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HFHM Jeopardy
Housing
Habitat
Families
Habitat Homes
Volunteers
Miscellaneous
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Housing – 10 point clue
At the end of 2011, how many
homes had Habitat for
Humanity Manitoba built?
a. 100 b. 150 c. 230 d. 250
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Housing– 20 point clue
True or False, HFHM will be
celebrating its 25th anniversary
in 2012?
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Housing– 30 point clue
True or False? Adequate shelter
is a basic human right?
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Housing – 40 point clue
True or False, Access to
affordable housing is a real
problem in Winnipeg.
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Housing – 50 point clue
True or False, housing is the
centre of family well-being
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Habitat Families – 10 point clue
True or False, Habitat
homeowners are homeless?
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Habitat Families – 20 point clue
True or False, Habitat gives
preference to families with
young children.
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Habitat Families – 30 point clue
In order to qualify, Habitat
homeowners must live in rental
accommodations that are:
a. too expensive, b. too small,
c. unsafe, d. substandard, or
e. any of the above?
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Habitat Families – 40 point clue
True or False, Given the need for
better housing, any family
can get help from Habitat.
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Habitat Families – 50 point clue
Which type of families does HFHM help?
a. Single parents b. Immigrants
c. Aboriginals
d. Families with disabled
family members
e. All of the above
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Habitat Homes – 10 point clue
True or False, Habitat homes
are given away.
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Habitat Homes – 20 point clue
True or False, All Habitat homes
are built with garages.
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Habitat Homes – 30 point clue
True or False, All HFHM homes
are environmentally friendly.
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Habitat Homes – 40 point clue
Globally, a Habitat helps families
improve their housing every
a. 8 minutes
b. 15 minutes
c. 30 minutes
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Habitat Homes – 50 point clue
True or False, Habitat homes
improve neighbourhoods
and our city.
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Volunteers – 10 point clue
True or False, Volunteers
construct Habitat’s homes?
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Volunteers – 20 point clue
What can you catch while
volunteering with Habitat?
a. A cold
b. Habititus
c. The flu
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Volunteers – 30 point clue
True or False, Habitat
homeowners must volunteer
before they can purchase
their home?
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Volunteers – 40 point clue
True or False? Habitat provides
safety training to all of its
construction volunteers before
they build?
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Volunteers – 50 point clue
How old must you be in order
to volunteer to build?
a. 15 and over
b. 16 and over
c. 18 and over
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Miscellaneous – 10 point clue
True or False, Anyone can buy
a home – they just need to
borrow money.
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Miscellaneous – 20 point clue
True or False, Habitat gets all
the money it needs to build
homes from the Government.
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Miscellaneous – 30 point clue
True or False, Habitat for
Humanity Manitoba is the only
local charity that is focused on
affordable homeownership?
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Miscellaneous – 40 point clue
Which Cycling Event does Habitat
for Humanity organize?
a. Cycle of Hope
b. Ride Around the Lake
c. Muddy Waters Rise Again
d. All of the above
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Miscellaneous – 50 point clue
How long does it take to build
a home?
a. 1 day
b. 1 week
c. 2 weeks
d. It depends
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Housing – 10 point clue
c. 230
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Housing – 20 point clue
True
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Housing – 30 point clue
True. This has been declared
by the United Nations.
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Housing – 40 point clue
True
11.3% of households spend
more than they can afford on
housing
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Housing – 50 point clue
Yes, studies show safe, decent,
affordable housing improves
performance in school, and
physical and mental health of
families
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Habitat Families – 10 point clue
False. In order to qualify for a
home, a homeowner must be
able to pay a monthly house
payment (mortgage) so they
must be working.
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Habitat Families – 20 point clue
True
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Habitat Families – 30 point clue
e. any of the above
Some home owners live with
rodents (that aren’t their pets),
mold or mildew, bad plumbing,
overcrowding, too expensive rent,
etc.
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Habitat Families – 40 point clue
False, family income must be
low – too low for a bank to
provide a traditional mortgage.
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Habitat Families – 50 point clue
e. All of the above
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Habitat Homes – 10 point clue
False. Habitat homes are sold with
• no down payment required,
• interest is not charged, and the
• monthly house payments are
based on family income. Families
pay 25% of their income for housing.
(Many pay more than 50% prior to
joining Habitat)
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Habitat Homes – 20 point clue
False.
The homes are simple – no jacuzzi’s
or even garages. The homes are
developed and finished on the
inside based on the size of the
family. E.g. Number of bedrooms,
bathrooms needed.
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Habitat Homes – 30 point clue
True – all the homes are built to
the highest green building
standards – this is good for the
environment, and for the
homeowners as it reduces their
costs for water, gas, and electricity.
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Habitat Homes – 40 point clue
a. 8 minutes
By the end of 2011, more than
500,000 homes will have been
built in over 90 countries.
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Habitat Homes – 50 point clue
True, the new homes that are built
revitalize neighbourhoods and the
community benefits from:
• the money HFHM pays for
materials and labour,
• the new skills volunteers learn, and
• from the property taxes the
homeowners pay.
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Volunteers – 10 point clue
True. The community comes
together to build homes for Habitat.
However Habitat hires professionals
to do electrical, plumbing, heating,
drywalling, taping and finishing work
on the homes.
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Volunteers – 20 point clue
b. Habititus
The volunteers have so much fun
building, that they want to come
out again and again to help.
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Volunteers – 30 point clue
True - 350 hours for a single parent,
500 for a two parent family.
Homeowners can volunteer in
the ReStore, in our offices, at our
special events, and on a build site.
They must volunteer at least 100
hours towards building a home.
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Volunteers – 40 point clue
True, they must take safety
training. Safety is very important
on a construction site and
Habitat does what it can to
prevent accidents.
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Volunteers – 50 point clue
b. 16 and over.
However, Habitat requires
volunteers for other things. The
minimum age to volunteer in the
ReStore is 15.
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Miscellaneous – 10 point clue
False. Not everyone is able to
borrow money from a bank. As
the cost of homes increases like
it has been in Winnipeg, it also
becomes harder.
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Miscellaneous – 20 point clue
False, Habitat relies on donations
from companies, churches,
individuals, and the government
to build homes. Habitat also
organizes special events to raise
money.
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Miscellaneous – 30 point clue
True
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Miscellaneous – 40 point clue
d. All of the above
• The Cycle of Hope is 2 weeks.
• Ride around the Lake is a 4 day
cycle around Lake of the Woods.
• Muddy Waters is a 1 day event in
August with 4 distance options.
HFHM encourages families to
participate.
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Miscellaneous – 50 point clue
d. It depends
From start (digging the foundation)
to finish (presenting the keys to the
homeowners), it typically takes 6 to
8 months to complete each home.