WAGGGS' Quiz
WAGGGS' Quiz
Questions
1). When did the first girls become Girl Guides?
A: 1909
B: 1910
C: 1912
D: 1928
2). At that time, who did Lord Baden-Powell ask to take responsibility for the development of Girl Guiding?
A: The first director of WAGGGS, Dame Katharine Furse
B: The founder of Girl Scouting in the USA, Juliette Low
C: His wife, Olave Baden Powell
D: His sister, Agnes Baden Powell
(3). When was the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts founded?
A: 1909
B: 1912
C: 1928
D: 1932
(4). There were 26 Founder Members of WAGGGs. Which of the following countries was NOT a Founder Member?
A: Kenya
B: Finland
C: Japan
D: India
(5). How many member countries does WAGGGS have today?
A: 92
B: 132
C: 140
D: 144
(6). What is WAGGGS Mission? "To enable girls and young women to....
A: …Develop their fullest potential as responsible citizens of the world".
B: …prepare for national and international leadership."
C: …make informed and responsible choices about their lives".
D: …promote international understanding, co-operation and friendship".
(7). Approximately how many Girl Guides and Girl Scouts are there around the world today?
A: 1 million
B: 5 million
C: 10 million
D: 100 million
(8). WAGGGS offers volunteer opportunities for adult members to help at the World Centres, to work at the World Bureau, to serve as a member of the Regional Committees and the World Board and to represent WAGGGS at the United Nations. Which of these are open to young women?
A: None of them
B: Working at the World Centres and the World Bureau
C: Working at the World Centres and the World Bureau, and representing WAGGGS at the UN
D: All of the above
(9). What is the current WAGGGS’ vision?
A: Building World Citizenship
B: Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy
C: HIV/AIDS Prevention
D: We are a growing worldwide Movement – the voice of girls and young women who
Influence issues they care about and build a better world
(10). Match the following World Centers with the city and country in which they are located:
A: Our Cabaña Pune, India
B: Our Chalet Cuernevaca, Mexico
C: Pax Lodge Adelboden, Switzerland
D: Sangam London, England
Answers
1. The First girls became Girl Guides in 1909 when they attended a Boy Scout rally in London. Lord Baden-Powell decided that girls should have an organization of their own and published ’The Scheme for Girl Guides’ in November 1909.
2. Lord Baden-Powell felt that the Movement for girls should be run by women, so in 1910 he asked his elder sister Agnes to undertake the work of adapting his book ’Scouting for Boys’, for use with girls.
3. The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts was formally established at the fifth International Conference in Hungary in 1928.
4. The founder Member countries of WAGGGS were: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Hungary, Iceland, India, Japan, Latvia, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America and Yugoslavia.
5. WAGGGS has 144 Member Organizations.
6. WAGGGS Mission is "To enable girls and young women to develop their fullest potential as responsible citizens of the world."
7. There are approximately 10 million Girl Guides and Girl Scouts worldwide
8. All of the above opportunities are open to young women under the age of 30.
9. The current triennial theme, Our Rights Our Responsibilities was launched at the world Conference in 2002. It calls all Girl Guides and Girl Scouts to action to raise awareness about basic human rights and help people to take active and positive responsibility for claiming those rights.
Building World Citizenship was the Triennial Theme for 1996-2003.
Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy is an advocacy campaign to raise public awareness about this worldwide issue and promote ways of actively addressing the problem.
WAGGGS supports many projects all over the world to increase prevention of HIV and AIDS and combat discrimination, and jointly runs a badge scheme for individual Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.
11. Our Chalet, Adelboden, Switzerland – Our Cabana, Cuernevaca, Mexico - Pax Lodge, London, England – Sangam, Pune, India
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