Do You Want To Be A Millionaire (PCE-style)?

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1 Do You Want To Be A Millionaire (PCE-style)? Updated 2/2015 Instructions: This game is a simulation of the popular TV show. It is designed to be used in a chapter meeting as a way of providing information to a chapter in an entertaining style. The Qualifying Questions are to be posed to the chapter members. The first one to get the correct answer becomes the contestant. The contestant will have three lifelines: 1. Poll the chapter members. 2. Have the moderator eliminate two of the answers, leaving the correct answer and one other. 3. consult an individual or a resource (you might want to have the May/June issue of the RECORD and information from the chapter PCE file available). Multiple questions are provided up to the $32,000 level so that if time permits, more than one round may be played Qualifying questions: 1. Put the following P.E.O. projects in order, from most recently established to oldest? IPS, Scholar Awards, ELF, STAR, Cottey, PCE. (STAR, Scholar Awards, PCE, IPS, Cottey, ELF) 2. List the projects in order by size of grant from smallest to largest? (STAR, PCE, IPS, Scholar Awards) 3. Put the following steps of the application process in order from first to last: a. complete the Income and Expense statement b. suggest a name to the chapter c. interview a prospective candidate d. chapter vote to sponsor a candidate (b, c, d, a) QUESTIONS $ What do the letters PCE stand for? (c) a. Program for Continually Eating b. Promoting Challenging Education c. Program for Continuing Education d. Promises Can t Endure 2. The PCE Office is located in: a. Chicago b. Washington c. Mount Pleasant d. Des Moines Page 1 of 5

2 3. The maximum grant is: (b) a. $2,000 b. $3,000 c. $1,200 d. $1,500 $ To receive a PCE grant a woman must: a. be a P.E.O. b. be enrolled in graduate school c. be single d. have an interruption in her education 2. A chapter looking for prospective applicants should: a. consider women they have met at Little League games b. think about women they have met at church c. think about women they have met at work 3. To be eligible for a PCE grant a woman must be: (c) a. a citizen of the U.S. b. a citizen of Canada c. a citizen of the U.S. or Canada d. at least 21 $ General policy guidelines for PCE appear in which issue of the RECORD? (a) a. every issue b. January/February of odd years c. January/February of even years d. May/June of even years 2. A good source of information about PCE is: a. chapter PCE chairman b. state chapter PCE chairman c. P.E.O. International website d. All of the above $ The source of funds for PCE grants is: a. chapter contributions b. distributions by the P.E.O. Foundation c. individual gifts Page 2 of 5

3 2. Gifts of $3,000 entitle the donor to designate an award as an honorarium or memorial which is called: (a) a. PCE Named Grant b. PCE Honorary Grant c. PCE Memorial Grant d. PCE Special Award $ All but one may write the chapter letter of recommendation for an applicant: a. the chapter president b. the PCE chairman c. the chapter member who recommended her to the chapter d. a chapter member who is a relative of the applicant 2. The current logo for PCE is its: (c) a. second b. third c. fourth d. fifth $1, Which of the following would not be eligible for PCE? (a) a. a fourth year medical student b. a teacher's aide finishing a teaching degree c. a woman seeking certification as a massage therapist d. a woman who received her high school diploma by taking a GED exam 2. PCE grants may not be used for which of the following educational expenses: (b) a. tuition b. repayment of educational loans c. books d. lab fees $2, To be eligible for a grant, a woman must have an interruption in her education of at least: (c) a. six months b. twelve months c. two years d. five years 2. The vote to approve the recommendation to sponsor a woman for a PCE grant is: (a) a. simple majority of members present at the meeting b. simple majority of active membership of the chapter c. two thirds d. unanimous Page 3 of 5

4 $4, To be eligible, a woman must have no more than how many months remaining in her educational program? (c) a. twelve b. eighteen c. twenty-four d. thirty-six 2. PCE grant applications are approved by: a. state PCE chairmen b. PCE office in Des Moines c. P.E.O. Foundation trustees d. PCE trustees $8, PCE was established in: (c) a b c d In recent years, the number of PCE grants awarded annually is closet to: a. 500 b. 750 c. 1,000 d. 1,500 $16, The Chapter Recommendation Form must be: a. submitted no more than four months before term begins b. submitted no less than 10 weeks before term begins c. submitted electronically 2. PCE Grant checks: (e) a. must be cashed within 90 days b. are mailed directly to the applicant c. are mailed to the chapter d. a and b e. a and c $32,000 There have been maximum grants of all but which one of the following amounts: (a) a. $250 b. $500 c. $750 d. $1,000 Page 4 of 5

5 $64,000 Applicants must be sponsored by: (c) a. a current or former teacher b. a family member c. a P.E.O. chapter $125,000 Approximately how many women have received PCE grants since the project began? a. 5,000 b. 18,750 c. 24,000 d. 38,000 $250,000 PCE has distributed a total of how much money since the beginning of the project? a. $5,000,000 b. $18,300,000 c. $22,000,000 d. $43,000,000 $500,000 Members of the original study committee included all but one of the following: (a) a. Mary Louise Remy b. Lilas Brandhorst c. Ruth Romero d. Marie K. Busch $1,000,000 The continued success of PCE depends on: a. identification of eligible applicants b. chapter contributions to PCE c. chapter support of grant recipients Updated February 2015 Page 5 of 5