The World Affairs Council of Harrisburg
thanks the following donors to the Academic WorldQuest Scholarship Fund
THE DEAN'S DIVERSITY COUNCIL OF PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINEthanks the following donors to the Academic WorldQuest Scholarship Fund
HARSCO CORPORATION
SHEETZ
THE HALL FOUNDATION
The World Affairs
Council of
Harrisburg
2012 ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST Competition
8:30 a.m. registration
March 24, 2012
Elizabethtown College
Leffler Chapel
Important Dates
Feb. 1, 2012 -- End of $15 team registration
March 1, 2012 - WACH WorldQuest registration is due
March 24, 2012 - WACH WorldQuest Competition
April 21, 2012 - National WorldQuest Competition
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Academic WorldQuest is a Flagship Program of the
World Affairs Council network. The game was invented by the Charlotte
Council and is now widely played at the adult and high school levels
around the country. It is a team game testing competitors' knowledge of international affairs, geography, history and culture. The World
Affairs Council of Harrisburg hosted its first local competition in
March 2011.
ABOUT THE COMPETITION
The
competition is played among 4-person teams that answer rounds of
questions projected by PowerPoint onto a screen. The questions test
their knowledge of current affairs, world leaders, geography, recent
history, flags, international organizations, countries, regions, the
world economy, culture, religion and more. A full competition is 100
questions, 10 rounds of 10 questions. The team with the
highest number of right answers is the winning team.
A team consists of four students. They can be freshman, sophomores, juniors or seniors.
If you would like more information about forming a team or participating, please email us.
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All teams must be registered by March 1, 2012
Please submit this form either by email or snail mail by that date.
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All teams must be registered by March 1, 2012
Please submit this form either by email or snail mail by that date.
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There is a minor registration fee involved with Academic WorldQuest. The fees are designed so that the more teams a school registers, the lesser the cost. The fees are as follow:
Registration Costs
REDUCED PRICE FOR ANY TEAM THAT REGISTERS BEFORE FEB. 1 - $15 PER TEAM
AFTER FEB. 1, 2012
Schools with one team -- $30
Schools with two teams -- $25 per team
Schools with three teams -- $20 per team
Schools with four or more teams -- $15 per team
2012 Competition Categories:
US Education: Competing Globally
US Energy Policy
US Economic Competitiveness
Middle East
Afghanistan/Pakistan
China
NATO
UN Millennium Development Goals: Child Health
Azerbaijan
Current Events
US Energy Policy
US Economic Competitiveness
Middle East
Afghanistan/Pakistan
China
NATO
UN Millennium Development Goals: Child Health
Azerbaijan
Current Events
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Would you like to help us plan our 2012 competition?
The committee is just forming! email wacharrisburg@gmail.com for more information
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Academic WorldQuest 2011
More than 50 students from throughout Greater Harrisburg participated in the March 19 contest at
MESSIAH COLLEGE
representing the following schools:
Cumberland Valley
Harrisburg Academy
Hershey High School
Sci Tech High School
Susquehanna Township
And the 2011 Winner of Academic WorldQuest is:
THE THURSDAY CLUB!
Megan Ireland, Maia Paddock, Jeff Rohrer and Aaron Match
The Thursday Club is a group of home-schooled students who meet each Thursday to socialize and discuss literature, the arts, politics, etc. They will compete against students from all over the country on April 30 in Washington, D.C., at the national WorldQuest competition sponsored by The World Affairs Councils of America!
