Recycled Green Trivia (Ecology Quiz Questions): A Difficult Quiz on Ecological Topics.: Trivia Questions, Facts

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Recycled Green Trivia

written by: shimonbentzvi

A difficult quiz on ecological topics.

Question 1:

"Mount Rumpke" is the highest point and the biggest landfill in Ohio. Its technical name is The Rumpke Sanitary Landfill.

True
False

Question 2:

Approximately how many trees does it take to make one ton of paper?

170
34
1100
17

Question 3:

The first week of June, 2007 was "Recycle Now" week in England. Which of these events was featured in its program?

Beautiful women, parading in bathing suits, made of recycled steel.
Repaving Fleet Street with recycled paper.
Building a prison, made of recycled tires.
Children, demonstrating how to recycle uranium.

Question 4:

In 2002, a college research team built a 42-foot bridge across the Raritan River. What were the beams for the bridge made from?

Recycled tires
Recycled aluminum cans
Recycled school erasers
Recycled polystyrene cups and milk containers

Question 5:

Which of these statements is true?

In Thailand, a local prison is made from recycled tennis balls.
In China, a hair salon illegally recycled condoms to make hair ties.
In Belize, recycled watches are used to make computer parts.
In Belgium, old jewelry is recycled into engine parts.

Question 6:

The boat "Earthrace" made an attempt to break the record for a circumnavigation of the Earth. It also made voyages to promote the use of bio-fuels. Which of these is one of the substances used to make the bio-diesel, that powers the boat?

Recycled clothing hangers
Old computer motherboards
Liposuctioned body fat
Burnt uranium

Question 7:

On January 31, 2008, China announced that it will recycle these to resurface roads.

Robbie Williams' Cd's
Old tires
Old cars
Coal

Question 8:

Which of these companies recycled old sneakers to make tennis courts?

Banta
Reebok
Nike
Adidas

Question 9:

Isao Miyoshi is a very clever recycler from Japan. What did he recycle?

Old Macintosh computers
Dentures
Pachinko machines
Roulette wheels

Question 10:

Fiberfill is used to make ski jackets. What can be recycled to make enough Fiberfill for one ski jacket?

384 pounds of newspaper
149 pounds of composted lawn material
5 plastic soda bottles
1045 styrene cups

Question 11:

Approximately how much paper does the average American use in one year?

580 pounds
One ton ( 2000 pounds)
1,500 pounds
3,400 pounds

Question 12:

Approximately what percentage of America's waste is paper?

24 %
39 %
14 %
8 %

Question 13:

Carbon dioxide is a very common pollutant. Approximately how much carbon dioxide is produced by the average American each year?

5 tons
93 tons
1 ton
22 tons

Question 14:

Luiz Bispo built a floating house for about $170. How is his house able to float?

It recycles carbon dioxide throughout the house, making it buoyant.
It is made out of recycles plastic bottles.
It is made out of recycled tires.
It is made out of recycled cigars and cigarettes.

Question 15:

In olden days urine was recycled.

False
True

Question 16:

In Mannheim, Germany, people began recycling this.

Coffee grinds to make jewelry
Dead pets to make fertilizer
Old PCs to make radar equipment for traffic control
Old swords and knives to make I-beams

Question 17:

In Sussex, England, the Ecopod Company uses recycled paper to make these.

Food canisters
Coffins
Apartments
Dog houses

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