who is credited with founding Earth Day?Answer: Gaylord Nelson Question: The founder of Earth Day is a senator from which state?Answer: Wisconsin Question: Who took Earth Day international?Answer: Denis Hayes Question: When is Earth Day?Answer: April 22 Question: Earth Day’s date was chosen because it falls between which two events on college campuses?Answer: Spring break and final exams Question: When was the first Earth Day?Answer: 1970 Question: How many people recognized the first Earth Day?Answer: 20 million Question: How many indigenous people inhabit forests worldwide?Answer: About 50 million Question: Which bestselling book warned of the effects of pesticides?Answer: Silent Spring by Rachel Carson Question: Which Hollywood actors spoke to crowds in Union Square in New York City on the first Earth Day?Answer: Paul Newman and Ali MacGraw Question: How many people attended the first Earth Day rally in New York City’s Union Square?Answer: 20,000 Question: Earth Day detractors argued that the first celebration was really to honor whose 100th birthday?Answer: Vladimir Lenin Question: How many countries (so far) have celebrated Earth Day?Answer: 192 Question: Earth Day’s founding was partially inspired by protestors against what?Answer: The Vietnam War Question: The first Earth Day eventually led to the creation of which government agency?Answer: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Question: Which president created the EPA?Answer: Richard Nixon Question: Which U.S. president joined Gaylord Nelson for a multi-state conservation-themed tour?Answer: John F. Kennedy Question: In addition to establishing the EPA, President Nixon also passed which pieces of legislation in 1970 inspired by the Earth Day movement?Answer: National Environmental Education Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and the Clean Air Act Question: When did the Clean Water Act pass?Answer: 1972 Question: The United Nations has what name for Earth Day?Answer: International Mother Earth Day Question: Approximately how many people participate in Earth Day each year?Answer: 1 billion Question: Most of Earth’s breathable air comes from where?Answer: The ocean Question: Which astronauts brought tree seeds with him into space that were later grown on Earth?Answer: Stuart Roosa Question: A single tree produces enough air to supply in its lifetime for how many people for a year?Answer: Four Question: Which president honored Gaylord Nelson with the Presidential Medal of Freedom?Answer: Bill Clinton Question: In 2012, how many commuters in China rode bikes to protest carbon emissions and air pollution?Answer: 100,000 Question: In 1970, students at San Fernando State College passed out what to represent the future famine the planet would face if environmental protections weren’t enacted?Answer: Rice and tea Question: In 1970, students at Florida Technological University held a mock trial for what, accusing it of air pollution?Answer: A Chevrolet Question: Gaylord Nelson was moved to create Earth Day after which disaster?Answer: Santa Barbara oil spill Question: Who wrote the Earth Day theme song?Answer: Abhay Kumar Question: How many college campuses participated in the first Earth Day?Answer: About 1,500 Question: What singer sailed from New York City to Washington, D.C. for the first Earth Day?Answer: Pete Seeger Question: Who took a zero-carbon voyage from Europe to the United States to raise awareness of climate change?Answer: Greta Thunberg Question: In Panama, 100 endangered species of what were planted for Earth Day?Answer: Orchids Question: In 2011, 28 million trees were planted in which country for the Earth Day “Plant Trees, Not Bombs” campaign?Answer: Afghanistan Question: When did Earth Day go global?Answer: 1990 Question: What holiday followed Earth Day in 1972?Answer: World Environment Day Question: Which President signed the Paris Agreement?Answer: Barack Obama Question: What 1968 book warned of the dangers of overpopulation on the planet?Answer: The Population Bomb by Paul Erlich Question: What American river caught fire in 1969 from all of the waste and pollution filling it?Answer: Cuyahoga River Question: What organization largely funded the first Earth Day?Answer: United Auto Workers (also known as The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America) Question: Gaylord Nelson and Denis Hayes originally planned for the first Earth Day to be what type of event?Answer: An environmental teach-in Question: What was referred to as “The Dirty Dozen” in 1970?Answer: Congressmen with poor environmental records Question: What famous poet attended the first Earth Day event in Philadelphia?Answer: Allen Ginsburg Question: Who wrote the Earth Day single “Tomorrow’s World?“Answer: Pam Tillis and Kix Brooks Question: When did Google introduce their first Earth Day doodle?Answer: 2001 Question: Equinox Earth Day takes place when each year?Answer: March 20 Question: April 22 is the birthdate of which famous conservationist?Answer: John Muir Question: What is the theme of Earth Day 2022?Answer: Invest In Our Planet Next, test your knowledge with these 10 best Earth Day quizzes!
