1.) Name the head of the international environmental group, the "Green Cross"

a. Al Gore, b. Ted Turner or c. former head of the Soviet Union, Mkhael Gorbachev

C. Gorbachev. Many former communists are now advancing their beliefs through the environmental movement

2.) Why was April 22nd picked as Earth Day?

a. Soviet dictator Vladamir Lenin's birthday, b. Al Gore's birthday, c. It was chosen at random

A. Lenin. Although everyone believes in protecting the environment, many environmental activists have a hidden leftist agenda and care more about advancing their political beliefs than they do about protecting the environment.

3.) Name the country that was not exempt from the original Kyoto Protocol

a. US b. China c. India

A. Even though they both produce more pollution than the U.S., India and China were exempt from the rules of the Kyoto Protocol because they were ‘developing nations.’

4.) Al Gore’s movie, “An Inconvenient Truth” shows an animation of a polar bear on a floating piece of melting ice. According to the World Wildlife Foundation, most bear populations are

a. Decreasing at a rapid rate, b. Stable and possibly increasing, c. Rushing out to go rent “An Inconvenient Truth” on DVD

B. According to the WWF, bear populations are stable and possibly increasing.Videos on Youtube show polar bears on ice that is melting, but these videos are taken from the summertime. Ice melts at the arctic every summer, this is normal.

5.) To help save the Earth, Sheryl Crow recently suggested that Americans should

a. Recycle more, b. Only eat organic foods, c. Use only one toilet paper square every time they use the bathroom

C is correct. Sheryl Crow is crazy.

6.) “An Inconvenient Truth” suggests that sea levels could rise by 7m, causing displacement of millions of people. In fact science suggests that sea levels over the next years will rise by

a. 7 meters, b. 40 centimeters, c. 100 yards

B. A British court found nearly a dozen major falsehoods in, “An Inconvenient Truth.”This included the suggestion that sea levels would rise 7m.

 
7.) True or false, global warming is causing a drastic increase in the quantity and intensity of hurricanes

False. Since the 1940s the National Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory has documented a decrease in both the intensity and number of hurricanes.

 
8.) Proponents of global warming claim that global warming increases the amount of hurricanes. Which decade of the 20th century had the most amount of hurricanes, according to the National Hurricane Center

a. 1920’s, b. 1940’s, c. 1990’s, d. 1960’s

B. The 1940’s had the most hurricanes, according to the National HurricaneCenter.

9.) According to a recent Gallup polls survey, what is the percentage of the members of the Meteorological Society and the American Geophysical Society that believe that the warming of the 20th century has been a result of greenhouse gas emissions - principally CO2 from burning fossil fuels?

a. 85%, b. 0%, c. 17%, d. 77%

C. Al Gore calls it a ‘consensus,’ but only 17% believed that global warming was caused by greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels.

 
10.) According to a Greenpeace survey, what percentage of scientists believe that catastrophic climate change will result from continuing current patterns of energy use.

a. 13%, b. 9%, c. 65%, d. 79%

A. Al Gore calls is a ‘consensus,’ but only 13% of the scientists that responded to the survey believe that catastrophic climate change will result from continuing current patterns of energy use.

11.) Al Gore’s movie, “An Inconvenient Truth,” shows polar bears drowning because of disappearing arctic ice. In fact, how many polar bears had drowned?

a. Over 300, b. Over 2000, c. 582, d. 4

D. In fact, only four polar bears drowned and this was because of a particularly violent storm.